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LOUTH CAP.OLIN V.
SPf-'OVEIl Ml. EVANS' EXCllANOfc El II DIN!,
' , ' ' . WILMINGTON, N. C.
Gi;oci::iiE3,;, d;iy goods,, and
:" HARDWARE, " '
U.r. AND RETAIL, BY
V,'. BRADLEY.
c.
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gjQMIIISfiiON TIE It CHANT,
V.'II " ! : I nX, N. C.
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20: NAUTILUS '
p.Iui Lin.) insurance company
Ur Kh'.V-UIB.
, ;: t:i!e ill 'c on lie Lives r f e 'acs.
W. O. L.O !), Agent. '
7 ' AND : -
.ILVJT COMPANY..
j. i.u i ;r.:u.cn,
ION :IEIICIIANT,
, WILMINGTON, . C.
o:iM,r public,.
VILMINUTOll, N. C.
J. " riAM'L. P. GAIL
co:::: ission : merci ia nt,
WILMINGTON, N.
lA'pr!!21.'..
.13
IIOB.T, O. HANKIN, ,
.anccr r.::i lc::r.;;r.;.;n .uerrnanr, .
W ILMINGTON, N. CV
UflEU At ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS tU UISFtlEXDI
14 , 1 1! NEW YORK. ; r
Wttarch 17. -r-;'-: i '
trrr-, ! " ''i'.'"'" r
m' ' in :ff;&-warner, ; ; ;
WHot.i:s.U.e AND RfcTAII DF.AI.rRS !!..-",
P.:v coons, anncnitir.s. ship ciiax-
DLLJIY, Mill' STUIiLX, t
13
O. W. DAVIS,: . .
co:ri ission lierciiant,'
v . . x WILMINGTON, N, C.
aJSardi 17. . ' . "J: . . I
f T'ltHY DRY ANT,
'flrn" 'MISSION MERCHANTS.
II
r, .:. itf.
n. hughes,
CO !! MIS SIO N MERCHANT,
J,'., c;r.N:::: al agent '
of all kin U of '
V' t.: ! 1. i
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., Country Troducc
C.
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!1 be promptly and
42,
U . , i . 15 L L L j. .
AL COMMISSION AGENT,"
trt'aTHB bale o'- Tt.vrua, LOIBER, lA- .
vau etc: ' .an; all Ktsca or
t . ' (ci-.M.-.y juanrcE, .... f,
K 0 Ticed- .Vuri o A'. WT Vrown't. '
r"'- '-WILMINGTON, N. C. '
). A . CU.S1IING, ;
I M.I if IN
f, r.VTIONERY, itc.
' r tiurtr, wiumi-otox, . r.
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ii :"i:;uton, A
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criASTS,
YORK.
ST. Ni:v'
, ALLIDONC & CO.,
TON MERCHANTS,
' )UTII Vi'lt AIIVE9 ' '
i'i!it.ADi:r.rniA
,m.. CO'n'ON, RICE,
', in. 1 pr.i.hice ::.'!H rally. '.
lit ...I. i if- I ' A'jwc,
, N. C. " '.. ; '
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June
VOL. 1.
D. J. GILBERT,
AGENT AND COMMISSION
U-y.l-. MERCHANT,; . '
FOR THE BALE OP ALL KlSM
or, GOODS
AND
COUJfTBT FRODDCC
'""4.
Particulnr nttpntlon paid to receiving and forward
ing of Goods. Orders fitted on tho best lerou when
cash is enclosed, or produce ia hand. ' - ' ' -
Pi. Ii. I mar be lound at the store of K. Turunctnn
comer of Water and Princess streets, where may be
found a general assortment of groceries for both Town
and Country trade. - . ' .,..- '. ; . .; . r-.
inov. it;. -a luu-y
R, H. STANTON, k CO.
WII0LE8ALK AMD RETAIL
GIlOCEUfi,
And dealers in , 1 " t
i . i u , i
tn V GOODS, CLOTHIOk RATS, CAM, IOOT8, V
- SHOES, rUiKlTVM, KAtOWAIIj CUTUKf, -
TIM wab, cioccnr, 4c. v' '
CONSTANTLY on hand, a general assortment ol
CORDAGE and PROVISIONS Also. For
eign Fruit, Wines, Liquor, Teas, Porter, Ale,
5"YShip Stohe put up with despatch. ; "-j k
Oct. 31 184G. t a , - ' - 96 .
