The Boston tea party . denly one of them rode up on the right side of thecolonel, and, without drawing his sword, laid hold ofthe colonels collar. The latter, to use his own words, had pistols uponwhich he knew he could depend. Drawing one fromthe holster, he placed it to the heart of his antagonist,fired, and tumbled him dead on the ground. Instantly the other came on his left, with his sworddrawn, and also seized the colonel by the collar of hiscoat. A fierce and deadly struggle here ensued, in thecourse of which Col. MLean was desperately wroundedin the back of his left hand, the sword of h
The Boston tea party . denly one of them rode up on the right side of thecolonel, and, without drawing his sword, laid hold ofthe colonels collar. The latter, to use his own words, had pistols uponwhich he knew he could depend. Drawing one fromthe holster, he placed it to the heart of his antagonist,fired, and tumbled him dead on the ground. Instantly the other came on his left, with his sworddrawn, and also seized the colonel by the collar of hiscoat. A fierce and deadly struggle here ensued, in thecourse of which Col. MLean was desperately wroundedin the back of his left hand, the sword of his antagonistcutting asunder the veins and tendons. Seizing a favorable opportunity, he drew his otherpistol, and, with a steadiness of purpose which appearedeven in his recital of the incident, placed it directlybetween the eyes of his adversary, pulled the trigger,and scattered his brains on every side of the road ! Fearing that others were in pursuit, he abandonedhis horse in the highway ; and apprehensive, from his. EXPLOIT OF COLONEL MLEAN THE EXPLOIT OF COL. ALLAN MLEAN 191 extreme weakness, that he might die from loss of blood,he crawled into an adjacent mill-pond, entirely naked,and at length succeeded in stopping the profuse flow ofblood occasioned by his wound. Soon after, his mencame to his relief. Now, I think, Mr. Pitts, your herowas at least equalled in Col. MLean. Yes, its a difficult and nice matter to say who bearsaway the palm. But I do not believe that Col. MLeanwas surpassed/ said Kinnison. Col. Henry Lee wasa man of the same mould/ added Colson. Ay, he was; and that reminds me of an adventureof his which displays his courage and resolution,replied Kinnison. THE ADVENTURE OF MAJOR LEE In the Revolution, a prison was erected at Lan-caster, Penn., for those redcoats who fell into our prisoners were confined in barracks, enclosed witha stockade, and vigilantly guarded ; but in spite of allprecautions, they often disappeared in an unaccountablemanner,
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