Osceola the Seminole: Or the Red Fawn of the Flower Land
Osceola the Seminole: Or the Red Fawn of the Flower Land
Reid Mayne
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We must go forwards — we must conquer or fall In a few seconds we were upon the island, and advancing by rapid strides towards the hommock. We had hopes that the Indians might not have perceived our approach, and that we should get behind them unawares. They were vain hopes. Our enemies had been watchful ; they had observed our manoeuvre from its beginning ; had faced round, and were waiting with rifles loaded, ready to receive us. But half conscious of our perilous position, we pressed forward... s and had got within twenty yards of the grove, when the blue smoke and red flame suddenly jetted forth from the trees. I heard the bullets shower past my ears ; I heard *the cries and groans of my followers, as they fell thickly behind me. I looked around — I saw that every one of them was stretched upon the ground, dead or dying ! At the same instant a voice reached me from the grove : Digitized by Google 334 OSCEOLA. " Go back, Randolph ! go back ! By that symbol upon your breast your life has been spared ; but my braves are chafed, and their blood is hot with fighting.
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