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 . his fellow soldiers ^goodnight, assumed the duties of his post. The nightwas dark, thick clouds overspread the firmament, andhardly a star could be seen by the sentinel as he pacedhis lonely walk. All was silent except the graduallyretreating footsteps of the guard : he marched onwards,then stopped and listened till he thought he heardthe joyful sound of Alls well—then all was still,and he s
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 . his fellow soldiers ^goodnight, assumed the duties of his post. The nightwas dark, thick clouds overspread the firmament, andhardly a star could be seen by the sentinel as he pacedhis lonely walk. All was silent except the graduallyretreating footsteps of the guard : he marched onwards,then stopped and listened till he thought he heardthe joyful sound of Alls well—then all was still,and he sat down on a fallen tree and began to a low rustling among the bushes caught hisear; he gazed intently towards the spot whence thesound seemed to proceed, but he could see nothingsave the impenetrable gloom of the forest. The sounddrew nearer, and a well-known grunt informed liimof the approach of a bear. The animal passed thesoldier slowly, and then quietly sought the thicket tothe left. At this moment the moon shone out brightthrough the parting clouds, and the wary soldier per-ceived the ornamented moccasin of a savage on whatan instant before he believed to be a bear! He could. THE RIFLEMAN OF CHIPPEWA. 24t have shot him in a moment, but he knew not howmany other such animals might be at hand ; he there-fore refrained, and having perfect knowledge of Indiansubtiltj, he quickly took off his hat and coat, hungthem on a branch of the fallen tree, grasped his rifle,and silently crept towards the thicket. He hadbarely reached it, when an arrow, whizzing past hishead, told him of the danger he had so narrowlyescaped. He looked carefully round him, and on a little spotof cleared land he counted twelve Indians, some sit-ting, some lying full length on the thickly strewnleaves of the forest. Believing that they had alreadyshot the sentinel, and little thinking there was anyone within hearing, they were quite off their guard,and conversed aloud about their plans for
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