J. HATHAWAY 5c SON.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
1rd Door North Water Strut,
' 1 -' , , WILMINGTON, N, C.;
J, Hatha wat. . " J, L. Hathawat,
Oct. 27, 18 16. . -' '.t'ra ,- 94.
; SANDFORD 4. SMITH, V ;
AIXTIECRS k C0KISSI05 MEKCKASTS,
( ASP ,
AGENTS OF HENRIETTA -
STEAM EOAT.COMPANYk
WILMINGTON," N."'C.
TMOS. SANPPOHD, j
Oct. 17, 184(1. ; , )
WM. U SMITH.
. JOHN C' LAT,TA, , ,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
1 ' 'AND GENERAL AGENT, ' ;,' '
- S WILMINGTON, N. C
MYERS &:BAUNUM,i
MANUFACTCRE3 ASD . pfiALCRS IN f '
i.4 T- CIPaST, umbrellas
AND WA LKlNO CANESf - -
tt , ; WIOLESALE AND RETAIL, ' "
'MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, If..'
. C. Mv. ' ' . T ' 'jf. M, Baitum,''
; ELIJAH: DICKINSON,'" I
COMMISSION: MERCHANT.
(Senior partner of the late firm of Dickinson & Morris,)
-r ,fILilINOTON, NC.
REFERTO . " ' ' 4 f J"
Nesmith & Walsh. I
E.D.FelfrACo.,i
".MeansA-ClaSr. C1
. Boston.
i AV alters & Soiider. nt.,, ,; ;l
, A.Beon&Co., 1 Philadelphia.
UCL J. lolfJ. v-
8i:
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A. MARTIN-, ,
- GENERAL AGENT.
- AND
Commission Merchant,
- North Water, 1 Doors above Princess Street,
' V- ': (Murpht Duild'mg,) ' '
WILMINGTON, N, O.
Oct. 3.
84
L. S. YORKE, v :
,V.. GENERAL .s..V:;v-;
COMMISSIO N M E RC II A NT,
NORTH CAROLINA PACKET OFFICE, v
' 43 12 NORTIf "WHARVES, V
rillLADELPHIA. - ,
June 9, 1,:;G. ' ;, : ly37
JOHN HALL,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
7V wr i&tflht CuMom Uotut,
JLircM 17.
';;;r:H. S.' KELLY,';'''';s
S"i. itinr"inwm mirr nn1
WILMINGTON, N. C.
.; March If. : -,.-. ,: : I
; - GILLESPIE ROBESON, ; ;
'. . agl.ms roa the bale of .
ilMUtili, 1.1. .tJAVA; PiAVALt Hi (T-C
WW maks Ubt r.il cash advincf on Q consljjnificnt
n of produce. . .
h 17.
1
' t , CHARLES BLAKESLEE, ;
. (Surresa r to Jauie Punderford.)
MAM F.urnnEn asd dealer
- Bobts and Shoes, ,
; M,ast t r., Wilmington, N. C." ; ' V
CI IAS. D. ELLIS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,'-
WILMINGTON, N. C.
. hl7.' I
EAMLa.P. GAITT,,
ag;
ST KOIt TUE'SALK OK LVMUER
TK-nr.n, turpkntini;, AC.
WIl 'MNGTON. N. C.
:i. 18
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Co
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PUDLISIIEI) Till -WEEKLY,
.;; WII.r.IINGTON,' MONDAY AFTERNOON, .DECEMBER 7,
BLANKS . '
, , . fRINTED TO ORDER, AT THE
COMMERCIAL OFFICE.
SADDLE, HARNESS, AND TRUNK
t- THE subscriber takes this method
t I of informing his friends and th public general
a lv. that he has taken the store formerly occurr
ed by Porter and Blakealee, and Immediately opposita
m vnroructe vmce, wriere ne ii now opening a com
plete assortment of' , '. - . t "
Saddles, "Bridles," Harness, Trnnlti,4 Karlinsalcs,
...valises, carpet and saddle Bags. Collars, .
