Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 79: what you’re looking at

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SUSPICIOUS APPEARANCES. Oe aon : - A — . > ar - ¥ > - ~~ 7 ~\ = ~ »” - oa - - ¢ - + : ; - : f a faint, thin column of smoke making its way eee ularly upward, until lost in the clear air. this instantly caused in the two young men. To the nervous young settler, it was proof positive that all of his “4 friends were in the hands of the barbarous savages. 4 imagination, he saw his dying parents, his outraged and struggling sister, and Marian, and he closed his eyes to the sickening scene. His first feeling was that of terror and despair; his next a furious desire to dash into the wood,. _and either save or die with these cherished friends. | The artist could hardly believe the “ vagabond” Indians had penetrated thus far, and he examined his revolver to be sure that it would not fail him in the hour of need. It was impossible to tell from the look and manner of the— Sioux whether he regarded the case of his friends as about hopeless, or whether he had suspicions that this fire was kindled by the whites themselves. He would answer no questions, until he had examined the woods himself. Instructing the horsemen to retire to a safe distance, he commenced making his way through the tall prairie grass, toward the upper end of the wood, so as to be sure of approaching the camp-fire- from an unexpected — S eoucme Rp (CHAPTER X.\ . THE NIGHT IN THE WOOD. ite. Tue Siotrx exercised more than usual care in approach- — - Ing the grove. The tall waving grass was favorable, while | 4 his great skill enabled him to progress with unerring cer- tainty to a point several hundred yards north of where he left the horsemen. Comparatively slight as was the distance thus passed over, it fully occupied three-fourths of an hour, and at the moment of entering the wood, night had fairly settled over the prairie. Fhe Indian. had formed his own opinion regarding the camp-fire. He could not believe that it had been kindled — (E@) ~ ; 4 Sag rt: < . ers 4 «x : . ° . = : « the oe of the trees, as the place where he had Gaceoceed = signs of some disagreeable thing. So faint as to be-invisible, unless their eyes were directed toward it, they discovered It is impossible to describe the tumult of emotions that : In | ee ewe mn (E 000) >)