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. HARPERS-rERRY, VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER I, 1827. MO. 12.
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The following extract is taken fiom the manu
script of a Historical Novel, now in preparation fur
the press, by Mrs. Di mom, of Vcvav, Indiana —
The incident is given on the authority of a gentle
man who had spent twenty years of his earlv life a
prisoner among the Sliavvanese Indians, anil who
knew the celebrated Tecumseh familiarly as a bro
ther.—[Saturday Evening ('hnnir/c.
“ TI\( 1 MSF.H was returning, slowly and
thoughtfully, from (lie chase, when a shriek, us
ol natures last and most dreadful exlromitv,
hurst on the stillness of the forest lie turned,
arid beheld, through a vista of the trees, a party
of marauding savages, loaded vv itli the spoils of
war. A female form, whose lair though faded
countenance, bore a strong contrast to the
swarthy and painted features ot the savages
that surrounded In r, had jus! fallen to the earth,
exhausted with fatigue and suflrring. With
one hand she clasped a lovely infant to her bo
som . while the other was raised to avert the
tomahawk that glittered on her closing eye.—
Hilt vainly!—the dreaded instrument was sunk
deep in her pallid temples, and the sulferer al
ready struggled with the throes of death, while
the babe, now spotted with its mother's blood,
was torn from her hist convulsive grasp It
shrunk with instinctive lear. as it raised its blue
eyes to the dark, distorted features of the war
rior ; hut lie gave a loud vv hoop of unimaginable
horror, and, grasping its little feet, swung it
iii t it. sm\ m hip ;tir, ns m* ppron*uru it miiiii
cd tree. to complete its destiny. Oik* moment
longer, am) its unstained soul would have flown
with the passing spirit of its mother; hut the
murderous arm, as it was drawn hark for the
last fearful blow, was suddenly arrested, and a
calm, hut impressive voice hade the savage stay
liis ruthless hand! And who thus dared to use
the language of command to the ferocious and
independent son of the forest ? Was it the
aged chief, whose voice resounded in the coun
cils of his nation ? or the warrior, whose proud
front wore the seals of battle? No! it was a
stripling, who stood before them, loaded with
the spoils of the chase ; his olive cheek redden
ed with the glow, his eye radiant with the fire
ol youth But 1 he impress of native authority
sat on his polished brow ; and his slender form
was drawn up with the altitude of command —
The leader of the band quailed before the
glance of his calm but terrible eve ; and quiet
ly yielded up the gasping babe to the extended
arp of the £ tripling.
“ I "ill give you liese,” sail) Tecumseh, throw
i:iC his load of Inn at the (Vet of the subdued
warrior, “ and the’child shall be mine.” He
received a ready tisent to the proposed ex
chantie ; and. turning away with a look of unut
terable scorn, directed his exclusive attention
to the littf- victim he lad rescued. Its face was
vet purple, and its hauls still clenched in its
a irony ; but the aeeeris of gentleness attain
tranquilized its fi ature-,, and it soon Raised. '
without fear, on tiie bijAu fae.e. of its deliverer, j
1,1 "" 11 liomrw.'iril ;—
hi- lovely burden hut ad<V.j frPS], olasticiiv lo
la- steps, ami Ik- advanced w:.|, pa(.P', (||]
III.- moans ol (lie hungry halm |,is pro
gress lli> ihfii laid it on a hcd vf moss' and
hrinirini; a pleasant from a m'ighbo.;nn- hom'h. i
h‘d his famishing charge with i(- ldovJ \(.
'crhad 'IVcuinsi'h li lt a purt'r pleasure tlian
that which warnirtl In- hoar I when the poor m. I
flint, as he ht'iit over it u ith anxious care, smil :
nl like a cherub in hi- face. A glow of holv
feeling Ihrilletl through his whole frame; anil
the ai)«re] of mercy, like rhe pillar of fire that
guided the wandeiing Iraeliles. wenthefore him
in light. through ihe darkness of the forest, lie
reached the \ ilia ire. and ] mica canw forth to j
meet him She looked for the -laugl tered vie
lim ol the chase ; ant), started with surprise at
lit holding an infant locket! in living; slumbers, I
and clothed u ill: the tints ot a pale me mine; sk\'.