".. , '.Whins. Snurs. Bits, it ie. le. ie.
All of which will be warranted of good manufacture
and materials, and wiH be aold low for CASH. , ' t
- Having towu ixpiiievce in the above business, he
flatter himself that he will be able to tender full at
itfactim to those who max be disposed to patronize
him. " " . , 1 ' w ,
' It Is his Intention to keep no Books, 1ut to adopt
the CASH. SYSTEM, by which moans he will be
able to fumlsh article mock criakb than they hay
heretofore been bought In this market, s
rSrREPAlRINU of all kinds done at the shortest
notice. . JOHN J. CONOLKY. ,
Aug. fl, md. ' ly61
FLOUR
in
BEST Canal Flour. Forute,by ' - ' '
3pt26. . 81,' " E. PETERSON. '
SHEETING. Four-Fourth, from the RocartsH
FAOToay.forsaleby BROWN & DeKOSSKT. ,
' ; v , TO RENTa , . , ' - ;
QEVERAL well finlslied Offices. In the Are proof
KJ building on n atcr atrttt, over the atorea o( suuth,
Mitchell & Gudca. ,t- ' k i'
- That larce and convenient Wharf on Eacle's Island,
opposite Town and known as the site of the Plumii
DMilUry, J2dfeet front and lunnln back IGOOfeet
with eonvenientdock, Warehouse 40 by 80 feet, negro
quarters, &c. all la goo4 repair. Apply to it. XSutt, v
NAM lUAfi . .':-.-, i ' f.:r 111 t . r r
MESS AND PRIME PORK tot Snlobr -'
' 1 , v GILLESPIE & ROBESON
,Sept.J5. , .e ' ; ,
73
'. ' '' FOR SALE,,
A FIRST RATE northern built Bup?y.J For sale
BROWN A DaKOSSET.
8ep 24.
t; FOR RENT.
A DWELLING on Second between Market and
XX Dock Street, at present occupied by'Mr. Aiurus-
tlne. well adapted for the veeominodation of a small
family, ApjHy to . - J A1LLW..
"SADDLES, BRIDLES
UARNISuTRUNKS,7&c&c;
f ptiE ubcribeT naa on nana ft general a
X aortment of Good In hi line, together
and SuUws, all of which he wdl sell low. Purchasers
.Willi iuvMi.n wiuk. rwwvMtM. rrw.wM
are respectfully invlteq a
Side of Market Street,,
sspectrmiy invitea M caU at tne. UU Sftano, xsorto
or Market Street,, . -
Wflmlngton, 8ept 28.'
AoexcY or Cah FlAaSitAJi Boat Cohfawt,
" i ' t in i j " 1 1
- r t - , i ort 11, 1B40. j
iT3k fPHE? Caw'FMi' Sfaw 17oo Com-
V t A pony, bavin thoroughly placed In L
r ' ine lavorite' owswner, txxwn
toU, and are building Lighter of the moat approved
stylet, and peculiarly adapted 10 the low stares of the
River, an prepared to giv despatch to Goods for Fay.
ettevlilo, and tne interior, on the mow! fatcrabl Urm.
The keel of a new Steamer has been laid, which will
soon be completed, of such Heht draft M water, at to
tuU all ttaqei of tit Rlvtrt and vhich, in lighttum of
arqri. wtu iravaa a averAssto.
raft, wi
Goods will be received and forwarded promptly thro
VUmlneton. fret of all chart a for Storage.- Drovage.
Wharfagt. and Cammiutonit and wlU be attended to
at rVyettevule,rso (jomtmmm. Uoods can be
atorea there, up town or at the river, as shipper may
desire. " " t : v- , .; .
77k Cop Ftar Steam Boat Company art ddemin
td to carry Good on a fivonMt ttrma aa anttothtr
Company i and from the long experience of their e
genta at Wilmington and FayettevUle,, have no doubt
of giving their friends entirt mlitfadioii, v i ., ; rV . r
. , ,t E. W. WILLKINGS,
ROB'T.G. RANKIN.. -
; y . Agtrtat Wilmington,
March 17.
