Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 March 1832 — Page 4

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tiil tornado. BY THOMAS FRINGLE. Dost thou love to hear the rushing Of the tempest in its might? Dost thou love to sec the Rushing Of thc torrent at its height? Conic then forth before the gloaming Deepens into darkest n'ght. While the troubled e.i is i'oaniiinj In its wild phosphoric light. Lo! the Ion?; unopened fountains Of the clouds have hurst at last," And the echoes of the mountains Life their suinding voices fait. iNovv, a thousand rill arc pou-ing D wn their clamorous waterfalls. And the wrathful stream is roaring High above its rockv walls. ttfo'crtt;tHcou0. J 'r m he t 'asket. THE nUNTlSIl S TALL. (Concluded J lGood G'x.l"eclaimtd Conrad, poor Susan, why did I nt go home wih you? ily sister, uy father and mother " S anding there m.ki"g speeches will do no good to either voui sister, your father or mother 1 hen pausing a no ment and with his compressed mou.h and expression ot features wliichno man. however fi'm ought b; his nerves, ever beheld without feeling a something say ing, "Let that man never be my enemy" muttered with appalling emphasis. Tt the whole ot these cut thioaisever again cross the Ohio why, they'll conclude that the D - and Lewis WVzel have had a quartet latelv; but I'll :ry lo show them that nryselt and old friend are not separated yet." Little more was said; a few slices of half roasted venison was cut from the residue of the deer slain the day before, and the two hunters were with careSul but rather rapid steps measuring their way to the northeastward, with a view, as L wis whispered, "to tall in the rear ot the Ingeus " With all their untiring speed n wasevening when, reaching the head ot a hollow ovei spiead with the tank growth of the past summer, that Lewis gtopt suddenly, and pointing with 1 is Tarn rod'o marks Conrad could scarcel) perceive, observed in an under tone, 'Here, here arc their ttaiil" Th y had born several hours far with-n the range Where every stream and ridge was known to C. Rf id, whose inward ogo y ot mind creased a every moment, as in follow jog the steps of his wa-y leader, and saw him advancing in the el reel course to Sards the home of his parents and sister lit: was almost provoked at the cool and Undisturbed behaviour of Lev's.but the deadiut appearances mode him co i-p ee y submissive to the oiders which vere given withaconfilet.ee which inspiied hope in the very face id" despair. 1 have already tod you, my children, that the evening was trav y . and the nigi.t Unusually dak That e1;-kne-.s closed Up )n the I might sav. ang : is ot deli v t r ance, some miles shot t ot Mavcr's cabin It was on the closing ol ligh: that any e presnion ot impatience was shown by iewis 'Must these vilbins escap ' Ttit CXptession was loft, and calculated to alarm Conrad; but the long tti;d warrior repaired h'S mistake vmiIi admirable qviivkness hy addoi. Mill tomorrow morning," vvnispermg at the same: time, that "It i not the custom ol the I gcns to attack only at biek of day " StPi they advanced slow, si'ent and listening at every few steps. For some hoU'S the wind enabled Lewis to kee p bis course, but when that guide tailed, and the biack and covered sky hid every star, the 3'k ol the trees were felt. Tn any common case "aain whisper Cvl Lewis, "maybe 1 could ti.id my way. we tust be near your lather's and we D"ay pass it, we must stop " A sign ai d shudder was ail 'he answer Conrad cou'd make, and they ctoUvhed iown bvside two trees I need not siy ho.ii s w ere weeks, asbth their fares Tv ere turned to what they thought the Cast. It was an opening amongst the trees, which at las: btiati to widen, the trunks and large b:anches btau to ap pear. Lewis wa just re dy to say. 4 Break of day," but was prcvtn:cd by Conrad sprioiing to his feet exclaiming Hv heavens!" His loud expression ws promptly and eiT ctuay anesed ty the powerful hand ol Weizel, wno almost jci ked him clT his feet. Conrad, brought to himself, in a hur tied but suppressed tone informed Lewis, that they were between two and three tniies troen his father's house, that the Opening they siv was an aaandoued set tlement. 1 hey w ere on their w av Ik tort C .nrad had finished. Avoiding the open old fie d, thev were soon on a cattle path, and in a lew minutes, on rhin a hill, the long drawn howi of the h-us- d was on the point ol being answered ! rne two brute sharers ol the lr ma-ch, but touch of the raotol reduced to coniplese sis enrt the well trained ma-hfiV 1 h it peed was every mo'nent increaitd as the Cty ot the watchdog bcciine mote and tnore "met. Suddiii.y Lewis Mopt, and, listening i tecad or twu to the change of note ot the

dog, then racst earnestly observed tVj

Conrad I take care ot our aims. Conrad, had you Now, my brave young man, follower any of your family ever a worthless, criy directions. Your house is surtoun cowardly enemy who fled from ycu to the ded by these savages; advar ce cautiously j Indiam?' and do no', fire unless sure of your mark, j The question w 2s a volurn at once to

