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Title: Thrilling adventures by land and sea. Being remarkable historical facts, gathered from authentic sources
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Brayman, James O., 1815-1887, ed
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers
Publisher: Buffalo, G. H. Derby and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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y, and Jack Diver, los-ing his stirrups and his presence of mind together,twisted his hands into the horses mane, to keep hisseat, letting the reins fall on his neck. At last,with a rear and a bound into the air, the maddenedanimal darted off at a gallop; but the faster hewent, the closer stuck the persevering wasps. JackDiver shut his eyes, screaming with fear and pain.Then the Carib chief rose up, and again the hawk-like scream echoed along the valley. The turn isto be made — can the horse recover himself? Yes,maddened as he is, he sees the danger instinctively.His speed slackens — he throws himself on hishaunches, with his fore feet on the very brink ofthe precipice. One more chance! The blind,infatuated man remains on his back. Again thehorse feels the stings of his deadly persecutors;again he plunges forward, striving to turn quicklyround the corner. Round, and he is in comparativesafety. On a sudden, from behind a buttress ofprojecting rock, there start across the path three
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BY LAND AND SEA. 439 dusky forms, flinging their hands wildly in the air.Then was heard that rare and awful sound, theshriek of a horse in the fear of a certain and comingdeath; when swerving one side, he lost his footingon the slippery shelf, and struggling madly, but un-successfully, to recover it, he fell over and over —down — down — a thousand feet down! From thesailors lips there came no cry. MASSACRE OF FORT MIMMS. On the 30th of August, 1813, Fort Mimms,which contained one hundred and fifty men, underthe command of Major Beasely, besides a numberof women and children, was surprised by a partyof Indians. The houses were set on fire, and thosewho escaped the flames fell victims to the toma-hawk. Neither age nor sex was spared; and themost horrible cruelties, of which the imaginationcan conceive, were perpetrated. Out of the threehundred persons which the fort contained, only sev-enteen escaped to carry the dreadful intelligence tothe neighboring stations. 440 THRILLING ADVE

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