Beadle's New Dime Novels: The Specter Chief — page 40: what you’re looking at

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oe << 4 - THE: PHANTOM CHIEF. falling, when the rifle shot and the stunning whoops from the thicket, cut short the conference. The surveyor har- riedly assisted Marie to a seat on the floor, as most out of ‘ the way of danger, and pressing her hand, sprang. out among the combatants. On her knees, clasping with both hands the crucifix which she wore about her neck, she heard the uproar of the fight, on the issue of which must . depend her own freedom, or her captivity amongst the people so dreaded by her. But the cheers of her defend- ers evidently became weaker—the sounds of contest were closing more and more upon the cabin—and now they scemed like the speechless strivings of men in the last turn of a desperate struggle. Suddenly the door of the cabin was burst open, and Colonel Victor and the surveyor ap- peared, with a few warriors, who were endeavoring to ob- tain footing in the place against the resistance of the uncle and his brave supporter, Marie saw the foremost of ’ the assailants, a bold and active warrior, aiming a deadly blow at the head of her protector—her brain whirled, and she was barely conscious of a rude hand grasping her hair, and the flash of steel before her eyes, when she became wholly inseusible. CHAPTER IIL - On the northern side of a plain, adjacent to a branch of Paint Creek, or River, (one of the tributaries of the Scioto.) formerly stood a large Indian town. Many of the houses composing it were constructed with more regularity and durability than we are accustomed to conceive in our no- tions of Indian dwellings; some of them were strength- ened by logs—others were formed by setting up at the in- tended corners.stout forks, in the cretches of which were Jnid stiff poles, and cross-pieces being added, the bark of trees was placed against the framing and fastened with poles and withes on the outside. .The roofing was of bark, or a thatching of brash. The size and position of +75 eget beta one is So taste and resvurces Be