1
5,000
BUSHELS TURKS' ISLAND SALT
for Sale by
O. G. PARSLEY. '
r-f, r - v 2tf.
Wilmington, March 19.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE Price $1 perotilre. for
sale at the ; COMMERCLAL OFFICE.
March 21, .
;; HAY" y.' -. .
CTA BALES prime Eastern Hay, jurtlandrtl, for
tW sale by , ' . UArtJJUJKU A HMl l tt.
Oct 24, 1846. -''
91.
BUTTER AND CHEESE. V r
6 KEGS superior Goshen Butter, 20 boxes prim
Checsa, 5 boxes Pint Apple Chee-e, jnt received
per Urljt Belle, fix. f:..- J. 4 W, L. McGARY.
Ktrt, ii. .,. vv-.": . ',-- ' UA ;
QUGARS, Loaf, Crushed nd Brown brst qnnllty.
kj rorsaieby . ' : . u. vr. tsttAULfcy.
Oct 31.'
96
. .. '!'::'"'Rem6voLtr'-V:J;: '
mHE Subscriber haye removed their Office, to
JL tne Uajton tsam Saw -o Flanino Mill
. Nov, ia ' Pi K, DICKINSON k Co. ,
Chronicle copy. ' r , . 2ml00 ,
.r. Eau Dc Colo;me. -r :. ;
fffj DOZEN. In quart Bottle, of the real FWikA
Cologne, just Imported and arrived from Martln-
iqi. In kit to tnt purcfinwrs. For wile, by
Nor.lOl ,11001 , " J. HATHAWAY 4 SON.
liACON. . , "
Oflfl PRIME North Carolln Bacon Ham, justre
" v eeWed, for nl by
Noy. 10.
llOtl
J.AW. L. Mi-GARY
IIERRING.5.
( BOXES v.ry siipfrior scak J Ilerrlngn, just
CV received, . I f'r;ili', by ,
.No. 10.- U i. ! W. L. McGART.
cinx
"XlTEhavej . . ,
i in 2,3a 1 t
. f t'.ip Fear, ' . I I ,
t 1 id CXT i'
t mil. '
books.
. nm . r? stylo, tMiur..I tip
c 1 ..k, t ii. cLi on I'.e " :.ui
" I nn. il r-ir.k t'f t!i" Stn'e.'
i, Rl 111' :' ... o of tVrt
p-M v ,. r .L ( ! I VCnvu, I" e 1 vf , utturn no uaa onau ni vi 1 K
IJY LORLNG & STllIXCEIl.
THE MAD WOLF,
A TALE OP THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
t'.i-o i. t A i a e.
Id the month of October" 1833. 1 was on
my return fron a troppio j tour on Oreen
RlTer,tb'ei; Urn(J Colortdo of the West, in
company wilh three companions, one namcti
Aiexnnare, a nair, oreed VetboncoBur, a
Frenchman,' and an American, named VVor
thin oon- After a long day'i tramp, we halt.
ea in a necit oi umber, upon a tributary oi
the Ck)lorado,lmmediately bordering upon a
wiup-BDreani3 pmine j ana, navintr nere
pitched oftrtentr, und tied " the animaw. ? wa
started Ouf 6 fecodnbitre th eiRhborhood
surroundingr the eamp-e;roiind.-; The coun.
try we bad been travelling over all day lay
immediately in ibe path of tie loVio j bands
oi virrtAaana Crot Indians, and the for
mer tribes' were, the wbite;man' Jneterati
foe. Cauuon, therefore, counselled us to ex-
amine the tracks imprinted around us" before
we resigned ourselves to security and reposej
Haringi' mounted, a willowovercdrndgej
neat the encampment, I descended into a
smalt valley on our right, and had not pro
ceeded for before T descried smoke issuing
from the covert . Carefully approaching the
spot,-1 soon discovered a numerous war par
ty encampment of Crows, and, as they were
friendly to the company I belonged to, with
out hesitation, 4 1 entered the circle . seated
around the fire. ' All seized their -weapons
with a general exclamation of "Aew f ' wjien,
informing them, in their own language, that
I was Little Wolf- name "conferred upon
me by an old chief of the tribe while I was
sojourningat their Village they immediately
remembered mt, and all signs of hostility
were stayed between us. ; ; After a friendly
auaKv oi uanus, nnu a jncnuiy smoxe oi tne
caiuniet, s ootaioea ,t ait tne lniormationr i
needed relative! totbe 'Arapoaoes,' and with
pleasure learaed that the war 'parties of the
a last' .i ' ".
