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Title: Harper's young people
Year: 1879 (1870s)
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Subjects: Children's periodicals, American
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e men hurried forward with all their might, hopingto reach the fort before the savages could get there. Byrunning at the top of their speed they did this, and closedthe gates in time to keep Ihe Indians out. But to theirhorror they then saw that their wives and children wereshut out too. Unable to run so fast as the men had done,the women and children had fallen behind, and now theIndians were between them and the gates! Seeing that he had missed his chance of getting posses-sion of the fort, Francis turned upon the women and chil-dren with savage delight in the thought of butcheringthese helpless creatures in the sight of their husbands, fa-thers, and brothers. It was a moment of terror. There were not half enoughwhite men in the fort to master so large a force of Indians,and if there had been it was easy to see that by the timethey could get their rifles and go to the rescue it would betoo late. At that moment the hero of this bit of history came 553 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV.
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• JUST AT THE MOMENT WHEN MATTERS WERE AT THEIR WORST, HE RODE VP. upon the scene. This was a young man named IsaacHaden. He was a notable huntsman, who kept a famouspack of hounds—fierce brutes, thoroughly trained to rundown and seize any live thing that their master chose tochase. This young man had been out in search of straycattle, and just at the moment when matters were attheir worst, he rode up to the fort, followed by his sixtydogs. Isaac Hadeii had a cool head and a very daring spirit.He was in the habit of taking in a situation at a glance,deciding quickly what was to be done, and then doing itat any risk that might be necessary. As soon as he sawhow the women and children were placed, he cried out tohis dogs, and at the head of the bellowing pack, chargedupon tin flank of the Indians. The dogs did their workwith a spirit equal to their masters. For each to seize ared warrior and drag him to earth was the work of amoment, and the whole body of savages was soon in con-fus

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