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THE BATTLE. 91 "band of their opponents back, and the gallant soldiers of | Lewis were falling on all sides. Still the Indians pressed on. i The shade on the brow of the pale-face General grew darker. = In vain he attempted to turn back the tide, which was so = “Bwiftly setting his men down to destruction. But he could = All at once a loud cheer was heard far to the right, on the ) borders of the creek, and on the flank of the frenzicd Indians. » Then came the deliberate discharge, one by one, of four rifles ; on was heard a commingled whoop of triumph and re- . ‘The Indians paused. They were assailed in the rear. The "retreating whites halted .and faced about again. A moment, "and confidence had come to them anew. ‘Then, with steady ' front and fixed bayonets, they thundered down on the foe, who had been thrown into confusion. At that instant a grand spectacle was seen. Four men—two whites, in hunting-shirts and leggings, and wvo towering Indians,.in full war-paint and feathers, were en = gaged with the enemy—cutting their way Srengh at least ~ two hundred swarthy warriors. 3 _ On they came, fighting to win the day as a valor which : has been seldom witnessed; on they came, fighting to join | their charging companions, coming to retrieve the fortunes Sof battle. : a ne savages closed around them; but still they fought. S "Then the whole line was hid in a cloud of dust and smoke, - ‘the charging whites dashed onward and struck it. | When the smoke cleared away, the savages were swept back 3 jo the edge of the timber-land on the creek. The two white ) hunters were safe and untouched, with their own men; but - the two gallant braves, tne Indians, who had fought so nobly > alone with their white brothers, had been borne back, with = Siining savages Nowhere were they to be seen. © Once more the red-men, under their able leaders, formed, © and with frenzied yells rushed again to the fight. At that instant, a wild, almost unearthly wail echoed even _ abore the din of battle; then a flying figure—that of an In- an girl—dashed over the bloody sward, straight toward the 4 comicbooks.com