The Phantom of the River

gh the woods, without coming in contact with such a frightful thing as a rattlesnake, but here was one of

section of the Union, even in those early days, was not wholly lacking in whiskey. There may not have been a great deal of

f the rangers who had come from the fort made haste to bring fort

side the man and apply the vessel to his mo

said we must meet with some accident that would prevent o

d

the accident

the escort was explained. James Deane had not been harmed by the rattlesna

g a prodigious supply of excellent whiskey without any expense t

ir friend, Hastings touched the shoulder of

t give him

l him up with it, so as

out his hand vaguely for the bottle; "fill him up

ver now," suggested Mr. Ashbr

uth to flash upon the good Samaritan. He rose to his feet with a disgusted lo

t have had a drop; he has drank

s three men can get,

some more remarks when he gave it up and toppled over on the gr

of deceiving the members of the Shawanoe war party that were swarming through the woods, yet not only was such the fact, but the scheme, sin

ously consulting with Ashbri

the last degree, and the

id he, "and may be not that long; then, when we star

ved as to our purpose?" was the

nty of that, but

ontinued the pioneer, "is this: the time must soon come when these Sha

ght of all this, as well as of the co

ke our pause will the

ranger, "they may think we've decided to

ble?" asked yo

nd that they'll think anything of the k

ws with the leader of the scouts, the others li

d our passage through the gulch until morning, and tha

sure the thing would be tried; but," was the significant remar

-rock facts now. The Indians must soon learn that we have no intention

a good deal of time in figgering and man[oe]uverin' round. It's that time between the beginning of darkn

e safety of our families. He counts upon securing that canoe which was left with the flatboat,

ail as to win, but he'll soon be on hand; he won't keep us waiting long. Boo

t seems to me that there is something for us to do. My solicitude for the d

r; we are all glad to he

ds away. "Boone and Kenton have placed themselves in great peril. One of them may be killed; it is impossible that both will fall. We are fortunate in having such

going under at the same time can happen.

Now, to come down to the point, when we halt near the gulch will ou

"we've only one man with us who knows all about Rat

s that

inted to Jim Deane, su

of no more account than a dead man,