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'vjni Xorth Carolina Qazctte,,
LAWREXCE & I'EMAY.
-r;:7.;.,- iur doiuri mf inmro
Mf'ln adranee. Subacriheri Hi Mlatet
..rinnot e '"?FT'
"' Suite, who may aewra 10 oeeome lubtcnben,
will be .wictiy required to mjt Mw whoie .-
mnnnt of the ywr'tJttblerintwii mtdvanee.
"". Pt eaWdinj, fiReen line.,
inerted three timet for one dollar. Mid twen
L.T.-th.EUt nail b fMrf-!F;
j .!i.M.-r- ?
George CorntsA, Geo.' Cornish,
native of London, was brought up
t the sea. After making several .'" picascu, inauam, (lie con
voyages to the EaSt Indies in the 'tinned, addressing himself gravely
capacity of mate, ha obtained tire trt le married niece) to" favor me
command of a ship in the icon n. ,te tosMlirection you had to
try trade there, and passed many t,lis unfortunate sister." She blush
years of hil life in sailing from one l'oked confused; and at
port 'another of the Company's length, jitter a good deal of search
different aetdtuneptt. 'anllreaid
at intervals on snore with the super-.
, iiitendance thcjrjommercial con
cerns. HaMngj.Jujrhe8e meaiis
raised a moderate foftune,and be
ing now 'beyond the merediau of lite,"
he felt a strong desire of retiring to
his native' country, and, seeing his
"faihily & frienda, concerniffg wtrom
he had received no tidings for a long
time. He realized his' property,
'gettlfdh'n akr-tl taking- lt
" passage IoCK"lajIL?rniP'l in the
Downs after an absence of sixteen
years.
He immediately repaired to Lnn
don, and went to the house of an on.
ly brother whom he had left pos
sessed of a genteel place in public
5Ce jjr ffiund tftatiirr bitherHWlitn 1m"arriredrhe enr wltlr
was dead, ajtalhe i family Vroken up;
and he was directed to tlic ho'ise of
one of his nieces, .who was married
and settled at a small distance from
town. Qn making himself known,
ho va received with-great respect
and Jaffei:tianty.tUfl Jamr.d.uicr
anil a single sister who resided with
her: to which good reception, the
ideartifliltfrbrittjginfcicwhhh'iin''
a large fortune, did not a little con.
tributes Ebe pi8ted.Jitt4o.tte
most urgent manner to take up his
abode there, andoniitted nothing
that could testify their dutiful re
gard to so near a relation. On his
part, he was sincerely glad to see
them, and presented them with some
valuable Indian commodities which
fie had brought with him. They
soon fell into conversation concern
ins the family events that had ta
ken place during bia long absence.
Mutual condolences passed on the
death of the father; the mother had
been dead long before. The cap
tain, in the warmth of his heart, de-
- clared iiii Intentic
the survivors of the family and his
wishes of seeing the second sisteras
comfortably settled in the world as
the first seemed to be. ' w
m But(tid-hcareMjwoJLlit
only ones left? What is become of
my little smiling- play-fellow, Ame
lia? I remember her as if it were
' yesterday, coming behind niy chair,
and giving me a slight pull, and
then rnnning away that I might fol
low her for a kiss, I should be
sorry if any thing had happened to
her." Alas, sir, (said the eldest
tnece) sli has been the cause ot an
- infinite deal of trouble-to her 'Heads!
She was always a giddy girl, and
her misconduct has proved1 her ruin.
"It would be happy if we could for
get her!" " What then (said the
uncle) has stio dishonored herself?
Poor creature!" I cannot say
(replied the niece) that she has done
so in' the 'worst sense of the word;
hut she has disgraced herself and
-her family by a kastyr foolish wWb,
with one beneath her, and it has
mded, as might have been expected,
. ift. poverty and.wretchedness"..,f I
nra glad (returned the captain) that
. it is no. worse;' for -thug!r I much
disapprove of improper matches, yet
" young girls may fall intb still great,
rr evils, 4nd where there is no crime
there can ba no irreparable disgrace.
Jltttlrnwas-t he-Hr-ad -r what
did mv hi-iitliPi av to it?"i Whv.