Hut alas ! its coldim ringlets were stained with j
blond, and \nnca at once conceived its melan
choly history “ 1 hare hrnuj;ht Von a gift,-’ j
sait! I t ciimsfli, la_> ing llie sleeping innocent in
the realty n.■>•*- ■ Ctl,., ..... jv.---' --1 ' t,jt
i-an tillering tit for the daughter of Otukiska.— j
Look at her. \ mica ! she is fre-h from the hand I
of the (drat Spirit, and pure as thve snow (lake j
that falls from ki> high dwelling. Take her to j
your heart ; amt let your affections cling around
her. like the vine that embraces and strengthens
the t< nder sapling. C herished by the daughter ;
of the red mail, and ignorant of her ow n nation
and it- vices, her spul.sfgall retain its whiteness,
like the snow on ihe mountain precipice, where
t:o foot can tread. HemcVved beyond tlie breath
of luxury which withers the pale daughters of
her people, like the mists oTihc green pool, -lie
shall grow up fiect and healthy as the antelope,
arn! learn to imitate the proud arts and active
employments of the Indian maid. ’
“ V unea obeyed : 1 tin i:i ta lit was joy I mi l_v la
ken to a In' a rt whose affections gushed like the
rills of spring ; and boundless tenderness sup
plied the place of the delicacies it had lost.—
Healthy, animated, and beautiful, the hahe, to
whom thoy'gave the name of Hglurec, grew
up unconscious of misfortune, and regarding
her foster family with the utmost fondness.—
The prediction of Tccuniseh was verified. No
mark of a feebler race distinguished the Idue
eyed daughter of adoption. Reared in all the
gloom? magnificence of nature, F.gluree rose
above the sickly fears and ideal wants of civili
zed existence Delicate as the tenderest flower
that reared its fragile head in the lap of spring,
she hounded through the forest, piid the roar
of winds and the howl of beasts of prey. Her
(air falling shoulders, which the scorching sun
of revolving summers still failed to embrown,
were early practised to share the heavy burdens
of the native fettf&le of the forest, Egluree
wove the wampum in a thousand forms ; she
hunt the twanging bow ; anil with long slender
fingers, paddled the tottering canoe over th*
rolling wave."
THE NUN'S BURIAL.
When we follow to the tomb one who lias
none of iIn’ sympathies of the worhl lojluster
around her, and whose grave must be watered
by tears from eyes thj^linvc never beheld or
known the object creating their strange grid,
a cause fur such sorrow is to be sought for amid
other than common causes. When the spring
oozes up from the parched desert; when a!i
around it i- dry and desolate, curiosity and in
(crest are awakened to ascertain the origin of
this phenomenon.
There came across my path, but a few days
since, a long train of*fum ral pageantry, follow
ing the. dark hearse and the cold corpse. .She
was a nun—the prayer of Avc Maria, and the
voluntary, yet severe penance—the slow alter
nate. march of day and night—these, these had
long been her silent but solitary companions—
she had none beyond the wails of the convent,
who could be a witness to her virtues, or be
come interested in her fate Vet virtue and pi
ety, among whatever religious denomination
they may be found, whether they exist in the
I’r.Oi s’ H.t nr Catholic Christian—whether the
form be wrong, yet the substance bo religion
and devotion to (lod, will find a tear in the eye
even ol the stranger, when it leaves this woild
for its heavenly home.
Every one belonging to this city has seen a
little Catholic chapel situated in its environs,in
a mo t h< auliful spot, and shadowed by a clus
ter of aged elms. The long procession, as it
wound round the acclivity in order to reach the
list home of the living, lit up a-, it was by the
lingering rays of a setting sun, following the re
mains (if one who hail lor years ' lived for God
alone,’ was of itself a lesson more melancholily
touching to the heart than the most studied elo
quence, the most pathetic appeal of the human
tongue. The coffin was carried into the church,
and its interior and exterior thronged to listen
to the chaunt and the services which were to
ensue previous to committing ‘dust unto dust.’
There, stood side by side the emigrants from all
nations, the young, the old, the beautiful, and
the brave; and all collected—not to pour out
their tears over the partner of their lives, the
oilspring of their affections,or the companion of
! their choice—hot to render the homage of sor
row to departed virtue As the chaunt of the
» rrquicscat in pace’ arose, I could see the big
tear start from eyes that seldom have wept.—
When the jaws of the tomb were closed upon
l the dead, still it seemed that many were tempt