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PTUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY MO RNING, A-T 82.50 PER ANNUM, IN. ADVANCE. VOL. 1. SHREVEPORT, LA., MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1861. . . . . . . . .. ..~ • : 1 "li esate.d reeulpy for as Neas.n Th FILM UM Last ,acriSice. as Ar AgwraTs AT Muvaoa Cas3K. no (A Tale of the Wilderness] r MAY 18. It was towards the lat- c ter end of May that I set out from m, New Orleans, with the intention of to proceeding over-land to Savannah.'y I knew the fatigue I should have to undergo, the delays I should expc- h rienee, and the possible dangers I tl might encounter; but I had heard ant read so much of what there was re to excite admiration in the regions o through which I should pass, as well ra as to gratify curiosity in the scenes m of savage life I should behold, that ar I willingly consented to pay the if price of such gratifications. My im- P' agination kindled at the thought of i traversing a space of many hundred "~ miles, through gloomy forests of pine, b oak, and cedar, over wide-spread 8e swamps, across flooded creeks, and th amid tribes of Indians, still roaming: d their native wilds, proud and fear- " leass hunters of the woods, or linger- a ing on the confines of barbaric life, cr till the full tide of civilization should W sweep away all the ancient land. of marks of their race. My fancy was " bewildered with a thousand dreamy I' visions of strange adventures and of rc perilous escapee of romantic hard- W ships by night, when camping out in tdi the woods, and of ceneeless novelties a by day, to gaze and wonder at, in ut the sublime desolation of stupendous9 wildernesses. I pictured to myself ot the path of the hurricane, sweeping ` before it for miles. trees of mightiest Il growth, and covering the earth with th their majestic ruins-the fierce wolf, to .nd.the pouncing panther-the rat- OI tiesnake vid the alligator-with all q that poetical ardour of mind which il retels in the exciting conceptio:u of P` -antired danger. To me ti rou was fr something inexpressibly fascinating ot in the idea of plunging into the ts depths of awful solitude, where na- t! ture reigned alone; where the breeze ti was perfumed with odours scattered di by her hand only-where the spark- te ling fire flies. danced and glittered "~ before the traveler's eyes like festal i fairy lamps, and where birds of un- c known song and plumage made the il air vocal with their wild melodies; in. short, where man, who in towns and 01o cities is everything, would be nothing. fa Animated with these feelings, and b] excited by the anticipation which they ti inspired, I left New Orleans any thin ; fi but reluctant to exchange, for a titme at least, its beautiful orauge groves and f'er le plains, clothed with rich r+ vegetation, and the waters of th.) tI giant stream, the Mississippi-whose t> course of thrice ten hundred miles, ti here terminated in bleak pine-barrens - and arid sand-hills---for green savau- ti ahse, freshets, log-houses, wig-warns. n and Indians with theirtomahawks and e scalping-knives. But it is not my 0n purpose to dwell upon these topics, 'w neither do I propose to relate all that I befel me on my journey, or describe a all the impressions produced by what g 1 saw. I shall confine mvyelf to the q details of a single incident. i The moon was shining gloriously. i when, on the 12th night from my m leaving New Orleans, I approached a 1 deep glen, known by the name of Murder Creek. It had received ths f fearful appellation in con.,n-,ne.'- o f a tragical event which occurred there t some twenty years ago. A party of I whites, consisting of about thirty per suns, including several women and r children, who were camping out dur- i ing the night, were suddenly cur- a prised by the Indians, and every, one < of them butchered and scaltp,.d. I I had made a fatiguing day', journey not so much on account of 'h.. dis- t tance I had traversed, as tr':'im trh circumstance of having met with two I or three large swamps, in which my i horse frequently stuck so fast that was afraid I should be compelled to leave him to his fate, and scrnimble my way out, as well as I could, over 1 trunks of fallen trees. Weary, cold, 1 wet, (for the day had been hot, the I night was sharp and chilly, and I hadl' waded knee deep through one of thei flooded creeks,) and hungry withal, I made up my mind to spread my blanket, kindle my fire, and after cooking my bacon, and making nmy coffee, to sleep till dawn beneath tle thickbranches of the lofty trees which overshadowed