The Washington herald., 1912-05-12

let your powder and ball tell every
time that you FIRE. Wen drive these
pelts beyond the Ohio and keep them
gn the run until they're swallowed up
Eby the Mississippi
The party under the gallant colonel
was now alone, for Flemings detach-
nient-bearing over toward the left
had separated itself from the other
command and was creeping forward
upon the banks of the river Thus the
division upon the right was much out
numbered by the saYages, and it was
soon only too apparent that the Indians
were outhanking their position, so as
to work around in the rear and eap-
ture them.
Il reckon as how we'd better git
farther back" Jack heard, above the
roar of the battle, and, feeling himself
that the savages were getting danger
ously near the rear of his position, he
threw himself upon the ground and
wormed hist way carefully to the pro-
lection of a giant stump which jutted
out above the thicket The Rangers,
too, seemed to think that the contest
was an unequal one, and gradually re-
treated, while the yells of the new ex-
| ultant Savages grew more and more
clear. Seeing, too, that they had the
whites upon the defensive, they ex-
posed themselves quite recklessly in
the brush, which was immediately TAX
en- advantage of by the Virginians
Again and again Jack saw a painted
warrior fall to the ground from a we'll
directed shot, while once, in lnll, he
heard a voice calling out, "Be strong
Be strong! o Shawneesp - and knew
that It must be the redoubtable Corn
stalk, leader of the allied bands of saw
ages. Once he caught a glimpse of
copper-colored warrior, who, strip
ped to the waist, and with two white
cheering on some apparently half
hearted men; so he came to the con-
clusion that the chief OF the Shawnees
was just opposite to his position.
"Oh, If / could only see Logan" the
boy muttered to himself, Il would just
like to give him one for turning against
US this way, after the kindness and con-
! sideration which we showed him"
As he said this the burly form of
Col. Charles Lewis fell to the earth
near by, while the red blood rushed
from a wound in his chest and dyed
his hunting shirt the same color as his
scarlet waistcoat.
Are you hurt" shouted Tommy
Wallace, for if you are, will assist
you to the rear"
The gallant colonel raised himself
10 a sitting position, then stood upon
his feet, and, with a face drawn with
pain, walked slowly beyond the firing
line. As he passed by the range of the
bullets, the Commander-in-chief, Gen.
Lewis, met him, and, seeing that he
was grievously wounded, exclaimed:
How now, kinsman? Did / not tell
you 10 leave off your English trappings
for the fight? expected that some
thing fatal would befall one, who, like
yourself, recklessly exposes himself in
scarlet waistcoat"
1T is the fate of war" answered the
wounded officer, "and l we'll deserve
my condition. Go in, now, and win.
for the savages far outnumber US and
are driving US back to the river"
And so saying, he walked painfully
back to his tent, where he sat down
upon the ground, and when, a few
moments later, a Ranger came to call
him TO the front, he found him quite
dead
Meanwhile matters were going equal
ly bad with the division on the left un-
der Fleming. who, at the very outset
of an attack upon his line. was pierced
by two balls through the left wrist In
spite of this he continually animated
his men TO hold their own, and, with
voice and gesture. called upon them
to outflank the Indians, if possible, and
get between them and the river AL
though retreating for some distance,
his men gradually began to hold their
own, and, finally spreading out toward
the Great Kanawha, they forced the
enemy to cease their victorious ad-
vance. At this moment, too, a re-en-
forcement of some 800 men arrived
from the main camp, so that the line