FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7V 1 853.
rrptn the Oojurohtan Obs(rVeri
tear 1 M? "CO, V (
( Ca'fovn, Secretary f War i .vniler the
rew fir vote nff Major Fnr9Wvs, . 6y,
Jmdhtlrr rrnt'nven of She -xor party.
Travelers wT o penetrate anT ex
rW s dwrtfwntry, rot ret sof'en
Li h the hand of civilize! man, nor
densely piipw'at.ed : where no flourish
ing cities, tnwne,5anfl, t amieis. invue
i?f?rr?ptiop hut. where- na'nre still
rears her savage front,' in 'all the wild
jfrs of a fugged wtylerre.nre- ne
ffpsnrilv preoterf from indulging in
the moral and sentimental incidents,
adventures ; and . refaction, which
ftlp-un the charm of a book of tra
vel through the. old countries of Eu:
rrpe. He who : traverses ( Vaiy or
Jrincf, will find very opposite mate
rial, with which to store and embel
lish his pages, from the solitary pil
rrim who winds his tedious way
through the forests, and swamps, of
nrth America. . Yet by travellers of
different genius, a, very opposite pic
ture will be drawn even of the same
country To a pilgrim of the' lively
fircyand enthusiastic genius ofCa
tovhrian'ty the wilderness of our West
ern hemisphere would wear a fruitful
jrd lively aspect, peopled by eyery
creature of an ardent imagination?; To
a t m e I ler o f Hum hnlrlt'a temperament
and science, every object, on the,coti
trarv, would be measured by the ex
act rales of art : Rot ami. M rtrfflo-
fV and Gf ooo-y; would I br-ught in
requisition, to elucidate the' tiry and
tniitpresfing facts of physical nature.
The picturesque is never th .light of
bv a Minerahist, 'tvho,' insTead iif
rifardiog the lines" and positions of
tfaoty, is only bent upon ascertaining
t? eir mineral formation and structure ;
If anneals onlv to science, not 'to
tiste, and if he Van solve a' pVienomey
ron, or furnish the materials ol a the
ory, his wishes are satisfied, .and he
rf poses for a time, on 'a cloud cf glory,
lest in momentary illusions.' ' .
Both the naiure of the country, and
the intellectual bias of- the travellers
before us as well as their preconcerted
intention, hae led. Yd the production
cf a work of the latter: character ;
Hch is unquestionably of more in
terest and importance to the mere
nan of science, than to the general
reader, or the curious Student. We
shall not pretend. therefore to giye'a
irirute and detailed account of .the
Geological adventures of the travel
lers, which could interest none of our
readers, but merely ; extract such
farts, as tell us of new tribes pf Indi
ans, and delineate their unknown
Planners, Customs, and Habits. - V
. The following account of-the man
ors of the Kunza "Tribe of Indians is
rot without interest, although the
rtyle is awkuanj, and distorted by te-
iuu circumiucuimn. . , ine rvouz.a arr
Missouri tribe, in the neighbourhood
i the Konza rtrer. V '..
the other, and is preceded by a. crier an
nouncing, vfth a loud voice, the marriage
people r in.thiswv she goes to i he hahi-
fatjon.ot nernushann; whose parents taRe
frftm her everything shebrins, strip, her j
entirely naked, dress her again in clothes j
as Koodas'she hrhuffht, furnish' hef: with '
two horses,' with meat and merchandise,!
and she returns twith hev cr er( to her, pa-;
rents.. ..These two horses se retains , as
her own, together - with . all the .articles
i she. brings.bck w'th her. . Her" parents
' then make a 'feast, to which they invite
he husband, his parents and friends ; the
ycung couple are seated together and
'all then partake of the good cheer, after
j which the father of the girl makes a hai'
rangue, in which , he informs the young
man, thaf he must now issumeK the com
mand of the lodge, and of every thing be-
Iqnging to turn and his daughter All the
merchandise which the bride returned
; with, is. distributed in presents from her
self to. the kindred of her husband in their
; first visn. , The. husband then invites f-e
I illations of his w'?e to a fpast. Whate
ver peltries the' father possesses are at
the disposal of the. son to trade with on
his own account ; and in every - respect
H t
hroad faces; sWe. sa-'W but a
e squaw
iri the village who-had anv pretensions to
ueauTy - sne was recently . marnco io n.