me. Having secured my horse by a little fence of saplings, and given him his supper of Indiau corn leaves, the only snbstitute for hay, (a sufatcient supply of which I had carried behind me tied on his hack,) I prepared my own my meal. While I was eating it with a relish I might have erlvied, lhad I been par tarking of more costly viands, and watching the beautifid corruscations of light produced by myriads of fire fie sparkling evanescent lustre ii the deep gloom of the surrounding forest, beyond yhose surface the moon's pale beams could not pene trate. I was suddenly started by the loud sharp alicking of a rattlesnake. I sprang up, and, by the light of my fire, perceived the reptile gliding away into the thick anderwood, not more than three or four yards from where I hid been sitting. I bad any stout staff of iron-wood in my hand, I and with one well-aimed, blow laid i re the creatur. dead before me. It was nearly seven feet long, its tail, which ct I cut off, consisted of twenty joints or ew rattles. I was not sorry I had suc- in ceeded in despatching it; for though m my blazing fire was, I knew, sufficient' th to protect me from its near approach, tlt yet I 0oubt, if I should have com-i m posedenyself to sleep quite so com- ve fortably, had it escaped into the m thicket. 1 I Ater I had finished my supper, and ss replenished my fire with fuel, so laid to on as to prevent its burning away too ni rapidly, spread my blanket, arranged tl my saddle-bags for bolster and pillow,I to and laid me down. But there was, ! ei if I may so express myself, an op-i T pressive stillness around, which kept I l me awake for some time. Humboldt w speaks of the deep impression made be by nature whenever man finds him. di self in company with her alone; and lo this impression 1 had frequently felt nj during the day, when, look where I et would, my eyes rested upon no object pi which linked me with my fellow si ;creatur.e:; but, at this moment, it te was not only moreintense-it partook ir of emotions which, in their character, , were both awful and melancholy.-i o The solitude of night, even in ai crowded city, is solemnly impressive. iui What then must it be, when it d deepens the solitude of the wilder- g ness?-whltn, to the consciousness of! e utter lone,-lie..s a a added that visibhle st gloom which contracts the boundaries ! p of sight, and those audible sounds m which proclaim the surrounding deso- itl lation? The air. was loaded with al these sounds that told the dismal it tale, andl fancy clothed them all in its ol own livery. As I lay gazing at the tt quiet moon, the trickling murmur of ii innummerahble springs flowing over 5 pebbly beds, or through channels a: fringed with rank herbage-the dini it of the distant waterfalls--the roar of ai some cateract-the howl of the wolf'- Ih the deep hoarse croak of the frogs in a: the neighboring swamps--and the wi drovwsey buzz of insects wheeling, flut- rl tering. and dancing in the moonbeams,. p ,-eemled to invade my ears with inces sant anl confused rep.'tition. Nor it could I wholly di.miss from my ft thoughts all recollection of the event it which had given to the place its a omuious name-the Murder Creek: ti for, not a hundred yards from me'. the g blackened stump of a tree still marked the spot which had witnessed the k frightful massacre. dI Insensibly, however, sleep began to n steal over me. and I was sinking into o repose, when I heard a rustling among the bushes, and the quiick tr.ad of t: f.-+:t. I turned my hl.ad in th.. tdirec- jt tion of the sound, and saw an Intian o seatedi on the stump I have just imen t tinned, gazing steadily at tile. 1. tneither -poke nor moved: and he was. I L equally silent and motionlce.s. I du . not think that he was aware that I u was awake and looking at him. h Hm e i as tall, of a robust mni:ke, antd his d attitude, as he sat, full of that iativie grace and dignity which have so fre.- t quently been d,:scribed as peculiar to , isotme tribes of th,-ese children of th,. 1 iwoods. Ills ,ir,~s wasu elolqu.nt and picturt.-jqu.., c ull steluig t it sort - ,t r -,., gw .