Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . he party againmounted and rode to his plantation. MGuire was probably deceived in the man, whom he must eitherhave supposed to have been a reckless being like himself, or onewho might be influenced by fear or money, to subserve his ends. The magistrate was very coolly informed that they came to betried, that he must go through some form, no matter what, and givethem a certificate of acquittal, which, although the magistratescourt was
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Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . he party againmounted and rode to his plantation. MGuire was probably deceived in the man, whom he must eitherhave supposed to have been a reckless being like himself, or onewho might be influenced by fear or money, to subserve his ends. The magistrate was very coolly informed that they came to betried, that he must go through some form, no matter what, and givethem a certificate of acquittal, which, although the magistratescourt was only a preliminary one, they imagined, combined with theknown and certain danger of meddling with them, would be sufficientto prevent any further inquiry. As the reader may well imagine, the magistrate, who was almostalone in the house, was eji:tremely alarmed, but had sufficient presence of mind to conceal his feelings, and put the villains off, upon theplea that it was necessary tohave some other persons pre-sent, and also to prepare cer-tain papers, which could not bedone at a moments notice. Itwas Saturday, and he promisedthem, that if they returned on. DOOM OF THE BRAVO. Monday morning, he would have every thing fixed for them—whichhe certainly did. On Monday, MGuire appeared, with a reinforcement, making inall five or six, and found the magistrate sitting at the further endof the hall. For the information of those who are not skilled in the JOHN DEAN AND THE INDIANS. 35t houses of a new county, I would say, that a double log-cabin—suchan one as the magistrates—consists, usually, of two large rooms, separated by a wide hall, which, in pleasant weather, serves thefamily for a dining and sitting-room, but being generally open atboth ends, is not used in inclement days. From all appearances, they found that the trial was to be an affairof more detail than they admired, and MGuire, considering himselfnow to be in a condition to dictate his own terms, insolently de-manded