Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . Indian, by a powerful effort, in which he concentratedhis whole strength, threw the hunter underneath, and planting his / <j knee upon the others breast, raised his arm, with an exulting shout of victory,to give the final stroke. Wetzel sawthe impendingblow, and closedhis eyes in expec-tation of its imme-diate descent. A new antago-nist appears upon THE HUNTER ESCAPES. tllC SCCnC, UOW- ever, in the shape of his faithful dog, who,
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . Indian, by a powerful effort, in which he concentratedhis whole strength, threw the hunter underneath, and planting his / <j knee upon the others breast, raised his arm, with an exulting shout of victory,to give the final stroke. Wetzel sawthe impendingblow, and closedhis eyes in expec-tation of its imme-diate descent. A new antago-nist appears upon THE HUNTER ESCAPES. tllC SCCnC, UOW- ever, in the shape of his faithful dog, who, although he had not beenan idle spectator of the contest, had done but little more than barkand snap at the Indians leggings. Roused now to the highest pitchof rage at his masters predicament, he came to the rescue at thecritical moment, by rushing at the Indians throat, which he seizedbetween his fangs and tore without mercy, causing him to drop hisknife, and fall backwards in such a manner as to release his mastersomewhat from his unpleasant situation. Collecting all his remain-ing strength, Wetzel threw the Indian from him, sprang to his feet,. A DESPERADO AMONG THE MAIL BAGS. 295 seized the others knife, and in another instant it was planted to thehilt in his heart, and he expired almost without a groan. Rightlyjudging that there might be other red-skins in the vicinity, Wetzellost no time in gathering up his own and the Indians weapons, andmaking good his escape. He had proceeded but a short distance before he heard behindhim the shouts of quite a large party of Indians, who speedilygathered around the body of their fallen comrade; and as they recognized in his distorted lineaments the features of one of theirbravest chiefs, they sent up a yell which made the forests resoundagain. An immediate pursuit was commenced, but the hunter hadfortunately found a canoe in the creek, which he had availed himselfof; and when the Indians came to the opposite bank, he was safeiiTDon the
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