CHAPTER XXIX. 



OUB LAST NIGHT TOGETHER THE REMARKABLE SHED-TAIL DOG HE .tlsaCrBS HIS 



MISTR2SS, AND BREAKS UP A MEETING — A SKETCH OF TERRITORIAL TIMKS BY 



GRIPE — Montgomery's expedition for the rescue of john brown's com- 

 panions SCALPED, AND CARVING HIS OWN EPITAPH — AN IRISH JACOB 



"survival of THE FITTEST" — SACHEM'S POETICAL LSTTKE — POPPING TUB 

 QUESTION ON THE RUN — THE PROFESSOR'S LETTER. 



SUPPER over, we made an engagement with our 

 hospitable friends for their presence at a sort of 

 "state dinner" we proposed giving the next day, 

 and then returned to our own camp. A number of 

 the settlers soon came strolling in, and among them 

 one bringing a most remarkable dog, of the " shed- 

 tail " variety. The animal was well known to fame 

 in that section, for having attacked some Indians who 

 had taken his mistress captive and were endeavor- 

 ing to place her upon one of their ponies, and so de- 

 laying them that the neighbors were able to arrive 

 and give rescue. It was claimed that thirty shots 

 were fired at him without effect, which, if true, 

 proved that either those Indians were exceedingly 

 bad marksmen, or that the small fraction of caudal 

 appendage which the beast possessed acted as a 

 protective talisman. 



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