When you e!o firt, instantly icttca and reload; but of all things do not for any cause rush towards the house unless you see me." The orders were here cut short; the le.vb scream of the dog, the equally ter rib'e si ence which followed, and then the 1

tap-id fi inland the screams of the le-'court Susan, lie has been gor.e up males, put all farther delay out of (pics j wards ot t wo years " lion, and yet the never distutbed peace I "And is the worst Shawnee in the of mind of Wetzel, as Conrad ahcruaids 1 towns, and has got)eur Susan without told me, had more the appearance (t ajcouttir.g. 'I he moment I saw the stable

nun advancing on a wounded bear than I on he knew not how many armed men.

It was at the moment when a b'ow finmjwcre rot lgcis Loc k at yon fite.

a to.nabaw k sunk the brave okl Mover, that the voice ct Lewis Wetzel was no longer heard in whispers, but echoed to the surrounding forest. Cenrad, yoi lamily is mut deied. Revenge 1 revenge !' and sh.outed his own name with a force almost beyoi d human 1? an cartqu rke nad burst beneath their feet, the iff. ct woUtd not have been more terrifii. on the minds of the lgens, as he called them I hey who yei seivived tus-hed from the cabin, at the threshold of w hich two fell o their sleep ot death, and the astonished Lewis saw only one flv ing savage "You shall fol ow." as lu. gritted his teeth'in rage, and darted attet his. to him, certain prey. For once even the censumaie skill of Wnzv l was within a hair brcaoh ot failing I he Iiidnn's piece hadKft been discharged, ar d knowing thatfe)i white men bd discharged their rifles, and finding himse'f pukticd by only a single man, who was every step gaining upon him, the srvaye sprai-g to a tree Lewis saw hi3 erior. aid as the piece was raised he fed prostr ate, at the instant the ball passed rhiough his hunting shin above his s'.ou'cier I he Indian was now in his power, but without dischar girif?hs

piece he grasped it in his left hand, ard-jhveatid tenderiy. The first rude

a lew hm died yards the Indian was aj corpse urtder his ha'chet. The sun had not ct risen when Lewis returned with waty teps towards the cabin. To the name ol "Conrnd," calico in a voice louder a:'.d h-uder. no anavt et was given, aid he finailv reached the! drcadlul spot stamrd with the blood of six human beings. With his hack t:&4Svdf fireplace stood C onrad, las eyes fixed m horror on the still breathing rnd wel ei ing lc ms of his par ents I o the friei d y and n-w touching voice of Lewis no answer was given, and een Lt .vis him sell, ?ccustomid as he was to the dr ad ho rot s. f savage war, could not avoid ex cla'oii g. "Is ail this real " Y-s. real," replied Com ad. with a bursting sigh. and n y fauit." A jvast piSo.aie fliod of tears followerjC hut that flood was salutary. C nrad wt4fs re-, stored to bin s -if, if a man it flan cfl to al most the madness ot rage could be saio to be restoted "To the woods I flv wi'h you, Lewis, the Indians, blood shall pa lot thi.i but ol ! Levvjs r.m I ask" "For the body of your sister," interrupted Lewis, "she is .,-.t dead, but h pttsor-.et in my opii te n Y.ur hAt-st;sae gone, for i i letutnmgto tnc house I iV.Ul 'he Ci Ution to xarrdno the 3table. wheVe he 'racks ol meo a.ui horses atu p'entt. It is ail strange veiv siiure. I here ere more rner. on this mind irg paity 'Inn we have lound lt is strai g. very st i ai;g . 1 hey may be lutking near, replied Conrad. 'Ihey arc making their wav tohc Ohio,' bitter ;y inttn tinted Lewis, 4f I did not know these wrdves I wool.l not stand her . ' Here Kmgsley pnuscd as his young audi'm y awaite ci the fiiosfiing of his story. T am taiking about even's in a diffei ent i ge Irom the present,' at length tie resu medBefore the parley I have related, short ?s u was, was closed, Conrad Mayer had no living p:ircot 4T am alone ! I am alone I Susan, my Susan. 1 follow thee "And I am with thee to the Shawnee towns," replied Wetzel, who commenced to place the dead bodies of Mayer and his wife side by side, coveting them with the bed clothes, and after swrjiUw ing a few hasty morsels the two perserj