- 1 r.,: atlt blue cuttout. f wth the it-mt hIthlvy ,riamIrented. and f ft-teri,-. round thi- waist by a richly ' .lmbrui,l,.r..d belt. in which were his Stiiihawk, k calping-knife, and .liot-' t pouch. On his legs he wore moes- - G- ins of brown d..er-skin, and fron hiis i 1 neck hung a profusion of silver orna- 1 ment e, some shapd like circular plat.s - Scirculand others of tie,. t r,nn of shiinng I S(.reseenit.. (;J.vir his shoulders. hunti n I hi. quiver and sheaf of arrows; anl r , in his head he. wre. a whit- cotton - turban. tfr,n ,leind which nodded a F .mall plumei of black feathers. Ii a. his had lihe h.eld a gun. and athwart I v his lodv. o,hliuely, crossing his left 1 shoulder. and ha. rging be-low hi lis ig, o his how was slung. e I had full leisure to uote all these r things, for there lie sat, thle moon' s 1, light falling brightly and silently e upon him. There lie sat, and his aeve' ' was as brightly and as sil.initly upon i me. It was like fascination. I could 1, only look at him, and breathe softly, . y as if I teared to disturb the warrior. ,r I donubted wh.ithlr I had indeed heardi y lhisaplprachl,, ,r wha.th,er the fnn Ibe e Iheld had not growin like a vision upon Ih moy sight. In this manner I lay fbr i (nearly half an hour, (such at least s, seemed the time to me.,) till my eve n balls ached with gazing; and still r the figure was there, while tot a inuns I de of Ilia face or body betray.vd ly is its motion that it waIs a living man I l. gazed upon. I el,,setl mny ey.s for a ah moment, to relieve the ilttolerable pain they felt; but when I opened * them again th,' Indian had disap us eared. I was now convinced I had - been mocked by a waking dream; for ii awake I was, and1 had been all the ig time. I was convinced, too, that ti what I had mistaken for the rustling e- among the bushes mand the quick tread le of feet, was nothing more than the e. impregssion ,f those C'otifitIttd +oittnls 1 y hartv dr: clibld, to whi.ch that stealing ag sl mloner of' tlh. 'it unses which preceCals t sleep hadl impurted its own vague am qualities. Had his feet been shod w ith mocasnsicm.s tlh , ygnet'u down, I must have heard their tread as he tl retired, had the form been real. wv Under other circumstances, an oc- m currence like this would have hanish- g ed sleep for the rest of the night; but ci in spite of what I felt, and of the fr mustering thoughts that began to ra throng into my mind, the fatigue of '1 the day's journey sat too heavily upon i me to let me keep awake. In the to ver- midst of unquiet and feverish di meditations, I fell asleep. How long bI I continued in that state I cannot to say; but it must have been three or N four hours, for when I awoke, my at night fire was nearly burnt out, and cc the moon was veiled by black and of tempestuous clouds, which had gathrb- in ered in the sky, threatening a storm. hI The first object that met my eyes, as I ty looked around, was the Indian! Hie p Iwas seated in the same attitude as in before, but his figure was now only d dimly and partially visibly, from the I long flashes of red dusky light thrown at upon it at intervals, by the expiring 'tl embers. I started up, grasping my ei pistols, which lay half-cocked by my Sw side. He arose and slowly advanced to towards me. I was on my feet in an on instant, and as he came near, I pre- In4 sented my pistol; but with one blow tl of his tomahawk, given with the ra- nt pidlity of lightning, he struck it from re lily hand so viol,ntly, that the piece p discharg.d itself as it f1ell to the ground. The report echued and re- at echoed, pVeal upon peal, through the c. surrounding forest. I endeavored to ft' possess myself of the Other, vh.in !h"' 'h c sprung upon me, seized rue by the 0o throat, and with his right hand held 'c. aloft his murderous weapon. Expect- S ing the fatal blow to fall, I made signs ce of submission, and both by my ges- b tures and looks implored his mercy,. c, lie surveyed me foran instant without g speaking, and then quitted his hold, I and stooping down took up my reolnlin-, i ing pistol, which he dlischarged in the Idi air. I saw. by the quick glances of tt his., eyes, that he was looking. about to I asce.rtain whether I had any other h1 weapon of defitnse, and I sI'igitie.d -.1 that 1 had not, lie now lightr.d th,.. I pip.- of his tomtahawk by it:, mi.,n.s, tl ga. o two or three pithfl t himt,. :, it al t pIasse.d it to me; I did tit.e t:las, and p in hi.s haInds. The symbol of p--:. ! and hospitality had been reciiprtatid; ' the pledge of good faith had bi.en I given which no, Indian ever violated. it Hitherto nu,t a word had had een r-.. ken. I knew none of the lt,,ia: a dialects, and I was aware that .a:ch , nation had a lan;gng.u or voca:bularyi of it.s wni, which, thughi posse-u, !um,. c,, nn .tP, nh iti, itn n,.i;hb ring ý< tribes. was tft.t so di--imtil:ar, that it they w.-r," tfr.quentlyv blig,.d to carry a on cOlniUlnicantion with each ,.th.r it through the nt-diumt of intterpretirs. \Vhie. however, I was consi-lerin, ov how I should make mys-elf tuliderto,.i, I. or coitpril.hnl the intentions of my !d n 'yt,.