enterprising warrior, who invited us id a
east; apparently in orner . to exnimtl nir
prize to us. " The ordinary . lress rpf the
man' is i breech clot.h of Wuepr red cloth;
secure;TJn its place bvf a gifdl a pair of
ffttkintfs, made of .d ressed rleer ;$kin i con
cealing the leg, except'ng a small, portion
of the upper part of the thigh"; a pair of
mockasins made of. dressed deerelki or
bison skin,' hot pVnamened; and a blanket
to coyer the, upper part of the body, ofteii
thrown oyer one arm m ho weather, leav
ing tljat part naked ; or it is even entirely
thrown asUle. ; The, outer cartilage of the
ear is cut through in three places, and up
on the rims thus separated, various orna-
ments are suspended such ' as wampurrii
string Beads, silver i or tin trinkets,: cc.
The hair of most of tJieir chiefs and war-
1 nors is scrupulously removed from . the
j head, being careful, however, to leave e
nough, as in honour they are bound to do,
to supply their enemy with a scalp, intase
i they should be Vanqnished. This resi
le duum consists of a portion on the hack of
j the head of about the breadth of the hand.
I rounded at its upper termination riearthe
the parents, in many instances, become ton nf th hpaH th Afrrt'Mn anf i
nearly parallel, thouch sliehtlv approach- I
mg each other .towards the origin of the
subservient to the voting man.
, After the death of the huband the
widow-scarifies herself, rubs her person ;.! neck, where irabruptly terminates,,, &c.
with clay, and becomes negligent 'of her
dress until the expiration of a year, when
the eldest brother of the deceased takes
her to wife without any ceremony, consi
ders her children as his own, and taes
erand their to his house; if thedecas
"Ca-eea-wa-tan-ninga. or the fool chief.
is the hereditary principal chief but he
I'uc5sc3 noining iiice-nionarcmciti au
thorhr, maintaining. his distinction only
oy his bravery and good conduct. Thert?
re ten or twelve interior chieftains, or
persons u ho aspireHto such diCTiitv. but
these da not appear to command any
r,-vai. icsucci rroni ine people.-iAivu as
eI as military distinction. ; arises,: from
trayery or gtnerosity; Controversies are
recided among themselves they 'dopot
'PPeal to their chiet,iexcepting for coun
Jd. They will not marry any.vof. their
undred however remote; "Thetemalcs.
ltore marriage', labor in; the fields and
Jerve tneir parents, carry wood and war
JtJ".and attend" to- the culinary, duties ;
ben the eldest daughter marries, she
ctmrnancis the lodge, the mother arid all
sisters ; the latter are to be. alsb the
ves of the same individual . Wihei? k
JOung man wishes tn marrv a nart Jn.la,
'ejnale, his father gives a. feast to a few
i. . . : mj win iucii, any ncquaililS
nM u aes,Kn. tney Tepair to the
wbo generally feigns an unwillihg
. to marry, and urges suchreasous as
r poveny.. youth -&c-The old men
; "'scu co return. sue or seven.
"V ore lbcv can eeCt eir object
temt ? ur consCnl obtained. the pa
kUnk younS man takt: two or three
Vt iC ,and me to .the pai-ents - f
! rein t6 their lodge.' TThe pa-
,. lput on the meat tnr.-anrl i.l,r.
Co? ! Ipy i meat and merchao-
ttr "w or8e aress tnelrilaugh
Lt est garments ihfvcan Aft'orrf -
Qts one of the horsw and, pleads
fowr or five wives, hut these are mostly
sisters ; if they marry into two families
the wives do not harmonize well,togef her,
and giye the husband much1 inquietude ;
there is however, no restriction in this
respect, except in the prudence of the
uu:iwuiii(- - i in a uviiitiiirr ami niiiiu-t
mother are verv finrt nf thir prandchll-i
. . ....... r - j
lren, but these have very little respect j
forthem. The female children respect
and obey their parents; but "the males!
are very cnsohertient, and the, more ob
stinate they are and the less readily they
comply with the commands of their pa
rents, the, more the latter seem to be
pleased, saying, he will be a brave man,
a great warrior, he will not be controlled.'
