r dusk by the lime
it brook at the rin
Salley and took my seat ob
v
rt
A
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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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