vtows naa an ven mem tar ironr tne soutn
ern hunting grounds. ! The chief of the par
ty, and a number of hit braves, accompanied
me a short distance on roV return, and, when
we parted, it was with mutual expressions of
iriendship.' On arriving at my. camp, I found
my companions awaitca my comings : juacn
leported his observatioDS. and the information
which 1 imparted was rcceired with general
satisfaction. It also confirmed ' their several
reports, all declaring their search yielded no
signs of hostile IboUrteps. ';, j
: Every preparatiori was' now" niaae for
night ot uninterrupted reposeandj every,
thing : promised the, luxury.; Our ' wearied,
march, with the unceasing . watchfulness ne
cessary for safety, bad worn down, until a
night of unbroken sleep was looked forward
to as the greatest boon.' circumstances could
confer Upon us. A foe would not approach
us in . the position we occupied, wun. oor
friends; the Crows, posted in such close prox
imity they were nearly ; within bail cer
ta inly' within sound of our gnns. V A' final
examination was . made of the lariat ropes
which confined bur animals, and then a short
smokethe trapper's greatest luxury was
indulged in ; alter which, spreading (be buf
falo' rob& we 'dropped oft into a slumber
that needed po"artiucial aid, toj prolong"; its
soundness, W J, y'"u l I;-.:.. : u '(
Howlonir we bad lab' in slcen 1 know
not; but,- all at once, with 'a sudJenneaa
which started repose into fliiht, I felt myself
jerked from the robe on which 1 was resting;
My first thought was that Indians bad attack
ed, but the light ol tbe fire disclosed roy an
tn :ronist to be a wolf,' which had seized and
sun held me last by ue lea hand. 1 bad no
weapons within my, reach, so, without hesi
tation, I struck bim wuh my shut fist, and,
delivering the blow, upon bis grinning muz
zle with all my force, I broke his hold, but
in doing so lacerated my thumb against his
tusk. . The whole was but tho work of a
moment .'Alexandre, who lay nearest to me,
aroused himself, and no sooner was I released
from the infuriated beast, than it seized bim
by the cheek. "He choked it off, when, by
ibis time, VerboncoBur and Wortbingtonbav
log secured tbeit knives, they rushed upon
the animal '.Each inflicted ; wounds lopon
him-t both were bitten.-1.. With a. howl
that curdled the hearer's blood, our assailant
fled and dUapp&rcd ia tho darkness.' .This
sudden and violent interruption to our slum'
bers was not endured with Christian meek
ness. nor commented on in those choice epi
theU which bespeak a delightful surprise.
On tbe contrary, we indulged in a lew bitter
expletives against this nocturnal visiter, and
bavinir thus in a measure appeased the wrath
within us, we hastily bound up the wounds
we had received, and once, more forgot our
dangers in the oblivion of sleep. ' ,1 '
Wbco moroifig broke, all sallied forth in
different directions, filled whh revengeful
rnrposo' against tho wolf -believing that
o would lurk fa our ocighborbood. Dot
after aa sxtfnclcd search, we were forced
to forego the promised revenge and vent our
anger ia declarations of what wo would have
done If ehanco I.ii only rlaccd him within
gun-shot On ray return I og-ain encounter
ed the Cro T1- chief cf which in
formed me f t a n it iff bad vi.Mtcd tlair
Camp the t j r.vious. lb hnJ Icm dri
ven on, riowever, tLiurB he bad bitten tiny cl
1810.
NO. 111.
Llood with a horrid apprc.'.cr.don ; an4wl
rU.T
be added that the animal :i in tho direction
of our camp, I folt assured he Lad been our
fierce visiter. , With gloomy JorebodihgS of
coming ill, I returned to my companions who
werai preparing iora start ; ; ;
' Every thina beina: in readiness we depart
ed i from the camping-ground, and holding
oar way down the valley, came pon the
great Crow trace, where, discovering the
tracks of a large party of white men, we fol
lowed it op, and lei! in' with, a trapping party
of the North American Fur Company.