The attachment' of fraternity is as
strong, if not stronger, than with us. The
niece has great deference for the uncle.)
The female calls h-r mother's siter t
mother and her mother's brother uncle.
Thirteen children have occurred in one i
family. woman had three children at
a birth all lived.
"They bear sickness and pa'n with
great fortitude, seldom , uttering a com
phint ; bystanders sympathise with them,
and try every means to relieve them.
Inanity is unknown ; the bVnd are taken
care of by their friends and the nation
generally and are well dressed and fed.
Drunkenness is rare and is much ridicul
ed ; a druhkenvman is said to be bereft of
hisTeason, and is avoided. As to the o
ngin of the nation, their belief is' that the
Master of' life formed a man. and placed
him on the earth ;1 he was solitary, and
cried to the, Masitr of life for a cmp-
1 : v n, who sent him'd'wn a woman ;ifrom
the union of these If wo proceeded a son
l and a daughter, who were married and
i btwlt themselves a lodee distinct from that
ot.their parents ;' all the nations proceed
ed from them, excepting the whites.
J whose origin thev pretend not to know.
j) When a min is kdled in battle the thuh-
? der is supposed to take him up,' they do
not Know where. In going to battle, each
man traces an imaginary figure of the
cnunoer on the Soil ; and he who repre
sentslt incorrectly 'is tilled by the thun
der. A person saw. thtt" thunder one day
on the ground,-, with a beautiful pair- of
uiuuasins on cacn sme 1 1 n ; naming tnucn
need of a pair; he toot them up and' went
his way ; but on his return by the same
npot the thunder took him otf, and he has
not been smce 4ieard of. They seem to
have vaguer notions of the futtire state
I ney think, that a brave warrior, a good
nunier, wiuwaiK in a gooa .paio, dui a
o id man,' a' coward,' wjll find a bad' path.
; : The following incident will, show !
some of the perils to which the travel-
lers of Major Long's party were con
' stantly exposed. It is a perfect pic
llure of Indian ferocity. Having left
tempted to seie . knapsack elqngwjg to
one of theCsotdiersand i m meiaelrn-
A 1 1 -t . .l'H'"" "
for th night, ' in a narrow but beau
; tiful and. level prairie, bottom, which
t.was founded by an abrupt, though yer
j dant range of bluffs." Mr. Say con
tinues : .' r; r t
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rnihking the deceased has f ir to travel
hty bury wih his body, rpockasins, some
Vticles of food . &c to support him on the
Y'ufney. Mny-(: persons, they'.believe,
aye become reanimated, who had been,
luring their apparent death, 'in strange
rdUUya ;,but a th,e inhabitants us'-d them
1J they returned. ' ' They ? say they have
'n.ve'c.seen lhe Maser of life and there
rore cannot pretenii xo ersonuy. nun our
hey have often heard him- sjxrak ; in the
ill unde r ; they , weaii' often a shell which
is in hohor.pr Jn representation of him.;
hut they;do not 'pretend that it resembles j
111, ui uu aiijr 1111115 in vAujiiiiuu wku ins
form, organisation; or dimensions. ;v
; This nation -haying beentprofourkl
peace with the Osages since the' year
1806, (See Pike;p i44) ha e 1 intermar
ri ed fre;ely w i th t he ni -so that instature;
features .arid customs,-they, are more and
more", closely 'approaching th-1 V people.
Tbey. are large ; and symmetrically wji
tortned; with' the usual high chee bones,
the" nose:more or less aquiline, colour'red-
dish "cbpperyi the hair black and straight.