8ir,8I cannot say, but it was partly 'captain to the man, net down those
ny father own fault; for he took a things." The man hesitated. The
nrt.o'f liking" to the young man, Icaptain renewed his command in a
.Who was a drawing-master employ- 'peremptory tone; and lucn'ce ad
d in tho family, and would not for- .vanccd to the woman. They looki
Wd him the house after we bad irr- UtI earnestly at each other. Through
furmad him of the danzcr nf an at-lherpale and emaciated features he
tachmeiit between Amelia and him.
when it was too late, ho fell into
violent nassion about it. vvb cb had
fio otbdr effect than to drive the girl
directly into her lover' arms. They
arried, and soon fell infa , difficul
ties.1 My-father, of courss, would
iiuniuig tor inviu; nou wiien no
Jhid, he' hot pply tlisinhcritctt her;
ut made. us- premise no longer to
onk upon Jier as Bister." " And
oi 4t4 mskc tbat ro'nls??' saii
the i captain, in a tone of surprise up, and bgan to scream 'with Tier
iu.d displeasure. We would not n.r. AmcliY recovered herself !
d.Sobcy our parent (rephed the other. Oh. Sir, what a situation you see
irter:) but we have several times me inf,' A situation, indeed (said
sent her relief in her necessities, he) Poor forsaken creature! hut you
though it was improper for ui to OAv4Vieod IefF."- t
- 8ee efi11 ndprarhattrte;
Come of her at-lastwhere is slieJ
ha 1" " Ueally. she and her W
unto nnmi-u mcir lougtrtgs so
often, that it to some time since we
. , ... , ..
,'eri1 thing about them." !
M Some time! Jiow fjofljtfW ',..
"l" " W WHT. ioor
outcast; (cried the captain, in a sort
of muttered half-voice) I have made
promise, nowever, to renounce
ui my neat sir, sain sue, you
.will not think of leaving its to-day.
quiries you choose, and save you
tiie trouble; and to-morrow'-ynu can
ride to town, and oo as you think
proper." - My good niece, said
thptiii4--Mu-W.-at-mdii&nut
sleeper, and I am afraid things
would run in my head and keep me
awake, - Besides, I - am - uatuialJv
impalieuC auit l'uo"iinio iny Luhi-j
nossniys"lrT You will rsouse mi'.
So saying, he took, up his hat, and
without much ceremony went out of
the house, and took "k; road to town
on foot, leaving his two nieces some
what disconcerted.
out "deTay lirtTie i placementioned,
whichwas a by street near S'dju.
Tho people whn kept the lodgings
informed him, that tho persons, lie
inquired after had kit them .several
months, 'and- they -did nut' knov
what -was- Imooi 4f -them? This
tnrew. the captain into great par
plexity; hut while he was consider
tff g what tic steroid treihtrwrr
man of the housef rfccpliected that
Mr Bland (that -was ilia; drawing.
master's name) had been employed,'
at a certain school, where informa
tion about him might possibly be
obtained. Captain Cornish hasten,
ed away to the place, and was in
formed by the master of the school
that, such a man had, indeed, beet'
engaged there, but had ceased to at- i
tend for some time past. He was1
a very well behaved- industrious
young man, (added the master,) but
in distressed circumstances, which
prevented' him from making that
genteel appearance which we expect
in 'all who attend our school; I
vyaa abligei,.
a great force upon my feeling I as
sure you, sir, to do so, but you know
the tiling coold not be helped."
The captain eyed'hun with indig-
najncjintjmjit, and said, I sup-
pose men sir,- your jeeangs never
suffered you to inquire where this
poor cratu.rj..JodgedajaLJ:ltat.JiB.
came of him afterwards!" Asto
that, replied the master, every man
knows his own business best, and
my time is fully taken up with my
own concerns; but I believe I have a
noto of the lodgings he then occu
pied here it is.' The captain took
it, and turning -on 'Im jwel, with
drew in silence. He posted away
to tho place, but there too iiad the
mortification of learning thaf he was
too late. Tho people, however,
told him that they believed he might
find the family he waeeking in a
neighboring alley, at a lodging up
three pair of stairs. The captain's
heart sunk within him; however, ta
king a boy. as. ;t guide jiQ preceded
immediately to the spot,- On going
up the narrow creaking staircase,
he met' a man coming down it with
a bed on his shoulders. At the top
of the landing stood another, with a
bundle of blankets and sheets. . A
woman with a child in her arms was
expostulating with him, and he
heard her exclaim, Lruel! not to
l.n.t P.. h m I n..l Inn
noor children!" " Stop, said the
saw Hometning ot ins nine smuer;
aiid' at'Tength,Tin a faint Voice, he
addressed her, " Are you Amelia
Cornish?" ? That wa my name,"
she replied. I am your uncle,"
he crird, clasping herinliis. arms,
and sobbing as if his heart would
break! My uncle!' said s)ie, and
fainted. He was just able to set her
down on the only remaining chair,
and take ber child from her. Two
other, young children xarne. running
U6 then asked what was become
nf her husband. She tnM l.im. that
i ng every ilay to a great distance!
