Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . , breathing the pure / air, and laughmg at the red r^r^.^^a ^A^„^.,TXTr, fools, wfa0 wcrc yclllng and I COULD SEE THE COWARDLY WOLVES GATHERINO ^ O ARMSFUL OF DRY STICKS AND GRASS TO SMOKE ME , . /. • , .-, . OUT. dancmg for joy at the cute trick they thought they were playing me. It so happened that through the same crevice that admitted thelight and air, I discovered a nice little pool of fresh water had formedon the floor of the c
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . , breathing the pure / air, and laughmg at the red r^r^.^^a ^A^„^.,TXTr, fools, wfa0 wcrc yclllng and I COULD SEE THE COWARDLY WOLVES GATHERINO ^ O ARMSFUL OF DRY STICKS AND GRASS TO SMOKE ME , . /. • , .-, . OUT. dancmg for joy at the cute trick they thought they were playing me. It so happened that through the same crevice that admitted thelight and air, I discovered a nice little pool of fresh water had formedon the floor of the cavern. Now, thought I, if I only had the littlered fellow yonder, and the provisions, I could do first rate. Soholding my breath, I crawled back agin into the smoke, and catch-ing the keg in one hand and the package of jerked meat in the other,I went back to my breathing-hole, and made a comfortable supper,while the black fiends outside were wasting their breath and fuelfor nothing. Arter I had satisfied my appetite, and taken another pull at thestrong water, I laid down for a nap, for T knew the Injuns wouldnttrouble me while they kept up their AN OLD TRAPPER IN A TIGHT PLACE. 99 Well, I had a pretty good nights rest, considering I had tokeep one eye open. And in the moruing, after the smoke hadsettled, I sat quietly at the side of the opening, expecting Mr. Injunto creep through arter my scalp. They had no doubt I had givenup the ghost, and thought they were good for my carcass. But theyreckoned without the host, for no sooner did a Blackfoot show hishead than pop ! a pill from kill-deer settled the job for him. Them Injuns, I reckon, thought they had holed the devil him-self, for they war so surprised when they heard the bark of the oldrifle, and found another of them wiped out, that they even forgot toyell. They found that smoke couldnt kill the old man; and thent^- ^y tried another plan. Their game now was to starve me out. Andhere again I had the trump cards i
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