The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-07-24

salu no must wait, just now h'hg she
could not toll, until she sent him u
sign. Allen reluctantly consented
aud, with words Of love spoke" ia
that rar"ssing Indian tongue tlnkrnk
in his ears, they parted, IA" h,tle
dreamed, ns he looked back at her
climbing tn" steep river bank with n
grace aud case unknown So civilized
wrmauhrod, how soon his lssaQuoo
was to pass through an Nrdral almost
too much Tor her strength. aul Ivy
that ordral prove hor love for HIM
krnuEa allowed his jealousy to
override his Judgment. Smarung
under tn" Imaginary wrong hNn" hun
ivy Allen L." NrAnu to hate all the
"ralr faces" tie allowed hs war.
r'Nrs ~ break tn" treaty aui m>ko
depreciation upon th" whit" settlers,
who at "urr re- 'aliatrd Thou Kcnn-
gas rage ku"w Nv bounds Hr sum
nrurd his braves to his wigwnm tor
rNnnril Nf war. The rNnrrl fire
| MAS k,uAlra aua his warriors came
and sat about it, kcnuga mad" y
speech burning with hatred fnr the
whites and armandiug revenge |,
WAS arrilrI that NNh> of Warriors
should l"A>" r"rl, the next mNrn,ug
FOR Cam"r,ds:,, Allru's hNme They
T"Nrrrt"H t. surprise the whites and
massacre the t'Ntlrr set leurn' men,
women and children! Their plans
wor" skilfully laid, hut in thinking
much Of ALEU- they had forgotten
lsssqurrna, who, wrapped III her
blanket, seemed fast asleep.
AZ length the braves started Ter
their wlgwams. k"nuga wrapped
htmself IN his big chiefs blanket and
he, too, fell asleep to dream, no
douht, of burning buildings, the cries
| W "N'iiS'' QUIZ RiNH'S VI iitil ~ Ills
savag" hands tore of their scalps
But what Of lssaqneena! About
midnight, wheu all WAS still nnA the
ronncii fires burned low, the cover.
| ing Of her wigwam WAS pushed aside.
Cautiously her head appears With,
ont u SQUAD she steps ont, listens
and looks !" kanuga's wigwam. All
is still, No sound breaks the or sp
mount ain air save the rushing waters
Of the Keowne, lying at the foot Of
the hill. Like eat she steals off
toward the river, follows the bank
several hundred yards, then slides
into the river, scarcely making rip
pie, and swims through the turbu
lent water to thu opposite bank.
Then she is of like deer to the
southwest.
| With the speed Of the wind she
runs along the rongh trail through
thick forests dimly lighted hy the
pale ra, OF the moon. Occasionally
the wall Of the panther comes to her
ears. but she has no fear She thinks
only Of AIieu and his danger. Soon
a small stream is reached, which she
fords with ease. She names it Mile
Creek one mile from Fort Prince
George. Then she comes to river
This she crosses in safety, naming it
Twelve Mile. On this very river the
spindles and looms of Cateech.e Cot
ton Mill hum today
On and on she goes, never once
slackoning her pace. Another stream
is passed. This she names Eighteen
| Mile Crock, and still another, which
! il Twenty six Mile Creek. Then she
begins to ascend that ridge lying be-
tween the waters of the Keowee and
the Saluda River. Here day light
came on. She hnds refuge IN a
small cave in hillside. Here she
hides, resting upon its damp, cool
floor. Her feet are torn and weary.
What little covering she wore hangs
in tatters about her beautiful form.
Sh" il hungry, but there is no food.
She drinks from little pool Of water
within the cave, then falls into de-
Ilclous, dr"amless sleep
AS the shadows within the forest
h"g'n +" l"ngtheu she Hwakrs and
with r"n"w"d enorgy starts on her
way All during the long night she
runs, never one" stopping for rcst.
just IN tho sun Ia roddoning tho east