-rioht visitor. 1 was both sur- t prie.-,1 and,li dglihte.l to hetar lhi ad- I dr,-+ ra, in ,.ir gotd Engli-b. i S"T h, . ,rt c tln ,s are coll, 'te l in i th-ir 'trt.ngth,." said h". looking tO, ,ward the. -kv. "t.et retady. Fl- r •Y "i,t -i.k Imy langtage,," I ex "Y.u i.e ar I do. i;,"t ready, a.ll 1follow." -\Whither?" II.- atn!e. n answer, l tt walk,.d I - tout. pace, "ti. in til . dir.ect .!t h, wt oll g,,. antd ti. t -tople a- if wai:. ing t:,r r. 1 obeyert. I tn a 'w ninut.: - t trav,' b tgnocessaries wer.i ctlh:.t.te, tmy horse sadhled, andIt 1 t hi.- hack r.:ady to prt,c. i, , whic: t :whern bh" saw, he, inmlrt iat. L- lt ntr, 1 a narrow hunter's path that led iut. th ,e th ick ,. t part tf he w ,,. It a so.n 1,,ecae to darlk that I etl n it it. see r, y guild.. and hlit turnt."d ,back to t taker the. ,ridl,, .f mylV I.,r-, in hi 'I hand. With an untrrintg and ralidtl , '.tp h kept the. ath, and with thie ,.vys of a lvynx he di-c .rnted its ctur!.re tlrot.gh the intricate windling, of the t fnre-t. 11i, did not spetak; rautd I wta Y too much abson,rbd il cotjectilr,.5 it., Sto what might be the is.su of this singular advt.nture, to seek frivoltut I disc. urse, whil I knew that any at . tempt to antiilpate tho issret I,V (<i1 . tiuns would be ftilh.. Bli,,-ts. tli l fiear for my personal safety 1b,.int ail - laved, 1 conld harilly say that I now Sfilt a wish to forego a'ti Cnliucsion ot, ra business which had ettnntncd so, t romiantically. We had iproceed.d in e- this manner about two liiles, w hen, I the Indian suddenly stoplie.d; and tht, - next moment I was startl0 1 hlv thl. SIreport of his mnusket, which was til ' lowed hv a loud howl or vell. 1I.-I a fore I could enqnire thec ca.l . if I what I heard, I was thrown to the d ground by the violeut rearing and p- plunging of nyv horse; hut I souon r l covered my feet, anid was then enabled or to perceive by the faint glimmeringI e of the dawn which now began to pene t trate the dark gloom of the gigantic Strees, that the indian was in the act Sof discharging an arrow at a wolf of he prodigious size, which seemed to be 1 on the spring to seize its assailant. ,g' he arrow tlew to its lmalrk with a s whizzing sttund, anld the btw s,:nt ue forth a twang, which denoted the d strength of the ann which had dis , i patched it. It 'truch, and plmotrated the skull of the wolf, quivering in the ch wound; and the next moment a tre-'on mendous blow from the tomahawk, given, as he sprung towards the fero- I 1 clous animal before it could recover Ni from the stunning shock of the ar- be r'ow, cleft its head completely in twain. as The whole of this did not occupy no more than a minute; with such dex- aft terious rapidity did the Indian first - discharge his gun, then unsling his scs bow, andl filow up its use by the cer- do tain execution of the touahawk. Nor was I leas astonished, as I looked on at the animal, and remarked its dun fi color, at the extraordinary quickness IIt of vision which the necessity of be- in ing constantly on the watch (in their se hunting expeditions through the al trackless woods) againstt sudden sur- of prise, either from wild bhes:ts or ene- th mies in ambush, crs-ate in these free wi denizens of their native wilds. aind dig I been journeying along, with all the m advantage of daylight, L scarcely su think say eye would have distinguishl- e ed the wolf from the thick bullshes in which it was couchel.d, unhi.ss my at- its ttonion hall been excitldl bhy soniel IloOvemlnslt on its palrt: and I could sa not help testify iyv snnazemenllt at ia the whole scene. Tilh- Indian made mi no reply, but reloaded his gun, to be m ready, if necessary, for aunothe enter- vi. prisce of the same kind. 1 We resumed ourjourney in silence, be and havying proceeded, ias w-arly as I a1 could judge, from thre,' to tFiur mihlea (I further, we at length cntls- t, a small / di Cabin, or wigwani, t,..rect.-d byi-' thls saide A of the path. It was ou th, si mple-t JO: constrtuctinc,eonsisstingm.rslyv (1t'1a few I i sapplingss stuck into the ground, anmid gr covered on the top and sidtes with the hi bark of the cedar tre-.. Round the tit cabin there was absout halt an acre of hi ground cleared, which was planted in I Indian crn. Ill.-r, w stopl.t d ; for I this was the ai,ode of iny guide. Ii ln dismountds, fths!st,nd my bhor.s to a t • tree, and ftllowed tlsh Indian into the, tit hut, whose only t'urnitur-c sseestd to iof I, a bed of buffalo and wild ds--r-iw -kills in one c)rn-. r. I p),re.ived. th h,)wever, that th.i walls, 's, t. ca ll s tHlln. wer.e |Linn,_- ratnw,l with risi,, to tomahawk,. ealn itn| -kniv,.s, .