vering warriors were again on their wayV,ccasinn as well as on the present, was

in put suit. Lewis traced the horse tracks, which for several miles were found along a path j towards where Waynesbm g now s-ands, anu ,nen nent ro tne soirnuesiward over the southern heads ol Wheeling mto the valley ot fish Creek TtV tracks prov - cd haste and ths small puddk s left whet e waier courses wore pass, t c,,aoiecl Lew ,s io o,.t . u'-.Mt, us ou tneioeni v ex Mi t sseel himself, tnat " I'hese painted scoundrels are gaining from v.s oung men In our days, when w y irii-t riu'e aioiiiT coo,! r.c(U. -nA woutd . i. .... l. ... - ,i t ... 1 a wa ,rf,m u l,ori!!i.11' u Washington m Pent-ytv an,,, Von mav wedleelas-on.shed when I ,e yo that vvi;l, all the fatigue of the dav ard ni.'ht neioie, v.omau .vi.iyer and Lt wis W f-2 I were rgam c the Ohio before n.gb: ch-s J ... .... ...

r. , ' ....v.v- lariii to ouiam. ar.u aimos' ccrfjii: ..me to 11 id thetr bjects ol pursuit had i death wa the cons, qne. ee to his oppon crossedtha. g.eat sirea-n jtnt, fot 2n jn ;is ,ndv Amved on .he bank, Lcuis, turnir to o ot dangerous to those thrown orT thtih.s companmn, obse. ,ed- j ,ard, and hu a,)ilit of !cI()?d!r in tl, Comad, we must sleep.ifvvcdosleepJutteat or advance, cndHed him to de on V,,,Kk r reive his adversary by actually throwing V1 bt V", !!'af h?nk lhis Rii5hl if 1 .; v'v his our, fi,e, a stratagem he put in ftwiiu, icplud Conrad. practice in the present ntrsait. Bcfoic

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"And swim ynu must, but we must

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Conrad, who, clapping Ins hand to his forehced, reflected in silence (or several minutes, and at length answered 44 Yes, there was one fellow, N d Trash from whom I won a hunt of deer skins knocked down for saying he intended to this morning I set down in my mind that the cowards who left their companions At d a fi'e was now distinctly seen a morgst the trees on the opposite shore. "Blood painted monsters, muttered Lewis, "you left a home flawing with blood this morning, atd to morrow morn ing youi blot d shall flow. My ftiend, Conrad, "we'll cross the river, and do jcu take care of your tifl and your girl, your sister, or what you choose to call her rd I'll lead hosc new made Ingens a dance never mitd if I dont .' Though Conrad felt very much dis posed to lead them a dance himself, his mcieasing cot fidence m his commander fkept him silent end submissive. The river was passed, and as Lewis intended, i hey made land far enough below the savage tamp to secure the mseives from dis covery Short as was the distance, how ever,it was far in the night before the dy ing embers of their fire ai d the sleeping bodies of the eneo y were seen by the two cautious huntei s, who in their ap proar.h kept a deathlike silence. There was indeed but one sound ol human v ice which broke up -n the dreary scene That sound w as the heart hi r ken and dcspaii ing aspirations nl the carvive gitl fhough bred in a toiest Susan Gray was shoe!;

