逃命 - 古德明

逃命 - 古德明

JohnColterwasoneoftheAmericanWest'slegendaryfigures.In1808,whiletrappingbeaverintheThreeForksareaoftheMissouri,heandhiscompanion,JohnPotts,weresuddenlysurroundedbyBlackfootbraves.Pottswaskilledashetriedtoescape.Colterbecamesportforthetribe.Strippedofallhisclothing,includinghisshoes,hewasledoutontotheprairie;thenthechiefletoutawarwhoopandsentseveralhundredbravesinhotpursuit.
Sprintingpainfullyacrossthepricklybrush,ColterheadedfortheJeffersonRiver,somesixmilesaway.Heoutdistancedallbutonespear-carryingBlackfoot,whomhefinallyturnedtoface.Hekilledthepursuerwithhisownspear.ThenhedoveintothecoldJeffersonRiver,wherehehidunderapileoftimbers.Whennightfell,hedrifteddownstreamandmadegoodhisescape.
約翰.科爾得是美國西部一個傳奇人物。一八零八年,他在密蘇里河斯里福克斯區,正和夥伴約翰.波茨一起,用陷阱捕河狸,突然被黑腳族戰士包圍。波茨要逃,不幸被殺;科爾得則被拿來消遣,脫去所有衣服,包括鞋子,再被帶到大草原上。族人酋長發出一聲作戰呼號,幾百戰士就緊緊追趕。
科爾得忍着痛,拚命跑過帶刺的雜木林,朝着約六英里以外的傑斐遜河跑去,把追逐者都拋在後面,只有一個拿着長矛的無法擺脫。最後,科爾得轉過身,和他搏鬥,奪了他的長矛,把他殺死,然後跳進寒冷的傑斐遜河,躲在一堆木材下面,到了晚上,順流而下,逃之夭夭。