fm- a littln omi.invmn..t H.
'Olalitott .hrrad! ' tie. hadlJi:HS4 JhgW ,yjlkilifrrMnaat4ftflfe
len tils ami ws novirrnffiiivs
lenTllT --atHt was novTir-nff1iiVsYif af;t
anil tliat aPli'i- lim i.in. I lilfllt iktttltWA! f
to sell most nf their -little fumilure
and clothes for present subsistence,
their landlord had just seized their
only remaining bed for s?ms arrears
of rent. The captain isniiediatel
discharged the debt, and causing
the bed to be brought up a.s;ain, dis
missed the man. He then entered
into a conversation, with his -.niece
abont. the events thstt had bi'fullen
tier. Alas! sir, (said tihe) I am
sensibk1! I was greatly to liltime in
disobeying- my father,- and leaving
ITKfijnrHW
thing might be alleged. in my rx-
B'lin.ar mijrnt ne iuieeti.io niv
ruse at least, i years of calamity
and distress may he an expiation.
As to my husband, however, he has
ne.Wr"-'eirwt1iFasT f Wise -of
Complaint he has ever been kind
and good, and what we have siif
0dUa ke , lUrVg'wi-fiirtui
UatLliuIJaCULlt To be buroY hen w e
married, weTTTd noFconsider how n
family was to B? maintained. His
was a poor employment;, and sick
ness and other accidents soon - bro't
us to a -state of poverty, from which
we could never retrieve ourselves.
he could help it, and denied himself
every indulgeucciu-urdrr to provide
lor the wants of me and the chil
dren. I did my part, too, as well
as I was able. Tint my-father' jju;,
reTeiilmg"'8everiiy 'mailc me quite
heart iT"krrif and,-, though IriyKls"
ters two or three time? gave ns a lit
tle relief in our pressinj; necessities
-Tor iioiinng else could nave made
me ask it m tho -manner.! tiid yet
Ihey woold never permit me to sec
them, and for some time past have,
entirely abandoned us, I thought
heaven bad abandoned us too. 1 he
hour of extreme distress was come;
but "Ioh liave been sent for our com
fort." "And your comfort, please '
bod! 1 will be," cried the captain
with energy. "You are my own
dear child, and your little ones shall
be mine toor Dry up your tears
better days, I hope, arc approach-
ing."
Evening was now coming on,
and it was too a
ing lodgings. The captain procur-
ed lnetetibortbca 6uFfolom
provisions and other necessaries,
and then took his leave, with a pro
mise of being with bis niece early
the next morning. Indeed, as be
prppgsed,sans4'A
husband, she was far from wishing
to detain him lunger. He went di-
,fly
and having got access to the apothe
cary, begged to be informed of the
real state of bis patient Bland.
The apothecary told him that he la
bored tinder a slow lever, attended
with extreme dejection of spirits,
but that there were no signs of ur
gent '"'danger. ;" ' tr you vv iir'tillow
mc to see him' (said .tlijp raptain):!
believe I shall be able to - administer
a conlial moro effectual, perhaps,
thai: all your medicines." He was
shewn up to tho ward where the poor
man lay, and seated by his .bedside.
"Mr. Bland (said he) I am a Kt ran
ger to you, but I come to bring you
some irews of your family." The
sick marr roused lrimstlfttirirwwiT
from a stupor, and fixed his eyes in
silence on the captain. He proceed
ed Perhaps you may have heard
of an uncle that your wife had in the
East Indies lie it come home, and
and lam he." Ujion this he
eagerly stretched out lus hand, and
taking that of Bland, which was
llirust out of the bedclothes to ine'et
it.- gave it a coTdiat haketTli&.
sick man's eyes glistened.he grasp
ed tho captain's hand1 wiflu alt his
remaining strength, and drawing it
to bis tnoutht kissed it with fervor.