-h,)t- + puicheis. pi wdlr-ho rni, sn 'i, arrows, ' an.d d,.cr, ,litl, and ," l.-ar-. kinls.- h, list 1 t ii iit l,:t ipt t. ii.scribe c: 'what wore iY u' f-elings at thi.- in,,nsnt I when 1 saw and ontne:.d o'- n, sns- si.- . sof the c, in, nu, I.--, than fitite.n hi- 'it au.u -,ale2s, l,:nting byv tl,,ir siz, I at,1l app1a1 ran , that tiey haid b''.,itg- " ,.d o lp.-r-sir of alim st -v, ry . tfrom t . chisl of thrn,, v.ars, toth,." 'r,.-v visc'tii tf three c r' anid t,.- -. t Sni. it p al rticuiar attracted il ar , nt - i tirot, t' ini th," ,,. luty of, its h1 ..--.. ,' aubsurn hair, wlhich hung ,[,,In ii. 11 profusion, anti which had evihtntoi, '1 h,,. is n i.srId trim the h,.ad ,,t ',s i. Swretch-d ilti .is s., ,.irh p s soe'u', ad -'l l,,v,.l' , at l b,.h v,.d'. I c,,, 'l ,. I1 ,' dii ti-uish. toio. th rat all of th.imt w .. I: . the seldps of wthist. people.' who his '! hen slain, I had nou doub, sby the. I~ - iin in whose powe.r, utterly h,. I - ai al ions,. I thsen was. "dip he , i S-ri(-w tasint stanm -ick at thi gh:itly a:snr 'r v; a. l I tiur ,.'i fr,,mt it, sut witth , a r',,solutisii t, b1.-tray, as lit!o -I i i "'-- ily c, l itM. h y usnv t;un.r, ti,. ~ . m tis ,n it haI s x it ,-i. i i,"t!" , ,' . - th,.T Inli:m . p,,,int.- h d,.-r--kitn- in ,.-, i' rn,.'s ' f Tlh.t ' , I . I t 1 did -,: . s , - I,, o'. with th,- ' , . -t.i r i l, . ' " v.i h 'll h i, had :all at: ,, it i ' tivita iin .t i d, pr.t l Ih .),t i' r4t , , ii" i tamilk, va:i,- is p '..,ar:5 .t - ~t lui':t " i . c i: :. . 5 i i s~ ie, 'h 1 i t i t tiins p :t is 5,, ,i-h, l ,i:.ii: m-sdi 't ah ,. fh ,u r o f 1 l' =ia n c o rn , g u bh 'r , ', , !~hil.. g.-r , n:. , ,1 with h n, y and n SI i,.., a, i , - p Ir . ,I f ir,t mi, l. I t... Sat,. :' ,t , i' a r..i-h, att,.r m y ti ,rt- , II'. I - ''i,, i -,i'," i ,f tii ull ·V t ii,'1i." v ,' i i s-', a ti L, , ll, . - ,:ii tlSl, ithait I :li s; ..It tih. p),uit 'f ,,' nu lh-in l r,,in uly 1 h~--t t ,e xpla lati,. u of hi.s i i:v.' t."r riii . ink i ,- h, t ., lt h .n hr :ul - f ir.---si i s m . I ki.'iv it sii- a p.;ui I o.f I nian p,,litn .-,- not t, in, rrnutil, a p.ron while ,.iakin,. t sd 1 as i Scapr- ll t., av.i;. s:s , :i rl ,s-t l f is,,c, irlsisl. - " 1**Y , i' it tr ' I hits m:t;i-1- t'ans l , !! von .hsp,, in,--- ,n 1, ws r asin lt. l- t 1 I- i isl, v\ -,,n d ", e-- l ..s--. tid thenu I oilttr ,, you v the pipl . .. ~t ,, re .:. ' whit ,ss an inli ull usv faltheir ,d- 1 .is . c tie s nud an h i.p, antil -hot his as i lihe "li-pt. I w'a- i soy nitlihr' - 1, woanhi; hut the blood otf myn tatlthr 1 ' w s.ss gathsrs.id, anisi hsfir'' tiii," milk sf h.r hbsnis was sn my lips. thly w'ri i :ismas, ri'-l with his 1oo1,h . that 1 miglht t "Thst tis It w,)rl s I lisp,,sd wa.i, d re i,,'.,! Ths' irst pht.-i,, ii I ks'w S'was hatris ,,f a whitr, mlit! Th's ' t-rit tilln. I kis lit tsshe -tr; i t -pi-it, it g i twas son in' fithtssr's grtv',.' to prisy lst' 5- would would not ssnd silr mt' till I Ic had clothed myself in a r,si of hlhss, it to greet lay father in the 1spirit ( 'outs 'f try. My pra'er was hsard, my onth w has been kept'. - "I grew a imani, adopted myself into a the l'aiut hier 1-ansily liv linrriags. In it mv cabini, which was thin, oni thl' se bauks of the Ontario, the Iiaki of a a- thsusand Islands, I nnmbered threec d ge-neralions. - My mother livb children were born to me-we were it one family. w "Did I forget my oath? No. Did w I forget the end for which I lived?- of Never. The day thamlaw my first- ci born in its mother'rarms saw my first: m sacrificeto my father's spirit-a white p, man dead at my feet. Three moons v after, another; and in that third moon a1 -a third. There," pointing to the w scalps, "there hang the proofs that I it do not say the thing which is not. ii "Four snows passed, and Ireturned tl one evening from hunting, when I ti f-und my cabin burnt down. My a: mother alone sat weeping and lament- si ing among the ruins. I could not tl separate the bones of my children Qs and my wifie from the conmnon heap t1 of blackened ashes, which marked ft the spot where my home had stood a when I went forth in the morning. I s] (lid not weep. But I comfirted my motlwr all that night, and when the o0 situ arose, I said, "Let us. to the wild- I ernmes! we nre the last of our race.-- et WVe are alone, and the desert offers I its solitudes for such!" p "1 left forever the Lake of a Thou- tk sand Islands, carrying with ioe only 'j a handful of ashes with which was u mingled the dust of my children and iii my wife. In my progress hitiir, I it visited the great warrior 'l'Teruieht.-- i't Hie was then about to depart from the (0 borders of C(. ai:,n, upon a journey of r a tthousand miles, to invite the Lower t( Creeks to take up the hatchet in the IT defeuinse of the Britilsh against the, a' Americnns and Uppler Creeks. 1 n: joined hion. I was his companion.- s I .at with him in the as~e.-mlni of the t' great council when, by the power of his talk, h1 obtained a sleinmn declara- A lion that theyv woutll take up the fi hatchet at his call. Andl they did; ianid i I I fought by his -idi when they diid. Ills m nmi ,s ware, the Anllwri ns;, I' inine were the whit.-.; anill m" r tevy-i, ; Ilacked its thirst in their bl,,,d, with . the s1am1 refr.eshing Fe-1' .- that 1 drink ý of the. -t'arkling wat-r:- ,t th. spriwu:." without askini its name. Seven of, t the scallsps yo.,u see hrlrngid to thst1' fi -ih 1,1! b.. . :ith m y tll a hawk; 1,lk '": iny arr,,w- ±i-w thick h1.-iles; tir'" wati- ny gun h-v,.l! -d in vain. Y "WVh-en tihe Varrir lirishied, tihI" "ioi p. ri hed with him if thi. gath eriug ,f the Iwlian natio.s in .. "101 -p't w he-r tli. s lhite p.eoplewould ni.t i ftllw, and wlhere wte migiht ivi. as oir fath:I-rs had done. Ti cunmseh l -ll. p S1,t iy- brii,.rehl, and I built nmy ::,it in the w, ,ils. t "It we -he si.aon of the gran ti - In,w th th:, i t-- :t?1riiui i-mid a.1 to th, Ir,.:t Spiritt , that a white muan , C we to :, e!,.-r. Ii, had lio-t his t S1:h, i,:l th. .-un wai 1,,oin down.- a 11v n,:hi er -lI-,k, tlhi tl,u lfar of ' , oth wt- upo, her. S h spoke t, v :,. Il, - : s 0.r lik.-the. hiurri c ,. it t - w 'p ' iat thr,-h the tirst, ( . Ili, ,I,, .;- f',,r it-,.-t' a V. v;t ii- l tr t!r,,' bill-. T i -.a - rangr - :,- tl ,..--.t i ti, l iti tli io- -halt li tii, . tiiti.-V till t!,:th hall ,tnd ma t h!r sr de.',-m'. . and a!,n.-p. and " ,in t 1- ,t i: ai s ii I -I ilt. I "n e W ith l i.- a ti lt .:rn th ,1 T'he Indian ar.iii - wtret fl:b il, :nl ,,- ii',.ei t ',;r -t: I til!o ie,-d tul, . r il'.iahile af s: ing i at word. Ti- ,,te't w as --r trrand ai nd over pwerin_ iu what I htad s. n s, 1e h,.; . 1 ,, o,,,."-c .ure am tl e'ciing in I c. ha' I ii. r -tilll t ha r. t,, s,-t and i'l:tt: it , , a.- t., t nrai- ,, tdhe i r,. t d .-n, r in:to th , tarkte lino -.f rtu. n_,"", it Isti had I ont avwe11 hd. , r d:t l.a;,ti ti-,lt: t .r ,-t pirit in whStliih il,, hatl t ,. aipt .... i h this uo ,r.ini tigt" I i-avafter whilt e, t, rtbuke t ir,.r inl-: I t. ,vi, iult havce b+ tn at otpie hazar.i - t os tand o ncetvailing, th:,t I cdnM ,nlyt ,in*lit:-i l t i.rfuldl 11 aund o iit:!t upi o n! :he n thl t. e Tl'he cuurse be now took was io-t t',ai itv no path. ht lay thery ihe 'li u.1 t mder.oo, l and i ani gu tcing tlin Rushi.-g. At the ditnc, of i,~nlout 1n , ' 'ter ""1 a nile trout. the cabini, I Ie -d ai sial l I heared co- dil ad S t i ,et-.I tuu -r.'r i h ,tatli t myelr acllt1 nth,'r. and nt,,t a,>r,, than thur or five fleet trm tOw ground. (in thi- stage I a-w a htamutf tigurtre .xtended .i nhib, as I aft,"rwards disc,,vered. was the boudt of tim Indian's Smrther. BY h,.r-id, wal a red ,.arth Sei vgt -,or pitcher, ewotainingr the I . on,, ,f hiii 'ather. and that "-haml lful t- of a he.." whw-lt, he had hr,,uilht with him tr,,tn th1 -h--re .r t Lake Ontario. - n ll, r the imipu)ls- of a sotntint-te t sro s well knIwn to exist anlittng the In dian tribe.:---the desire- of mningling r their own dust, in death, with that ,,t') f their fathere and their kindred. I Sh+'ight+ tot nerlv. two !:us.dr(' fe¥oe into the deep ravine below, through ti which the vexed stream bellowed and ft whirled till it escaped through an- sa other chasm, and plunged into the re-, ix cesses of the wood. It was an awful m moment! The profound gloom. of the r place-the uproar of the eddying d; vortex hbeneath-the dark and rugged it abyss which yawned before me, w where huge trees might be seen toss- tr lng and writhing about like things of p, life tormented by the angry spirit of o1 the waters-the unknown purpose of tr the being who had brought me hither si and who stood by my side in sullen o' silence, rophetic, to my mind, of a al housand horrible imaginings,-form- hi ed altogether a combination of circum-, t, stances that might have summoned, at fear into a bolder heart than mine was it at that instant. At length the Indian " spoke. h "D'Io you mark that cedar, shooting out midway from the rock? Hither fe I brought the white man, who doom- bi ed me to be born on a father's grave. in I said to him, 'You slew my father!' tr He shook, as my mother had done; w for the- fear of death was upon him. st My father's blood has left a stain at upon you which must be washed out bi in these dark waters.' He would 1 iave fled to the woods, like a wounded panther; but I grasped him thus, ci (winding his sinewy arm tightly at round me,) and cried, 'Come with me he to the Spirit World and hear me tell tl ny father how I have clothed myself, as as with a robe, in the blood of white n nen, to revengshis death. Come and w see him smile upon ti(, when I point pc to the blood of his slayer!' er "lowH- he shrieked when I sprung m with him into the abyss! IfH rolled tl from me. and I heard the plunge of ti his body into the roaring gulf below, s butt tle Great Spirit spread forth that c.edar, to catch me in my own descent, w fbr I lay in its green arms, as the in -. ,rng bird in its s heltered nest. Why it wa. I kept fro mly tltherr? I could tc ti, iI; and from the depths of the ot forest there canme a voice on the wind, ci saying. -Return!' I planted my foot at ,on the rock; at one bound I clutchedl w ,,ii tloptit bough; I swung myself cl in that jutting cragt, and reached the ti spot wh.erei now I stand." st As be spoke these words lihe quitted ii his hold of me, to my infinite relief. a c\V were so near the edge of the tl precipice, and his manner was so en- tt ,.rge~ric, I migrht say almost convulsed, frlom the recllection of his consum- ri mating act of re.venge, that I felt no Ii :mall alarm lest a an accid':ntal move- b tiunt shoimld precipitate us both into c the frightfuil clhart, ilndependently of tl at very Incomnfortabhle misgivi,-ng as to i what his real intelintions might be. h a hil. hlditg mIl,. s", firmlv. In eithier cas.I. I -hIuldt have: had no fthithin the h g;r,.at Spirit -preading the cedar to Ic .h mnII in my descent; while if I e' h-I lomud mvs,,lf in its "green arms," 1 t.:t m,,rallv certa:in I must have re Im iniid th,.re, till doonsdday, provided i I had only lil own agility to trust to h tir -winging mvyelf out of them.- lhit in what : .sitiiation wa, I actndually l:ic. d! In such a spot, and with a v eing wi s.- m,tivte- I was not ouly t t:ill unabl,, t., fath,,m, but whse wihl v eupri., perhaps :niht urge hint to, I a kne-w n,,t w ieat, it' I spoke one und- t iui:,ldl w--l. 'iAftrr a short pause, hw.t.i, I", I- vnur ed to :,didre-; him: - !it :l hih.l I .:c.1 n -rin-1 rave esxlres- t -itn to au ,p,- 1hi,ni t"nr, i lhich, it' ',- irnllt , ,l. I l, ke d , t i extr: cta conso- I latii n tir mi'st'. I tolk v.lspecial care 't to shale wh.at I -said as muich to his - ta-it. is I could pos iihlv msake it. t A".:nd thin tih,' o.i'ihof yt uttr child- c Itotl as ...i-t d. Y -: had not only rnciu-,d Iviir fi'tlhi r'. d,-athl upon tihe I ri.. )i' uwhii iit in, but you had offtl"r e.i uIp his murderer, as a last sacrifice - :t bli.- iiir'y, and your vengeance." -.A last -acrifice!" he excliimed, I t Lhi- tatlurs l,;ightntin withi exulta- I ti-tn. "Why was I bid to return, if t :hl, .reat purjpose fir which I ha-d i live-, was co:nphtled!l In mty cabin, 1 1 lan c, t11 ' tiV-e -ealps of wlhiti men i: htruck iy this artmu since the murderer -su nk hbeeatlh these waatirs. "But," he I continued with a stern solemnity oft ilmanner, "this day sees the last. I i have lived long enough; else- " 1 ani hIe fixed his eyes steadfastlyv upon te, you had not lived to hear amte say' so. I tracked you last nightm from the going down of the mtn1. 1'wice' my iun was levelled: twice I drew my arrow's head to its point; I once my hatchet glittered in the lmootn. But nmy atrm failed me, and thinre was sadness over my spirts. I I watched you as you slept. Not even the thought that so my father slept, could make me strike. I left oun; and in the deep forest cast myself to the -arh, to ask the Great Spirit what he wiiuld have me do, if it was to be that I could lnot shted your blood. A voice like that which said 'lReturn,' came again on the wind. 1 heard it, last sacrifice." We now descended the eminence on which we were standing, and again proceeded along the intricate path which conducted us back to the cabin. When we entered it, he Invited me to iat, by pointing to the repast which Swas still sread upon the ground; but I decui-ne. 3ho then motioned me that I should sit; and t from his own inflezie so without uttering u"-R ing with intense anait7 sllhint, ments.' Divesting h elf robe and turban, he.p aonai dress of ceremony; ster w ' ing down the fifteen escpe;" were all strung upon a made from the bark of a tree, hk·'t pended them round his neck. :i, one from which hung thoselonggle tresses of auburn was inbut" spreaditselfwithmournful i over his breast. Thus7 and with his musket in one his hatchet in the other, bebiid~tTla tomahawk, shot-pouch, aw and scalping-knife, wrhieheest in his belt, he turned to meaan4AsI'.