From them I obtained some , whi&kev and
and salfi whicn J applied to my tyounds, and
but wui a my cvHipnoiona to use me sama pre
caution, I intimated that the animal that Lit us
might be tabid. They laughed at my lars ;
but after they had", os I thought sutTiclent-
ly amused themselves about my "womanish"
dread ofa wolf bite, I checked their mirth
I ? . ' . . . . . m a a
oy impaning to tnera rne intelligence. I baa
gained from the Crows; i Having, however,
commenced amusing themselves at the ex
pense of my foars. in a spirit of bravado thev
continued, , -1 was awed by a presentiment of
cuuiuig vyii, and exuiDiica it, no aouor, in my
coununancc. - Moreover, between ' dread of
tho Wounds I had tcceived, end chagrin at
their ill-limed merriment. I was influenced to
drink freely of tho liquor, t My stolid air of
iuuiutTeucet wgciner wun my.continuea ii
bationi, alarmed .them, for I was habitually
temperate as regatded drink but the reverse
. a ...l .v :
hi puasiuii. au , uuiuurst , or anger on my
part . would have been natural, and ; have
amused thembut mv troubled countenance.
coupled with the quiet despair of roy actions,
made tnem uneasy, and they watched 'toe
with interest The liquor; first made keen
my sensibilities, then imparted a reckless in.
diflerence, which was followed by the stupor
ol deep intoxication : and wrapped in its at
tenaant robe I oblivion, I lotgot the previ
ods night's encounter.; Tho songs and ad
ventures related around the camp-fire on that
night were ; unheard by me and both com
panics were prepared to separata in the morn
ing before they; aroused me from my deep
sleep. " All the painful feelings of intoxic
lion awoke with me, and stupid and sick,' 1
made my '.waf to the halting-ground, and
laved my head and body in its cool waters.
Here Wortbington, one of my companions,
separated from us and joined the other coin
paoy. ' Oiddinflr bim and the party adieu, we
tamed our horses' heads, and again took up
mc iiuo, vi waicn wr uio sitramie river. ! tw e
were in a region where danger turked on ev.
ery busn, and where tbe footsteps of human
beings brought hostility almost as surtfyas
tb clouds betoken rain. Thos for through
the whole season oi trapping we had escaped
unhurt and were retuinioz richly laden with
Spoils ."-v .. ;, .-. . :v
But while successfully avoiding the sav
age foe,' a bidden one yn at , Work ' in our
midst more terrible than the painted warriors
of the western dcseit more appalling in its
promised fatality than (he torturing knife of
the ruthlt-ss red man.' Hydrophobia, i all
its horrid panoply of terrors, looked cut
from the eyes that, surrounded me, and 1
thought the madness was reflected back from
my own - . .-. , r ; .'..
' On tho day we crossed Cude cAa-Poultt
'. . i . i .. .. .
river, n coii, on wnicn we baa strappea some
light articles, betrayed symptoms of tho mal
ady, and for the first time we found out he
had teen bitten. ! Alexandre and Vetbonca
ur bad fastened their runs upon his back, to
relieve themselves of the bmthen while dim-
bling the river banks, and now with dismay
they observed him break loose from the mule
to which he was tied, and with n yell of ter
ror ny irons tbe stream we had just crowed,
the foam gathering around his mouth, indi
cating wail- certainty the cause of bis frantic
actions.. Ibe arms he bore away were ne
cessary for oar protection, t-1, therefore, star
ted in pursuits but the mad animal being
lightly laden, soon Iclt my jaded mulo for be
hind and dashing over a lede to our left,
ere I reached the promontory be was entire
ly lost to view. , Aiisionnno appeared w nave
thrown her mantle over u, and, to a diead
of the disease which threatened os,"was now
added the loss of weapons. Continuing our
course down the borders of the Laramie,
which became frozen over by the continued
cold weather, we approached tbe North Fork
of the PlaUe, ''and, while in its immediate
neighborhood, fancied we .observed the coll
quietly grazing ia a plain bcfoie ns. Leav
ing Alexandre, abo complained of being ill,
in the tent, Verboacaur and myself started
in pursuit A flicker of hone stole about our
hearts that this might indeed be the runaway
animal, ftce front hydrophobia, which bad
fled, startled by tbe close proximity of a beast
of prey, or bad been only stung to momen
tary madness by some venemous insect A
we ncared the animal all hopes fled '.'. t
ance and our ardent wishes bad convened
the hump of a buflLIo into the rcseinl! : -e of
a pack, which on nearer approach r;: Jvi J
i;scll into its real character, and c tack
aain into a staio'of desponi - .-. At this
moment a cry from my cor ; ,;;vn, who was
roh.ting toward the cam', i' ' I my cttrn-
lion tbithcrward, and the r. : t inoment I bo-
T I dur tent on fire, en J f !,
ilf breed Cour
ts fo;.?ot.
