r dusk by the lime it brook at the rin Salley and took my seat ob v rt A i BS : THEY S. SAVED THEIR SCALPS | ting Experience of Capt. Benham agd One of His Men at Hands of Indians above the hills to the west | Bright with a reddish Ungs jad the woods to (he eastward, the west were of course io ‘snd Already dark, save in the # foreground g I bad been watching the red , when 1 was aware of a slight + i me Very “my head, but at first could not Billside, between two groups of 2 small white object mov tkly to the right and left and ] Ww that it was the white border on # tall of a Virginia deer. The color the animal so closely resembled | of the grass and weeds, that {t barely possible to follow its out 4 burei7 a doe, and she stood fac- “me, her ears sticking siralght out ach side of her head to catch the (ast sound which might come from By direction. But | made uo sound, id she stood there for more than a evidently puzzled and as still y statue could possibly have been nl carefully drew out my pocket ! suddenly waved it back a forth and thrust it under my coal gantly the deer switched her tall her neck and took two strides in direction. Then she gave an ex snort, wheeled and sprang back the hill. the only part of her body visible belong the white under side tall Jt was almost pitch dark, for the pp had not yet risen. but | started r the mountain on a trail which |} almost by touch. For some time id hear nothing but the sound of footsteps. and then something [ly crossed my path and scrambled pug the leaves falat but peculiar odor told me that creature was a porcupine and a wo [ 1ater there came the sound of his on the bark of a tree 1 left the for a minute to look at him, and the branch of a maple Lhe shed, his tall hanging down. and ve quills of his back erected and in sil- ite against the sky | felt about 1 found a long stick and. raising snd of it. I touched his spiny coat glad my Band was out of the way with a vicious switch, he struck stick with his tail. and the pext jstant there came a pattering on the Yes a8 A pumber of loose quills by the effort, fell to the ground it my feet. Then came the sound of his cha ering teeth, and feeling sorry for he old “porky,” 1 moved along and by the moon arose, and it was 10 88¢ the way The trail led igh & Wide open tract covered with he ‘blossoms of pearly everlasting jieh In the moonlight looked like UR TEETH Just as 1 reached this place a grunt made me pause and looking baly § saw the flower heads wav S0me creature passed among "By the grunt | knew that it was BOAr, and presently his back ap above the tops of the Sowers Busy rooting up the ground with BBOUL. and very sooo it was evident De was not alone, for several other appeared In different places and ‘grunting became general The nor- olor of wild boars is very dark , bat in most lights they appear . and among the moonlit flowers fellows were inky There was no wind, and what there was my favor, so there was little of my presence being detected 80 nolse. 1 took out my field and with it 1 could see the nearest [ng over the earth and pushing about with his snout. Now and § he would find what he was looking | probably a root of some kind, and As would slop to munch it. the . being plain to hear. His re! | for food happened to bring him close to where | stood, and | had i jw of Rim. He was a monster jen he stopped to munch a 8 bead and felt glad that of arifie and mak the direction of the & guide in the act of It was a young albiso few black patches on been shot before his L fi& waa Bo! true to color HAROLD BAYNES hic Smith @ the utter extine Modern methods of locomotion offer many risks Lut st least the traveler o» to-day does pot know what it is to jours pey in dread of the tomabawk. The danger of a misplaced switch cannot | ror as did the ever-present possibility of Whe lurking enemy of the forest. The | Magazine of American History gives an sccount of a thrillicg experience which { occurred in 1779 Io the fall of that year about 70 men, to two large boats, endeavored to make their way up the Mississippl from New Orleans toward Fort Pitt with stores of provisions At the mouth of the Lit- tle Miam! the Indians attacked them. The while men poiselessly landed and tried to elude the épemy, bul Lhe sav- ages seemed to spring out of the very ground. Nearly all he party were killed. although a few escaped Into the forest During the slaughter Capt. Benham, second in command, fell plerced by a bullet. Although he feit confident his scalp was doomed, be lay perfectly still, puting off the evil moment as long as possible. In their eager pursuit the Indians passed him by ‘When he was sure they had gone the captain paln- fully raised bis head to see If he could better his hiding. for he knew the sav- ages would be back for trophies. Near by was = newly fallen (ree with unwith- ered foliage With much anguish the wounded man managed to crawl Into this sheiter The next day, according to their cus- tom. the Indians returced to strip and scalp their victims The captain lay, expecting every moment to feel the cold edge of the tomahawk The prospect of death by slow starvation did not seem half so terrible as that at the Indians’ hands. When the savages had accom- plished their task, they went of, leav. ing Benham undiscovered The captain's chance of life was poor He had nothing to eat, nothing to drink, and the slightest movement caused him excruciaticg pain from his wound On the evening of the second day he heard a slight movement in the tree near him He managed to reach his gun and shoot s raccoot. But {t was of no good to him, he could not even reach it Soon after this the captain heard a cry in the forest. He thought It must be an Indian device to discover his whereabouts, and lay still But the call came nearer and was unmistakably that of a white man Capt. Benham an- swered it, and John Watson appeared, one of the company's men who had eluded the Indians Both of Watson's arms were broken by bullets A partpership was Immediately formed, one pruviding hands, the other feet. When game appeared the captain would load and fire, while Watson would secure the prize by kicking It to his com rade The captain cooked the food and fed Watson. The ,reatest difficulty was to get water At last Benham took his skin cap and placed it in Watson's teeth. The latter then walked into the river deep enough to fli the receptacle and brought it back to Lhe captain, who drank and held the cap for Watson to satisfy his thirst Thus the two wounded men helped each other until they wer= able to travel a little They reacted a fork In the river, where they bullt a little hut and walted for a possible boat One whole month they waited and then a flatboat appeared. At first the party in the boat would not respond to the frantic appeals of the men, because they feared some trick of the Indians Finally they cautiously approached, and discovering the plight of the two almost helpless men, Wok them on board and cared for them Capt. Benham lived to a good age, and his granddaughter married George Prentice, the well known writer and Journalist RECOVERS LOST CANTEEN. Indians Man Giveg Memento of Dead Brother by the Latter's Comrade To have the old and battered can- teen which he gave Ww his brother in the last year of the war returne! to Rim 40 years afterward, by a com- rade who took the canteen from the dead Lody of the soldier, was the ex- perience of J. H Bock. of the Eighth Indiana Infantry, who attended the G A R encampment at Deave: .'ol William Bock was sent and the elder brother allve, gave him Lis never saw his canleen cently, baviug comrade of the with a deta! who Is bow canteen He Urother again, and the tedly came (0 him re Leen picked up by lead soldier LEK Dee Kew Coat Not Needed Mrs. Nurich—You ought to get i f-arms, dear h--Nons #4 NOW Town Toples © line 1 have Nocturnal Does your new Lat izghts, Bobby?’ I should say so! swk: why suston Post keep awake Its a reglar nighs it came in the night!" — Always in the Way Oh, that fellow is all right is Yeast ~ a Way Crimsonbeak—Yes, but the trouble Is « won't keep out of my way —Yonken atesmpan. 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