All he could say, was tiod bless
you! be kind to poor Amelia!" j
will -l will (cried the captain) IwiU
be a father to you aliCheer up
keep up your spirits alL will , htj
wclH" , He then, with a kind look
and another shake of the hand,
wished -him a good night, and left
the poor man lightened at once of
half his disease. 1
' The captain w ent home to the coffee-bouse
where bo lodged,, got n
light supper, and went early to bed.
After meditating some time with
heartfelt satisfaction - the workVf
the day, he fill into a sweet sleep,
which lasted till day-break. The
next morning early he rose and sal
lied forth in search, of furnished
lodging. After "some inquiry, he
met
with a commodious set. in a
pleasant airy situation, for whTcTi Tie
agreed." Ha then drove to Amelia;
l,ua"t u""l toetrpoor
wardrobe would ndiiiit. He em"-
with
a favourable account of her
uusband. He liienv toIJ thetu to
prepare for a ride w ith him. The
children were overjoyed at the pro
posal, and they accompanied him
down to tho coach in high spirits
Amelia scarcely knew what to think
or.cxpccL,--They-iIrrtV ...first to a
warehuusefcf.r ready made linen,!
where the captain made Amelia Hl'iii--'
nish herself yviULil coiupleU wet 4l
every thing necessary for present
use for the children and herself, not
forgetting somo shirts lor her tins
r'"'9 '"" b"f
W as "suim icd witb a lacket am
trowsers, h hat and great coat, and
the girl with another great coat and
a,bminel bojli L, wei rnale os happy
us happy could hl They weitiexf
all furnished with new shoos. In
short, they bad not piweeded far,
Ul'Crt the ioo"tiKiMmf ifuVet fujdreti
were all in conrplrte newr - trabrfi--ineuts,
det;ent but- not fine; while
the old ones wore all t'ted tip in a
great bundle, -and destined for sonic
family still poorer-than they" had
been.
in;. he had taken, and which he had
iliiecied tu be pal ia thorough urdec
lie led Amelia up stairs, who ktftw
not. whuher she wa gnin;; He brnuht
tier into a bandu pallor, id eatd
hifr Trt'a' rlta1r.'TItii,"Vy rdLrTVaidtieT
me now-and-1 lien come ami see rw
in it. Amelia- turnrd pale, and
niiutd jipt
of tears came to. her' relief, and tje
suddenly, threw hemell at her uu
cle V feetrand pouted ou t than k and
blessings in a broken voice, tie raised
her, and kindly, k'uaifn her and her
children slipt a purse of gold Into her
hand and hurried down stairs.
He next Went to the hospital, and
found Mr. Bland sitting up in bed, "d
taking some food with apparent plea
sure. He "sat diwnbyliiiu. God bless
you! air. (said Bland) I aee now it is all
a reality, and not a dream. Your fig
ure hat been haunting me all oibt,
and I had scarcely been able to aatia
fy myself Whether I had, really aecn
and spoke to you, or whether it wa a, fit
of!dljrium.jTe
lightened, and I have now been eating
adtlL'ailidUilULhA.'v.l JRlMLf Iprjf ffiCr
many days past. ' But may I ask howls
my poor Amelia and my little one!'
" Thejr are ' well and " happy, my
good friend, (said the captain) and I
hope you will soon be ao along with
them;The apwtheeary.canif Mp and
felt hia patient'a pulae, " Vou are a luc
ky doctor, indeed, ir, (atd he to Cap
tain Cornish;) you have cured the poor
man of his fever. His pulse is as calm
as my own." The captain consulted
hinf about the safety ot removing him,
and the apothecary thought that there
would be no hazard in doing it that ve
ry da v. The captain waited the arri
val of the physician, who confirmed the
-same opinion.? -Antdan chair waspfo
cured and full direction bLtcgobtained
for ,the lature treatment, with the
physician's promise to look after him,
the captain walked - before the chair
to the new lodging. On the knock
at the door, Amelia looked out tf
the window, and seeing the chair,
ran . down, and : met her uncle and
huvband in the passage. The poor
man, not knowing wheie he was, and
gaKteg wildly- around bwn, was ca 'M
up stairs and placed upon a good bed,
while his wife and children assembled
round it. A las'sof wine brought by
the people of the'bbusVreetored him lo
his recollection, when a most tender
scene' ensued, which the uncle closed
as soon as he could for fear of too much
agitatiog the yet feeble' "organs uf the
sick man.