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that marked her young daj s Irom the death of tier parents, w as one ol uMer des truction. The gray daw n of mm niog v, as the messenger of horror The faint light broke over the eastern hills of Ohio, btoke over those native hilts she dated s ot hope ever ain to behold. I Ihe greatest (larger and no dance 1 roduces the same fiVcts, says Z:o.n.cr man, quoting Count Lippe Many are tire instances I have known where that ruth wjs shewn by Indian captive s, and more than once when h pi oved their las, defence. With thc d awn the savages arose ; one sat gloomy ;nd with a visage of more thao Indian ferocity opposite to where tc slightly hound captive was lying He e. e caught the g'ance ol the villain, and he fFect was an exclamation of indig rant contempt rather than that of what might in con n on cases be expected You are Edwatd ft ash where arfc n y lather and moinci " 1 hi.uh steeped in blood, Trash cow ered under the. glance ot an angel aid thc voice oi God, tot what was she at tri iw f ul moment but the in nssenger of him whose ee pierctsthe thick' st daikoess "Ye t,T' she reiterated. But her voice w is tost m sounds equ illy the voice ol Heaven "i rash, likf ull cowards who slun k frtm the moral power, soon gain co; fid lice when assured of the personal weakness of their opponents, sprang to Ms Ic.t '.villi an expression ofiage and l atted whidi only a icnegado ever can assume W cat would have been his next act wc can new never know The w hole scene was rapid as the flash and ie port of an impending thunder cloud, and followed by the report. ot a lillcand the dredful name of Lewis Wetzel resound ing alo :g the Ohio. Trash fell under the ball of Conrad, who with burning impatience awaited the signal to fire. It may seem strange that Lenis did not also fire, but he was too good a warrior to give his enewks an ad vantage. His name, t :n ible to the real Indians, was tenfold more so totheClir tvsand other whi'es, who, though never equal to the Indians in their male o' war, proved that the Shawnees could be far outdone in brutal cruelty Urged as they were to flight by thc avenger, the two unwounded captors ol Susan gave to their pn'suers an advantage, which on another most effectually used by Lewis Wetzel Ihe two fugitives separate d, or more di tinct'y, one outran the other, and left each ! to contend singlchauded with a man, that, ! perhaps, it in the woods of Ohio, and I armed only with nil s, thete was not then ! cm the face nt the earth, nnmhrr Kn ! cruld have centended with the least j p.ob.b l.ty of success 1 he warvJis ir t r.i.i. . ax. ... ,-... w. . now.r r,t c,t n,, ,u. ; fi'.ct hac nn,icf(j, j,lJt ,hal c(Fcc! 0ir'f , . ...... 0 v.,, , o u i unoiuii ' ii, hi ! produced every muscle was strait ed, ard ! pery moment the hindmost savage beaut , or tlmught he heard, nearer Hid nearer he rapid tread of his pursuer. i An.ontjsi the unequalled combing, ; of q.,a.it,M r.s a warrior possessedbv : .r.., V,... i 1 ,r, ........ V j be was

" - '1 v.n. J ' in. ur'Oi i 1 1 1 J n .1. ; .... . ' C l i . , ... , jrjW ralle m the antra. of in-per;, e.ical press, s the skill with l.ic.i he drew $Tj y n tW h u j , w!!;j, thl s tue-an advantage he scarct jCr ntivr is everv vhee hrld; ar-1 that the

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he could secure an unerring aim lie bal- j

ltd and disehaged his piece. The dis ! literature, such as I ale. Fetrv, Ls-a:, charge and wcclnurof the neatest sav.'ire Cnticims Sec.; notices rf thc fine arts; Hn-

was the work of a moment AfTectin n-rur; SrcrtirK Aiu-cc!otcs; -kctcucsc! u:c to retreat in turn, the triumphs shouts ,

of cne enemy ana sound ot the rule de . ceived the other, aid both rushed on to ! expected victory -hut ceitain riestruc-' lion. Ihe moments were few until ! Lewis was again ready to "lake tree,1 but as he sprung behind one, the lorcmost;1 a fcol.' "A doe skin would be too high a price , for yr.ur vyisdom," muttered Lewi-, his eyes flashing like a tygci's, as he awaited : the approaching m nstcr i Ln.pty gun, white man."

"Empty through your heart, murderer, Luropt.Hn ctmcs;) Kichard I trn Smith. i , . , , the celebrated Dramat-.st, ovths a: d once white man passed through the f . . , T ti . . r , , , . , , Magazine writer; Mr. Caroline Lc Hcntz, g.i t ng teeth of Lewis, and one frightful ; th .CCf niT):KUt.(, rf .v.-,,.;....,,,,.

groan, uic last oi tne rencgaoo, seemeu ! t'lV, "De Lara;" Miss Bacrn, the fair writer an echo to the sharp crack ot the lifle j of the pathetic "Lover's Mar tyr," c";c. And The remaining monster in human form ! many others whose names ;;ic equally t!:swas now too far advanced to retreat with j ti' -guished; besides a number, whose pro--anv safety, and rendered desperate, it 1 ductie-r.s under fictitious signatures, have be'eamo now a real strugg'e for life and -li5ite;J nral r?prr4,atui. . . . In the selection rf hteiary matter, the death, and had the enemy been truly an , f)lis,.crs r,f thc CvM(r have eMensive f Indian, even the skill and activity of i riliti(.S- Their ch..,.,. includes thc

