. When men grew tall;. iscour-aging results. The English retreat into thehunting-shirt men, who are skirmishing upfrom the cypress swamp. The English are firsttold of this new danger by the spitting flasheswhich remind them of needles of fire, and thecrack of the long squirrel rifles like the snap-ping of a whip. Here and there, too, a groanis heard, as the sightless lead finds some Eng-lish breast. This augments the blind horrorof the hour. The trapped English reply in a desultoryfashion, and make a bad matter worse. Thehunting-shirt menlocate them by the flash oftheir guns, at which they sho
. When men grew tall;. iscour-aging results. The English retreat into thehunting-shirt men, who are skirmishing upfrom the cypress swamp. The English are firsttold of this new danger by the spitting flasheswhich remind them of needles of fire, and thecrack of the long squirrel rifles like the snap-ping of a whip. Here and there, too, a groanis heard, as the sightless lead finds some Eng-lish breast. This augments the blind horrorof the hour. The trapped English reply in a desultoryfashion, and make a bad matter worse. Thehunting-shirt menlocate them by the flash oftheir guns, at which they shoot with incrediblequickness and accuracy. With men falling likeNovembers leaves, the English give ground tothe south, which saves them somewhat fromboth the Carolina and the hunting-shirt men. Guessing the English direction, the hunting-shirt men follow, loading and firing as they ad-vance. Now and then a hunting-shirt manovertakes an individual foe, and settles the na-tional differences which divide them with toma-172. 1 Major-General Andrew Jackson at New OrleansFrom a painting by Chap pel. THE BATTLE IN THE DARK hawk and knife. It Is cruel work—this unsee-ing bloodshed in the dark, and disturbingly newto the English, who express their dislike for it. While the hunting-shirt men drive the Eng-lish along the fringe of the cypress swamp, theGeneral, a half mile nearer the river, is work-ing his two field pieces. Affairs proceed to hiswarlike satisfaction—and this is saying a dealfor one so insatiate in matters of blood—untila flying ounce of lucky English lead wounds ahorse on the number two gun. This bringspresent relief to those English in the Generalsfront; for the hurt animal upsets the gun intothe ditch. It takes fifteen minutes to put iton its proper wheels again. The accident dis-gruntles the General; but he bears it with whatphilosophy he may, and in good truth is pleasedto find that the gun carriage has not beensmashed In the upset. Save the gun! Is his word to t
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