By Aineftartrninstaiiir attention, as
wited by proper h.lpi- M rr BUithfH t-
ty recovered; and the whole family lost
their sickly emaciated appearance, and
became healthy and happy, The kind
uncle wal never long ubsent from them,
and was always, received with looks of
pleasure and gratitude that penetrated
his very soul, lie obtained for Mr.
Bland a good situation io the exercise
of his profession, and took Atnilia and
her rhitilrew into his upecial care. A
to iiisoincr nierts. tnoug.i ne tua not her battle with the savages at "Bad
entirely break ott his connection with j Axe?' Iat year, and for rutting tiff the
them, bur on the contrary, shewed tbem retreat cf Black Hawk'f forces, across
oceawooal marks of the kindness ofa the river) had given me n6iice of the
relation, yet he irou!d never look upon 'probability of a salute and I had pre
thernwilh trne cordiality. And ailhpyjpared some tnusketa found -on board,
had 10 well kept their promise lA their (the identical ones used iri that affrayj
father of ftcver treating Amelia s a and' volley for, volley We returned the
isier while in her rfllicted state, he tnartl?! rivilitiea of our tawney friends
took care net tu tempt -them to break ! We soon came in view of Vort Snelt
U bow the was m r favet d tPFditu-rrn Ing, Sif uaier vn""it 'lit jh lluff, at "ihe
From (he Portfcn S DHy Adferti..- janction of the St. Peter with the Miv '
Extract from aletler from. a young Of' au&ippi. My firtt iht of it was but a f
Jictrafht rfrmytdqteJ J '. g'ance (or an intervening point of
. Fatii r St. Anthony, I ,arid concealed it at auddenly from tny
Upper Miuiuippi, junt. H33, 1 eiw. but llvi glance was like a taf- .
There i sometbins hovel and rninan- ji'nanie abock to ray heart; for there,
tic iff" the idea of wriun, at I am nowhroadly floating Taginat the blue aky,
doing, aniil the roir of the greft M is-j thrcu;h a vista of woudi I beheld the
sUsippi Falla, seated on a broad rock,! proud flag of my -country! Imagine '
at .-ttmr ey Xuoaad arriuntld by w?3t feelingmust,, hvhat.,beca
aceoery.a( . u;ust and uignilieent, ntin, after ao-long a travel in these ;
that the dullest imagination could not weatern wild, what throb of patri.
fhtbe-tnsr4J-uy-Uf ud.yao.la.!t"f.t'9,Pl?f0.!? ,nut hawB ited me, on ,
mure turn -i lju intlea dutant : Iroin
me. " -
There can be. no scenery in th
world tniire aplendid or nuniticenl
ilun that of Upper M islnaippi. ekpocUt
ly of tliat p'iriitin of itaVivo Prairie du
Chien. The htuUrane here presents
every variety i teature, trom the!
chanlpiin exi ine of the green prairie I
to the aVupt ani ru?;ed biulf. Th.-ae ;
are often minz'e:! in nictureso'i on
tfast,' ihvLIhe eye ii dalightcd, eviin
woite the mini it absorbed in that ai
lent marvel, which such a view. is cal.
cut u:d lii inspire Mure, fur the firat
tioie in nvv ltf.'.' I Iteheld tndiin i.ii1a
es in an uieir original rujenei ui i
theit inhabitants unscathed or uni n-J
proved, a tli8 cse miy be, by the i.i
lluence of ciili.ni a. I asur you
-
thu ai'ht of the.n pnive I alw.tyi full of
ioicre-it-lu-.m!.. T(ie . firt we visited
was Wabashaw' village, pleasantly
situated on .lh Oelle,. ti fine ,illiwx;MI-BwiritnrtiiM. f 4ttt1tf cotn-
Sy':rT
TitTTTTi u u i narrow i u to t nr -too tny t nt
pssing. throurli. a-. gorge-of the liill,
until (enninated by a towering btulf.
wiiii h conipiv uous for many milts in
the distance.