Wetzel migr.t nave tailed. Both tceiing that their blood depended on the issue, j

put every nerve and sinew to the strain j abroad may be specially enumerated iulThe disadvantage was fearfully on the w-er's new Montldy . Can pbcll's Metrrj iwi-

ide ol Wetzel, and must have been fatal ! had his puisuer not been determined to . , , I mftke security more secure, reseved his fire awaiting a chance ol discharging with certain aim. I hus proceeded the race for a few hundred yards, when Lewis oi ce .more irte'd" Y u're a dead man, roared a thundering voice. H ; shall have cr.e tenant more seemed to come hoarsely fiom the bowels of the eanh, as Lewis lay like a couching lion. Not conceiving ihe pos sfhili'.y of encountering a loaded r ifi.. , dis

charged not ihree minutes before, with j giv en. i- furriisl.'ing which, a-sjanre is roclo adlul oaths, expressed in gocd or bad j cu'ed from several distinguished sprrtsniCr.. L glish as you choos , his adver sary ad ' pdlce 1'!? occupy a share of attenvar.eed. "I'll know who this scoundrel i t,nn are prepared by a kd.ul per-

is before I finish hirn," muttered Lewis f.s he deliberately sent a hall thiough his left arm and shoulder, and dropping his rifle seized his tomhavrk, and i uslied upon the tailen. Never caieiessly app'oach a wounded enemy, was a maxim Lewis had good reason to r emembcr , as he lear ned its wisdom from seeir-g a lifh muz z'c raised and pointed to his breat. The nfiV ball and his tomlnwk passed each other in mid air thc bali passed natm iess, but the hatchet lodged in the brain and fercver cr nceaied thc last of the can tors of Susan Gi ay - - Here Kir.drv einnnrrl a; rf 1,1c t , ,wi, i i- . . .." i . was ended Lvcrv hearer tell butninp to know w hat became of Conrad and Susan, and st length, finding the o d historian si en', more than one voice rather itnpati ently breathed "and ( oi raci and Susan" "Hear td a' fine fam'ny ot young Con rads and Susans, icsumeu Kmgsiev They returned to see the fresh graves oi their parents, w hicn had been laid in the earth by a party ol men the vnj day oi their return. It was long before their hearts could again leel the gaiety o for mer days, but time softened the memory of the past, and when the name ol theii fhlest son, Wttz l Mayc ,was ptoix unced, they ren;eir bei cd the warior nJ the west, and many is t tie tin e tirat yobng iviayer ran ro m er mo coming waruor, . . . . ai:a many is ine tirre mat ausan flayer sent to heaven the brea'I'ir.gs ol inno cencc mitigied with like aspirations from othe r mothers, for the prese i vation of the brown warrior sleepi g in the far distant woods of Ohio or Muskingum. 'I he reader might view some cf the in cidents of the preceding talc as so far bordering on the mar velious as to be ou' of nature: But there is not one incident but in some case or other really happened within forty miles of Wheeling 1770 and 1795. The power of loading a riilc whilst running in woods was re-lly possessed as represented in the person of Lewis Wetzel, and actually exercised not very materially different from the incidents related in the tale My obiec has been toreptcsent a Hunter Wan lor as they were in fact, wiiliout putting slang and vulgar pa'hu io his mouth, never used by him. I was bred among the hunter warriors, ar d have seen and heard them in all situations, except that of war. 1 have seen them serious ard sad, and have seen them in thtir boors oi revelry, and when shoulder ing their riflt s for chace and war. mark bvncroft thl-; SalurJratj Ceuvtrr, TIIL LAKGK&T AND CHLAl'KST Jl'ei.xiy A" ?:.?? ;' in the tinted Srctcs,i f:ubli..td tva u Saturdau.bu WOODWAUI) AND SPKA'GG, ncr bJ, avcNrhaiJvcailij tn advance r ' 1 1 i.i ! v oar imr na is nrrr-.ieo n an e - tra size imperial sueet. ot toe largest di - I . . . . t , rf reading matter, each c lntnn heit g equal to eight pges f a duodeciit'O bofik The pub'icatu n of the Cour'T was rr ni - nit need in Aor ii 1 rt. su re w hi h tun- it h;s

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