-: "Follow; bring with you the hide on which you sit." - I did so,though with somedifficu i, for the hide was both heavy and ·eom-" brous to canrr. We were now oncei more in the forest, and in the same. track as when we set forth for th1 whirlpool. The Indian instead. 4 striding along with a quick elasc step, walked at a slow measuredpame, but with great dignity of rriage. We had proceeded about a' hundre yards when he began a wild melat choly chant, in his native tongue, and it was then, for the first ti~ei th horrid idea flashed across my minid that he was about to immolate him self. Good God! and wasIto wit ness the appalling ceremony, 'h the wilderness, from which it seemed im possible,, utterly impossible, I could' ever extricate myself! What, then,. might be my own fate? To perisliin these woods, perhaps, by the slow tor ture of famine, or fall a prey to some savage animal or noxious reptile. We arrived at a small stage on which lay the body of the Indian's mother. Here he stopped-ascended it' laid down his gun and hatcliet, took from me the buffalo hide, spread., it carefu:lly :Ey his mother, and placed on the other side the earthern vessel containing the bones of his father, and the handful of ashes with whibh was mingled the dust of his wife and children. He next seated himself be tween them on the buffalo skin; and surely, whatever else I may forget in this world, while I remember any thing, I can never forget either the sublime expression of his co1n tenance at that moment, or the horror of his appearance, with the scalps round his neck! For, now, by the light which fll upon them, as I stood beneath, I could distinguish the black clotted blood that stiffened the hair at the roots. Longer silence became insupportable-impossible; thatwhich had hitherto kept me silent-'my own safety-no'w with an equally irresisti t ble impulsestirring.me to speech. "It isnot vourown death," Iexclaim ed, "'that vou call your last sacrifice!" He smiled; but made no answer. "In mercy, then," I added, half firantically, "destroy me first; for here. in this wilderness, I must perish Iwhen you are dead!" He shook his head and pointed up twards. "No!" said he. "Watch the green leaves, and walk with the I wind. Speak no more. But when I [ am in the spirit World, cover me with - the buffalo robe and go." I stood aghast, motionless, and Scarcily able to breathe, while the In .dian was as calm and unperturbed as i if he were only laying down to sleep. lie now begani agaluhis funeral chant or death song, in a low wailing tone, so full of mournful expression, that though there was something monoton Sous in its character, it brought tears into ty eyes; But, as it grew louder b and bolder.from the animating theme ' -the deeds of prowess he had per e formted, and the white men he had " slain,-till at last, it swelled into a I, terrific vell, as he, recounted the death of his tather's murderer, which echoed if through the surrouning solitude like d trightful howlings, my blood seemed , to chill and curdle. 'Hitherto he had n spoken in a language unknown to me, r and I only judged of import from the Ie expressive sympathy of his features. >f1 But suddenly" he stopped; and then, I in a gentle, murmuring voice, resumed his dirge in English. n "I am the last of my race! I am t the last of my race! The life-stream it that fills my veins is like the river - that goes to the ocean and is lost! I I had a father, I had a mother; I had t; a wife, I had children. I have no te father, I have no mother; I have no Id wife, I have no chrildrn. I am the I I last of my race. I have no kindred. u Tihe white man canme, who slew my t, father, and the fathers of my father a; The white man came. he burned my to cabin on the Lake of the Thousand 'it Islands! I brought the wild deer as home firom the chase but my wif anmd d. children could be gathered in the I,' pahn of my hand. I had no teor t it, minglewith those of my motherwhfic y fell upon their ashes! I fled to the wilderness, and carried with me the te bones and dust of those that we~r.-. in My f~ather's blood was on my th when I came from the w·,a . n. white man's blood is on myh se which goes with me to the Xi. ch have done well; for the at has called me: Isha not ' &s te cOCUIoa o tgRitUllle