Upon thi beautiful piairiei nature
h i lavulipil lnr IrH.iHiiri in full inc.
Heavy, and profuii-ly studded with'
dnirs t)a whtrhas never aeea th
Western prairies;- (here univeraaily
pronounced per ray ra!0 can form no
ifd-'fjillte Idea of them from anv de-
,:rtpmo. INu even -the mation 1
in.t thritlinif as it WiKaftlcred ine'tof
much Nature ha never appeared t
-vu io ppet irep,le'tr with" beauty"
and grandeur, as when I have, stood in
the midst of a prairie, upon" a "gfntle
eminence.'surveyins; the broiil expanse
of waving green, ever varying In it a
shades, thugh uniform in it massive
riohne while every breeze that pass
ed over it, tame loaded with fragraoce
from countless Mowers, and no end," no
boundary, to this amiztng prospect
avethe wall of the arched heavens, in
the hnrifcon, which seemed to enclose
the lovely scene, and shut it from the
rest of creation. -- - -
But to pursue our journey up the
river. The noise of escaping steam
soon attracted attention at VVabashaw's
village, and it was not long before we
saw approaching a swarthy, muscular
looking man; who afterwards prod to
be- the. Adjutant General - nf. the . old
chief, -Afur frhdly. .salutations, he
accoinpanicd us along ihe Miore, mount -ed
on a fine florae, and .bedecked with
all the tinsel & no :ry pertaining lo the
full deem of an Indian official; lot though
the one-eyed c,hief hinnelf is too old or
too lazy to dress himself everydy, fie
insists upon, ihe performance of. this
ceremony Irom his (so called adjutant
general. What with (lie high wuoden
saddle and other paraphernalia that
covered the borne, the poor animal was
almost overwhelmed 'with., trapping
tVe "soon approached the village and
heard the bustle of preparation there
for our reception.' First appeared a
soUt3ry,liceoian iliea two od thun
a motley assemblage of Indiana came
rushing forth-orr 1he pTBtriey"iomej)Sff
tially ornamented with feathers, some
with a single blanket, and iriariy with
out even ibis pare garment. ".
Some rode their horses without, bri
dies or saddles, and galloped on, like
so many centaurs, shouting and yelling
and urging their steeds tu the utmost.
till all were brought tip at the edge of
the prairie, and the shore was (airly
lined wit!, Tricin. iroir--de:"-drtr,
" How da do?" was the only Knglish
they knew, and only cry I could un
derstand and. tu... fcerf-uUn.vW
asked, and every observation we made,
they -echoed back,-" How -de do?"
Our conversation was at length carried
on by tigns, which I found, to toy ur
prise, were sofficieut fur all the inter
course we decired. -
Hr instance we were mjorrn mil
TfTltrW mrTrrV STkaaiiioiia.. aaiwrt in,' It in I
T'nqutry;thatT)ld"Vabati1iaw wa in'TTis
lodge at the villagetoo proud - and
dignified -to- meet even his allies any
where but in his wigwam. .
At the village Big Thunder,"
onObe east shore., we were saluted hv
some tweh'y Indians,' seited like taf
lors. on the bank, loading and discharg
ing tlpir rifle in irregular succession.
Our captain Trogmnrton (for we were
iiTthe ateaifihoftt' "'Warrior r..mnna T..r
enoearea vision, our cuuntrv'a bmner. '
waymg 10 eovereinniv 'over f a regiuo ,
which eUe had aoiuned unaubdued even
by" the all pervading uurch of human
ccterpriar! , - ,
1 ho bteambnat here touched
ground. and thus gavo w earnest
unt we liatl at last. reached tho head
of " navlsatioit; of the ereat Mis.
si,siniii. I have thus nassed finm
llnj niourtTof thjs uughtjr lliver to a
point w;here I can toss a stone from .
one bank to ' another. The first
thing after despatching my public "
duties at thi earrU'Mit- and - inter.
