Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . atient were the Virginians to avengethe death of their comrades, that they could scarcelywait till the lieutenant gave the word of command tofire—then they rose in a body, and before the Chip-pewas had time to draw their arrows or seize theirtomahawks, more than half their number lay deadupon the plain. The rest fled to the forest, but theriflemen fired again, and killed or wounded severalmo
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . atient were the Virginians to avengethe death of their comrades, that they could scarcelywait till the lieutenant gave the word of command tofire—then they rose in a body, and before the Chip-pewas had time to draw their arrows or seize theirtomahawks, more than half their number lay deadupon the plain. The rest fled to the forest, but theriflemen fired again, and killed or wounded severalmore of the enemy. They then returned in triumphto relate their exploits in the camp. Ten chiefs fell that night, and their fall was, un-doubtedly, one principal cause of the French and In-dian wars with the English. Lieutenant Morgan rose to be a captain, and atthe termination of the war returned home, and livedon his own farm till the breaking out of the Americanwar. And then, at the head of a corps of Virginiariflemen, appeared our hero, the brave and gallantColonel Morgan, better known by the title of General,which he soon acquired by his courage and ability. THE INDIAN AND THE WILD TURKEY. 253. The male bird of the wild turkey, or gobbler, is inoble bird, and his plumage is resplendent with tl ebrightest gold-tinged bronze, varying, as he chang esposition, to blue, violet, and green. Each feather isterminated with a deep black band, and has also abronze or copper-coloured lustre. The feathers fromthe tail make excellent wings for hares ears,and deep purple artificial flies are quite as good Y 254 THRILLING ADVENTURES. as the mallards coat, and infinitely better than thoseof the domestic bird used for the same purpose. The wild turkey-cock has a long pendent tuft ofhair on its breast. This, as well as the carnuclesabout the head and neck, comes to perfection and ar-rives at the greatest size and length in the third says, that from fifteen to eighteen poundsmay
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