Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . ss, which her mother took, and, posting herself in the doorway, called upon the party to surrender their d d Tory carcasses to a Whig woman. They agreed to surrender, and proposed to shake hands upon the strength of it; but the conqueror kept them in their places for a few moments, till her husband and his neighbors came up to the door. •They were about to shoot down the Tories, but Mrs. Hart stopped them, saying they had surrendered
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . ss, which her mother took, and, posting herself in the doorway, called upon the party to surrender their d d Tory carcasses to a Whig woman. They agreed to surrender, and proposed to shake hands upon the strength of it; but the conqueror kept them in their places for a few moments, till her husband and his neighbors came up to the door. •They were about to shoot down the Tories, but Mrs. Hart stopped them, saying they had surrendered to 7ier, and, her spirit being up to boiling heat, she swore that shooting was too good for them. This hint was enough. The dead man was dragged out of the house, the wounded Tory and the others were bound, taken out beyond the bars, and hung. The tree upon which they were hung was pointed out, in THE SHE DEVn/s FAVORITE TREK. ^^SS, by OnC WhO livod iU those bloody, times, and who also showed the spot once occupied byMrs. Harts cabin, accompanying the designation with the emphaticremark, Poor Nancy—she was a honey of a patriot, but the devilof a •the eose of GUADALOUPE-A TEXAN EANGERSSTOBY. I dont know much about story-telling, boys, said the oldestranger of our party, as he cleared his throat and replenished hispipe ; but I can tell you of a lliinrr that once happenrd in my settle- THE ROSE OF GUADALOUPE. 209 ment, which, if it is not altogether new to most of you, at least hasthe plain truth to recommend it. Some of 3ou recollect old Andrew Lockhart, who used to livedown in the big bend of the Warloupe, (Guadaloupe,) just below theQ u e r o settlement. />. ^ ^ ^ A At the time
Size: 1578px × 1584px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectfrontierandpioneerli
