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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1928)
The l Elcd Rosd 1 A Romaact of Bratfdock'sDtfoat J By Hugh Pn4tr 3 Illustration iy Irwin Myers Ooprrlhl tir Hush P.nd.ster, WNU S.rvloa CHAPTER IX Continued With th ahattored army In wild rout tlx Onondaga und I full back to 1li wagons whore I had left the girl. 1 stopped aver man dying from ar row woundi and would buve left hi in tud I not rccogulsed hlin aa Busby, wy old playmate. Thla wua a aorry ndlng of all our boyish dreama, when we played at Indlun righting and el waye emerged tha victors. For lova of tha old (In) a, I cnuiilit him around tha shoulders and jelled for tha Onon daga to nick him up by tha heels. Tha Indlnn had no desire to Interrupt hit fighting by helping one aa good aa dead. Vol ha would not leave me, and ha did aa I directed, and wa man aged to get Dually to tha tint wagon. Busby atared at ma vacantly at first then knew me, and tried to pull ma down to him, I kneeled and ha fnlnt ly whinnered; "What d d foola we've teen, Web. Tell Joe I'm aorry." It waa hla lat effort, and ba waa dead when I etralghtrned op. Tha eevagee wera now aiaaultlng tha wagons from both aldea. Wa fought iur way through the terribly unequal ineloa. It did look aa If not a man would eurvlve tha dny unleia It be some nf thoo who had taken to treee outside tha road, or who had rut tha horses looia from Ilia wagona and bad fled at tha beginning or tha bottle. Dunbar tha Tardy waa atlll In tha rear. It waa Just aa welt. Tha mora men crowding Into Ilia road almply meant mora victims. "Thla way, Brondl rtrowo hnlr'e herel" howled a voice to my ear. i'romlt waa speaking. Illi mouth waa fixed In a ghastly grin, hla eyea ael and staring, lie waa bleeding from a wound lo tha bead. "Thla la severe wring," ba ahouted, and fired a aoldlcr'a musket at a painted face allowing at tha aide of a tree. Then with a ecreeck that aounded above tha groana and ahrleka of tha wounded and tha yelli of the savages, ba dived Into tha bushes. Tha next moment ba staggered back Into tha road, with a knife burled In bla breaet, and yet dragging after Mm a atalwart Ottawa ba had clutched by the throat. Tha two fill at our feet, and with a final effort Cromlt tore the red throat open; and ao the two died and went among tha ghosts. ' I inn Mnrgao waa down and the witch girl waa etandlng over him. ao at In ona band, ber pistol In the other. "Get ot of here I Oo to tha river P 1 cried to ber, "Cant leave him," aha panted. "Rise ma, mister!" 1 kissed ber, believing It wea very clone to tha lost act In my Ufa. And 1 pitied her aa I bed never pitied any one In my life. Mnrgnn got np on lila knees. He had been shot through the back of the neck, the ball passing through hla mouth and taking several teeth with IL lie gained hla feet and pushed the girl toward us. "Must git bnssl" be told ma aa I eelted the girl and began working my way along tha wagons. Many of the drivers already were In flight, each to announce himself to be the only sur vivor of the massacre, and I despaired of securing an animal for tha girl. Morgan went ahead; after the girl came the Onondnga and myself. Hound 1'aw endeavored to shield ber from the crossfire of (lie hidden asvagee. He reeled, then raised hla war-whoop and swung hla ax, and I saw tha white paw on the chest was turning crimson, A wounded Potawntnml rolled from tha bushea Ilka a dying anake and colled about hla legs In an attempt to trip him and bring Mm to the ground. Itound I'aw quieted him with a awing of the ax and shouted: "To-hnh I It la good. They any two Tory brave men will aoon die I To ll ah I" Then In a mighty voice he told the concealed fo: "I am a mnn of the Wolf clnn. My teeth are sharp. Ho I llol Come on and help a hrnva mnn die Ilka a chief: lie would have penetrated the cover In aenrch of a worthy antagonist had 1 not forcibly restrained him. Pend iniiii, dying men, crnr.y men; and the lust were Ilia worst oi an. i ran almost at much risk from our own soldiers na we did from the tort In dliins. Kniieclnlly was thla true con corning the Onondaga. Morgan was keeping his feet brirely and the girl waa willingly accompanying him, and even helping hlin, ao long aa ner hncK wnrd ginncea told her the Onondaga and I wera following. Hut did we (mime to meet a ruth rrom the woods, then did she hold back ana attempi to gain my aide. With a hoarse cry Morgiin eled a horse by the nose ns the frightened u nt mill burst through the bushes mid Into the ronil. Other hands tried lo appropriate the prl.o, hut I brushed thum buck and tosncd the girl on the hack of the erased brute. Morgan mo tioned fur me to mount. "Take hor out of thla I For 0 d'a sake lose no time I" 1 cried. "Bhe sorter enema to Ilka you" ha began, but I lifted til in up and placed hlin behind her end ttruck the horse on the flunk wltb my rl lie barrel. I know she crlod out although I could not hear what alia said. Hlie made to dismount, but young Morgan passed an arm around her slim waist, and tha horse plunged down the road toward the ford. Hut I hall never forget the expression of her small face aa she atared helplessly back at ma and the Onondaga. During this brlof bit of action (he Indian hud been wounded again, thla time lo tha head. Wa fell buck, shoul der to shoulder. An arrow whipped Into my arm and the Onondaga broke off the quivering shaft Arrow or bul let raked my forehead and threatened to OH my eyea wltb blood had I not snatched neckcloth from a dead man's neck and Improvised a bandage. The savages wore now overrunning the first division of wagons, succumb ing to their lust for plunder. Only this avarlclousnese saved those In tha road below the wagone from being ex terminated. Aa It wua, fifty ot the Indians pursued us to the Mononga- hela and killed almost at every step. The regulars bad thrown away arms, accouiurmenta and clothing and, when overtaken, died stupidly like oxen. The cart cruck of tha rifles on each side of the road marked the cool re treat of our provincials. They were fighting ateadlly and composedly, and their resistance discouraged a final onslaught that might have cost the life of every Englishman on the fort shft of the river. We were within a few rods of the river, which waa filled wltb frantic fugitives, when Ova of the pursuing savages closed In on Itound I'sw and me. I bad the barrel of my rllle left and my ax. One man went down beneath the barrel. I slipped and fell on hi in. A knife stabbed through the calf of my left leg, but tha man under me waa dead. "Yohahl Tell hla ghort I aent you I" yelled tha Onondaga, and my assulliiiit fell dead across me. I got to my feet and beheld tha On ondaga In the clutches of two savages, the fifth having passed oo to overtake other victims. Before I could lend a hand one of my friend's assailants, jo Ottawa, choked and went limp wltb Hound I'aw'a knlfa through his throat. "They say a brave mnn of the Wolf clan of the Onondaga will toon die l" panted Itound I'aw, and be essayed to sound hla war-whoop aa ha and tha remaining savage wound their arms about each other and fell. I pawed them apart and raised my ax, but tha French Indian was dying by the time I could yank hlra clear of my friend. He waa a Mingo, pne of (be Benecna who bad preferred tha Ohio to tha Genesee. 'A brave man baa killed ma," ba faintly said. Tha Onondnga propped himself np on one elbow and feebly waved bla at, but bla vole rang out ao strong I did not believe ba was seriously hurt He proudly proclaimed; 'Yohahl A good flghtl Thla man did me a very great honor. He fought well. Rut the Wolf baa strong sharp teeth lis hum-web Ila bum-wen Ha hum-web " And be dropped dead across the body of the dead man who bad killed hlin. I filtered th river above the ford to esrspe the crowd of fugitives, aome of whom were drowned In their mad haste to make the crossing. Busby, Cromlt and Hound I'aw had paid the price of a stubborn mnn a Ignorance. Of all those who would never return from the fatal errand I would miss the Onondnga the most; and after hlra Cromlt of the mighty bands. And there was another ache In my heart aa I vlsloned tha fnlr Josephine, waiting In old Alexandria for her lover to re turn. Out of twenty-nine gallant men to rtde from tha old town, ouly four were to go back. My last backward glance at the ford beheld Colonel Wushlngtnn'a horse crumpling beneath hlin. At flrst I thought he, aa well aa hla mount, waa hit But he waa Quickly up and catching a riderless horse and swing ing Into the saddle. Then, with hla back to the ford, ha rode through the trees, now vanishing, now appearing, and close In front ot hlin waa a fringe of hla riflemen, fighting calmly and deliberately. Thla action of the rear guard waa made up of many Individual duels. The Virginians' trick of having two men behind a tree Inveigled many a screaming savage Into the path of a deadly bullet A rifleman would Ore, when sure of bla target, and some painted warriors would rush to dis patch him before ha could reload. Hla companion would Ore end check tha charge, This wua repeatedly done, and done aa calmly and coolly aa man would work In curing hla tobacco. There was oo pursuit beyond the ford, although only weariness, or their love of plunder, prevented them from killing us tor many a long mile. Later the colonies learned (that Dun liar's retreat was unexpected and the French hastened back to the fort, atlll believing they would ba attacked. Those who bud lied on horses were well on their way to the flrst cross ing, or fur beyond It I suppose It was the evening of that same day that 1 came to a stum bling halt at the edge of an opening and stared across a large cleared space. The spot was familiar, and with a shock suddenly discovered It was on the Allegeuhy and about half a mile above Duquesne. I did not lose my wlta again. From that moment on my memory la painfully exact ' Savages were singing and dancing around aome atukea. 1 counted twelve of the atukea, and to each waa fas tened on Inert cliurrcd figure. From tha red coats and other trophies be ing displayed I knew the dead men liud been regulars and that they bad died by torture, I waa glad they were through wltb all and wera beyond all further misery. I must have been very weak when I came to my senses on the edgo of the clearing, for I could not have tasted food during my blind wanderings. The shock of tha twelve alakea, bow aver, gave me something that an swered for physical atrength, and I fell back rapidly from the dungwoue neighborhood. There were oo Indiana abroad In tha forest for oone waa willing to mlsa the feasting and drinking and torture, let alone tha distribution of the rich booty. Moving painfully and without sighting any human being I came to the rougb country at the head of Turtle creek and forded and gained the army's camp oo Rush creek. It did not seem possible that seventy-odd hours before Braddock's army bad halted here. That waa fur hack among the old things, aa the Indians would have expressed It Then by slow atngea 1 followed the tlrsdilock road back to the Great Meadows. All along the road were musketa and aecoutermente, dUcarded by those who bad passed over the road ahead of me; and there waa no need to be saving of powder and lead. It did seem aa If all the buxxarda In North America bad come to west ern Pennsylvania, and never have I seen boars eo-plentlfuL There la a atory based on the Monongahcla bat tle to the effect that the boa re grew lo have a contempt for human beings after eating the dead of Draddock'e army. I never placed credence In the story, but I can vouch Hint the brutes were not easily frightened by my ap poach. I shot several but depended upon rnhblta, turkeys and a deer for food. Mora than once I bad to flgbt my nerves be for I could approach a huddled form In the road ahead, fear Ing It might ba the glrL Just beyond the Meadows I came upon three men cooking deer-meat over a little Ore. They were wild-looking creatures and at my approach sprung np and snatched for their guns. "Have any nf you seen a wagoner on a horse, Don Morgan by naruer I called to them. "And waa be rid Ing double wltb a fellow younger than her "Devil take your man Morgan and t'other feller I" cried one if them "Git out of eight afore I lose my pa tlence. I promised my younkers a French sculp. I!y the Eternal! Your balr might do Just aa well I Fat crops In and growing, and now we must quit 'em and fort ourselves Cume the day wa aver beard the name of Braddock." "We'll do our own fighting In oui own way next time," bawled one of the other men. Ilia worda fell Idly on my ears yet I waa to live to recall them, and to realise the fellow had unwittingly uttered the one great truth that Die battle of the Monongnhela taught us self-dependence. From the begin ntng of the colonies, we bad relied on England, and now that the best she could give na for our protection hod miserably failed, we were to learn self-reliance, and the few long rifle that allowed a fragment of the army to escape across the second ford were In trly dny to Increase to thousands Hut that knowledge waa all ahead ot me; and dlshearted at not finding soma trace of Morgan and the Din wold girl I left tha sullen trio and continued my weary Journey. (TO DC CONTINUED.! HwwtiiMuttnttttutiMtittnttntttttiatt Petition to Heaven Out of the Ordinary "Hob" Edwards, a Cnnadlun member of parliament, who founded a little paper called the Calgary Eye Opener nmong'the Northwest Mutinied 1'ollce. about a quarter of a century ogo, com posed at Hie time a little prayer, per haps In emulation of that of ttobwt Louis Btevensoo. Quoth Hub: "Lord, let me keep a straight way In the path of honor and a atrulglit faca lu the presence ol solemn aaes. "U'l me not truckle to the high, not bulldoze tho low; let me frolic with (ho Jack and the Joker and win the game. "Lend me Into Truth and I'tnuty oiul tell me her name. "Keep me tunc, but not too sune Let me not tulie the world or myseli loo rerloiiHly, und grunt more people lo liiiigh with nnd fewer to Inugli nt "Let le condemn uo uiuu because of his grammar and no woman on ac count of her morula, neither being re sponsible for either. "Preserve my sense of humor and nt values anil proportions. 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