4ibugig booitablff grfTttMt' Witfi" w
"" 10 RiWr trout a Coup
j't'il. t!io widest7 view of the stir
, rounding country; and this was best-
p. "... 1 - a '. i " '
attained from the snin nit of a tower '
inaii atigtoortTio' f irt." The "view1
"i" i.iiin:ru .Jiioi lom.,, irtliy OO 1110
w," wi'MVai , to visit Ilia
7fi af I-fv-u-ld--t-nBllr
17eaFTi)oi"WlI-ii ral'Xs7 our "
way Mr. rail ,entoi:taiied me with
nnct dotes of the Indinii character and
country f while 1 reciprocated by tel
ling him the ftrJ (only 3 months
old) from the States. The mail ar-v
rivei herR.;jiolidlfenrr .than once a .
ni'iMtli. Our Steamboat bad over
taken thecaaoo. returuhi .-with-itl.
from IVairio Du Chien, and (much -
ia..the..8atUfat:tioti of tho soldiers)"
ZA&oi. usiug:a ltcaiiiiTuLlMi-jiirI:.l-.
uitcrspcrscdAvith. nohlo hslt -ntid oak "
trees . and wdljniiered.uy elrauiii.
from the iakw north 'ftTVsrwe HuiU
da.ily stopped atthe mouth of pic
turrariijc. gkn, . w as contlticted
through it for a short distance, hen'1
all at once was opened upon us one of
the most beautiful and symmetrical
watorfalU , that ran be iaiaeined.
This was -thtj outlet of tliejake-i; a
small stream which is here precipita.'
ted over a circular shelf of rocks,'', '
presenting a roucavo wall of water to
thu eye and filling 45 feet into a reg.
ular basin below. ,Acr enj ying'v -
this sight for a short season, we )ur -sued
our route across the I'rairW
meeting occasionally;" groups of
Indian girls gathering strawberries,
sometimes accompanied by their'
beatlt,' dre-fsed'wltb nibat parliculai.'
tiireires-r. - The toilette, is, to ttiesrj
young felfoa s a subject oLim triaing' , -interest.
Hours are spent in this
branch of their devotions, drawing
now a slrcak of paint he re conforwa.'V -
ble to ft most fastidious taste, and an-.
other there, of the exact shad, ar
fangtngtlie foIJi iiftUeirlak'nkctsoZt-"
as" to exp' jnust advantageously..
the elegance of their persons; or?-
poising their feathers at the most an-
tlientic anle, such are some of tho
elements, of thrir toilet, and" such
their sidicittidu for the proper adap
tation of them.; 1
it la amusing- to see them rohtcm
pkttiug tbemselve a io the small mir. ;
ror tlwy always wear suspended from 1
their necks, witTtTsucirfomplaceiicyv. '
but ridiculous as its-'enicd to me, l'".
could' not" but recdlect, on accond
thoughts, that we young Lotjiarios .
too, .were not' less pfotie to, tdtnilar
vanities, anif. Ravin tho .tliffv-rt'tiCa-
of a purrr or moj-c-refined taste in -
these -things', our toilet liouTfr were 1 )
tint -niriri4 t)fnfitnfif v anfnfc - . (
JWI.L niorf trofLtahlv spent
. If I bad spare, I .would give you
here, an amusing acrou-it of a Sioux' 1
kia-hish-a-mush, won the a fieri ions
of the young and beautiful hrjuitw
Te-ra rah pa gewe-tah ' llow- '(io v
striitttftl before her In his gaudy plum- y - -age
(for ho wan a warrior) without
. - I ..-!.!. lilt !. KJ.'.. . ?
. . o
un iirt wuru MllO,-i-llll M'Olll HI) IflllU-
Conrjuest of her heart by winning, ;
her silent admiration, ho ventured
to offer to her father, tOO Ratsklns, "
500 Wampum and 6 . Blankets, . for
the possession of tho straight. haired
tij inph, otto' ejaculated the pat:
riarch: which means, according to '
Daid Crockett, go-aluad!"
- Then addressing the damsel, tha. ';
courtier titters, Wr-hli-a-we-wee-tish, , . -
a tnush (I have ' bought you squaw;) :
Wiish-fe-mic ; (I rome) replies the -maid,
and. inmiyiliatcly tin led her i
triumphantly away, to cut the pole
for their' Wigwam; be to begin his
character of a social despot, she hers
ora submissive BlaVe, . ,r -, .
We sobn reached the crreat Falls.
The Uiver riilarges.consiJerflbly n i...
huve St I'etm. an.' li a t-.'tirTh of a . -
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