i '7 atounj pis t.
a
. instantly tun. I our 1. r s' heads and
wo wun au speed t ., ..rij as weap
I.:. . . . . .t ,
i i . o. t . : f ' ,
Vhiiij I, r.;v
i:J his r,;.:uro r..
.tly
dv,
Veil
e i on in"
r v. . . i
n with borr.'J i.
itg each oiJi-'.-r w IC
hel.1
a wild fcxprc;u
do'i.U heotrcrred tl.e u:iw I
an Ire, in t!to ifirnn time, r ,
coatulsion, and i.'i tcr.es cf t
lion besought v.-, t j if.l
ingatu!!i.tt'.r: h lis I;.
Cations but ttl.c 1 '.' i '
coursing throi: ;h t y r.', ;
ling suicide wkU t'.l C j c- '
whose Cttp of tier; c;r i i f"
which .but;, lingers c;i t! f
and another convuLiu.'i L:lj .
of the ilisca.3 upon our r
bis . terriUa ratoxy; ..i he
i.ra: ; '
loose, fforn tho .corji, oul
besran to rend it with hil teeth f vl i !
cured tlie limb be tried to seio t'. .
er, this we prevented 1 7 placing ay
CI0S3 bis forehead, and factenirig it r.. I
Sido with stakesh"? now lit bij 1"
fury and tho blood en ! foam gather f r'
them in his ngody, whila t:.e ru, ! cf 1
dark eye shct fire, and t!.3 Li!, !,;.:, a f
days previous ,' was wbito a. t!.e'? y,-1 1
the hil!s,ni;urr)cd a hue ah red a L!,JU I. '.
other danjer3 vanished Lcie i!;.'.j c :!-.
savage foe no 1 mi ;-.r in?pirtd fenr, i. ' !
would have tef -i welcomed tj a t
which' promised, for us c eit-tin t! '..
the sun of that day cf sorrow wr u C , .
bail breeds paroxysrr.l IccrJ; 1 ! ; t.
and seating oiirScfvcs Lts;l; ( ' . r , !i
tain couch, wo watched l.;..i t!.r '
gloom of night r.lom!rig nt Lny.. ;
ed, and we were rejoiced that w it ri i i ;
blush the spirit of our comrai; f J, 1 .
his tortured body to iis lor g sleep.
Alexandre's knifo bad been carri-.-l t.T
the coif, ; with . iho guhs, or.J i!.- t;:
of arms between -Verbonccur.r;:.! t.y
wis one riflf, two knives, end at' "J;
theso; my companion had tuta i! r
Share, and I folt selfishly glad, for I : v, .
athletic man, u ho, armeJ, ia rr:r' :.c
slay in a moiricf.i j I ihcrtfor'a cL:t:. . I
weaponi I p-:r:' I m .i an czg'r jr., -, 1
watched my co; -. ri-l's inctim.j wi '1 j .'.
vigilance. V.'e. Could net lury AUx.r '
body, the ear :!i being so frc:;Ji it . . i i.. t
itle to dig it with knives, v i ti.cieLre 1'
r .rt- :
;i cf
ed down to t!;e river, r..i t..a f.
cuuin'r a holo thiouh lla Le ii.lJ
it in tho stream, out c f reach If Ihe v. . '. ,
Verlcncccur first commenced cuuing V:A I
not succeeded in ruling a creyice I Irs
snapped bis knife-blade ofTalotit, rr.U .v iy.
