Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 69: what you’re looking at

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- Sanat STARTLING, INTELLIGENCE. Fhe 71. | ‘He proceeded to do, this, and then approached his. fallen 2 foe, who was still, struggling upon the ground. He wasa de- moniac savage, who richly deserved his fate. He had slain -many women and children and committed. outrages too re- ¥ question. —volting to appear in these pages. Not one of.the thirty-eight A who suffered the extreme penalty of the law shortly. aiter- # ward, merited his punishment more than did the; one in _ His face was.fearful to lock upon, distorted as it was by #4 the most malignant hate and. ferocity. He glared at Halleck, as if he would have annihilated him by his look, The latter could not forbear commiserating him, although he saw he was beyond all, human help. “T am sorry that it was necessary to do this,” said he, but you must blame yourself alone for it. Is there any thing [ can do for you?” “Keep away, keep away,”. ejaculated the savage, in ne ‘English—“keep away; me kill.” “T don’t doubt that in the, least, if the chance were given you; but, I shall stay beyond your reach, so long as you are able to, do harm. “ “Keep away; go help wagon run over prairie, Uncle John and women—warrior Injun soon. catch ’em.” | For a-moment the artist stood transfixed. There was no — mistaking the meaning of those words. They referred.to his friends, who had. left the day befote, and who, by this. time, he had believed. were beyond all possibility of danger. Without waiting to hear more, he threw his rifle over his shoulder, and made all haste to their rendezvous. Neither animal had been disturbed during his absence, and he impatiently awaited the return of Brainerd. Had not the latter made his appearance very soon, in,all probability the “@ artist would. have ventured on alone, so feverish was his de- ‘sire to get to their assistance. In the course of. twenty min- | # ‘utes the young settler came to view, literally loaded. with game. A few words explained all, and neither cf them, who | 4 had experienced.the pangs of hunger so acutely an hour be-. ® fore, felt the. least craying for the tempting. food in their “possession, Asa precaution, however, it was. placed upon _ the backs..of their horses, and.the. two set forth. “Tt: seems, to. me_ that, there are an amazing sight of _Wagabond Indians wandering. over the country,” remarked (E@) m (S cS JOO Eom.