Show STORIES OF 01 GREAT SCOUTS andrew poe ioe andrew and adam poe two brothers were scouts in the pioneer days of ohio when the poe brothers were leading a party on the trail ot of a baud band of 0 indians who had raided tile the battlements bettle ettle ments they left their men to try to locate the savages tile the bi others became separated on oil the vank ot of a river andrew came upon a 9 gaut ant wyandot chief and a smaller indian who were standing with their rifles cor cocked ked but looking in another direction poes rifle missed tire fire when he shot at the chief and the indians at once discovered him bilm before they fould ouia shoot tile the scout sprang upon them seizing both around the neck the small indian jerked loose first and while the chief held poe liis his com companion panon tried to get in a death blow with his tomahawk andrew allowed him to come close then with one mighty kick he be planted his toot foot in the indians stomach hurling him backward and knocking the hatchet from his hand when the little indian got his breath reath Ij back and recovered his tonia toma he advanced to the stack atack again and succeeded in wounding poe po in the arm A second later the scout pulled himself from the grasp graap of the chief seized one ot of the indians gun gum and shot the warrior ILLS as advanced lie he to attack him film a third time rot was no longer r lighting ight tin ing against odd and he immediately attacked the chief the 1113 3 ground was wet and slipper in another moment tile me indian and trie tae white man locked in each others arms tell fel into tile me water and anc each began trying to drown the other finally poe seized his elem b the scalp lock and held his lead head ulder water until he believed bell eved the chief was dead when he released ns as hold how ever the redskin renewed ithe by this time they were light fight ilg in deep water seemingly al tile the 1 eme time both thought of the tha one olic loaded loada d rifle on them the snore and both barted to swim to get it the ir it an was ithe ibbe better swimmer an anu reached the bank first As the chief picked up the gun poe turned back in the water and deaz otan ii diving to avoid a bullet tin eater chief however had up an empty gun the ithe one elih with which andrew had killed the little indian and before the wyandot could get the loaded loaded weapon adam poe who had heard the shot came running to his brothers rescue ile he fired and tho louian fell dead aier tw |