This accident, ol any time v. hi!? ih i! ?
tains, would, bare, been loolcd ului zs
great misfortune in our si:u-!il,a it .
fieweJ as a frightful calumi'j a".I ;,3 v. ?. '
rendered us weak and he!; !aa 1.1 d fl!.:?, r
which it was impossible to r:;!..j- c' 1
paradoxical as it may seem, wl.'.'.j I ' '
1 rejoiced, for, wl'.tc it da:.!::;.; : 1 ;
bcr of our wesper?, it lollci i.y c
of the ojily ! in.erous cne I.J 1..11 .
one I hadloolicd upon with c'.-r-!. It
sented tohim the tieccssi'.' f ! : " - :
serving ibn ether knife, cuJ I . I;
therefore concluded not to til: ll li r, : i ;
but folding op the remains of cur ' !r -pan
ion in a buflalo rote 1 ft it tt ..j ;' .
ria without sepulture, tvi.'i t! ; v '
to murmur his di rp . Fj r ;' ' . .
victim of the Mil I'm '.
When we egiia t:r.' i v cc.v; ..r " 1
asked me for. the p 1 i 1 1 y Lt!;, a::J t'
knife in my she-.!?, vl'.ch Is arg-:- ! v- '!
tc a fair divi!-i t ft'.-? wenpor.?, r. ! I I .-. i
no good reason f .r rcfadng bim. t ;. r :
my fears, I:. t I p':t bim cil'ivi j r ! c ;
that I tvi. ' , - I u place (hern i;i 5 ;
before I rer-'-ncd them. - lie
journeyed on..-- After bWrt 'r.g ! '
nanc-; lor some time, J tc- n t . 1
s-ircd it looked calm a:. 1 ur...'.
bis step displayed a fir.;,. - ; !
which I believed couUcr.!; ! ' . : !
in body and mind. V'I.! , i
hope and eorxfidence, t:. I 1 - ; ,:v
eveof yielding rp a y a' .:. , a wolf
howled in our i:n:i. ( ,!; 1 ' : ' .I.ocJ, c;; I
I could see Lin tlu ' ! r, ;'.j l.c! 3 cf ! ;
face contract, r-.J hij cjcaruiuocn 1 !
lustre, whi! 3 a law grcan I: ' ;
his . bm!:"7 (let I fcuj-.i :'
in my posse j-sion with iucrcr.t; J t .,, . ,
and chn.j to them with attr. ' .
absolute fear, for I coniect;. ; 1,1 ! 1 ' '
that the seeds cf the drca! 1. ' , v, :.!..
carried oil our hall brei 1
i v. . . .1
t ti i,uiica r.
1
.aling tbcmsi !ve3 inaaifi.it i 1
Ia crossing a
into the Lar -"
all branch w Lieh emptied
, I agt::i .'.cLed his fa"--
lures snJrJ vmr 3 tf hydropholU
burst fort'; in a raratytrn, uutnisakabla "b'.
its cl..-? i u r. lie intuitly rushed open r
when with the heavy lirrcl'of roy ri.'j i Ll-
b I.' i senseli '
- 7 ' ars bad ma "; n. ? a
I! .rcoles io Jtre
on bis bsensi! 1
larsii rope s . t't
gkd for fre? ! ,
with ray tcct'i c!,:
'. an 1 then I.
tody I hour. I llm with a
Jy t' ' t h v 'i l.e strug- h
I s.t ,.xki.lhLl"
111.
Ted (0 bis t3
r.I
i 1 j
rs fjr diEt
U)di5; '
like Alcxand
but fin Jin I '
broke i; ' I
which 1 ? s
be v.. 'it
.t ni hide.1
ions moved r
- t'.at hewo'ild !
no with bis tee'.'
as ha v.u.7, 1. a rolled his I 'v
held bim tljwn to the ea....,
rtbr d into dreadful conn:!
;V 0 !
pair had now 00 lower : t't. I I
loom a oi'-
oa tny jTraainiiiiT comrade aud sbarrd ia Uu
m & a a
prcka tbat inevitable as lut -
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