Their women are email and homely, with'
' Mr. Dougherty and one of the Tndian
went in quest of game, and having sup
plied the two remaini f ! Indians with, a
pipe and tobacco,, we verr vrtaking' of
sonje refreshment, when one of the party
suddenly drew our attention to an exten
sive cloud of "dust which arose from the
plain, and which we soon perceiveid but 1
partially concealed a bwly of Indahs, who
had, already approached withina quarter
of a mile, and . were now. running with
:great swiftness. Our Tndian followers
no'v displayed all their activity ; the chief
seized his gun, and ran towards, the ad-'
vancing "multitude to obtain his horse, ;
which he mounted and . rode off at full '
speed,. whilst his companion disappeared ;
in ine mjsiitrM in a.11 insiaui. ' a mw "s4
sufficient intimation that a hostile party
was before us, and a timely admonition
of the I approach of, danger.' Our , men
were therefore drawn up in a line, and all
prepared themselves for defence in case
of extremity. " r -'J
' The adv yieing party were armed, de
corated and painted for battle, but they
manifested as they rushed , up to oS the
most pHcific d'-portment, shaking usby
the hand, putting their arms about our
nerks, and t-raising their hands with the
paim towards us, in token 01 peace, uwr
wtr- not, however, disposed to rely upou
these appearances of frit ndsh?p,b ing fully
aware of the difficulties which their par-r
tisans would have to surmount, in check
ine the linconsiderate proVess of the
younger warriors. We now- observed
some of them seizing our horses, which
were staked at some dis'.ance: they mount?
ed them and rode swiftly inthe direction
that the chief had taken; but theysoon
returned. It soon became necessary to
protect pur baggage; by, arranging our
selves around it ; still, however, in des
pite of , our vigilance, many, of qur small
articles were stolen. ;They begged' for
whiskey and tobacco, and, a small portion
of the latter was given them; Aniidst the
confusion . arising from the". incessant and
rapid movemen ts of i t he Indians, f we ob -served
an individual bearing off a small
fiackage of yerjr fine meat ;' I immediate
y pointed ou the circumstance to' ; the
partisan, and fdirected him to recover it
and punish the thief ; he? complied t)y
wresting the meat from the grasp pf the
latter, and; from that of several others
who had been contending for;it; placeAvit
beneath his feet, and defended it with his
lance Chabouneau, i to whom the meat
belonged, declaring that he had given it
to them, they were permutea to retain iu
a tent wnicn nau oeen pitcnea lorme m
consideration: of ny illness : and in wlrich
mv blanket, pistols.' toeether ywitH;i6me
stnair; articles Jhad been - deposited jvas
plundered of its xoritehls. jrf it iyasnaliy
cut , down an. would have beeuken '; a-
Way, had we hot . made'.'anr effort, td pre
serve it. During the whole transaction,
thqse warriors;, who , stbod at a shVrfc dis
kance. intentlyT watched outtmovements;
as if .theyere led to' believe, from the
attitude we assurned.' that 'we would at
tempt to rpel them. evcn with oUrfinad?
equate force. ; Jfo sudden acUoiiornpo
of any Tpne of the party escaped thi? mi "and
inaiyiauaw were irequenuy yoosci w iy
draw their- arrows, to test the etas iclty
ofCtrieir bows.lv Atti critical juacuirei a
tali .and gaceful Indian cockedj hisj gun
fiercely, and pht his wwb
tnoUtM- butthesignal 'wasutioWn
Atiiotigst numerous incidents aUac occurs
red curing-the halihow;ittiateIwer
cn.vnnnlarl ' htT' tllOm ' d M - t n r5 lTI.-tll 1 i f
der his observation ; - the latter placed his
foot- upon the knapsack ;to detain it.' and
at tfte same fJme prepared bis gun as if to
shoot the onndfer w
with great agili ahjwiti.iire5acoat'
of pleasure drew - his arrow to , the'hea'd.
The, whole party precipi cately retreated
)tfstAy;M'r;' JDoughety Ireturned from
hunting i beingbriefly informed of the na-'
ture pf theirryis)ijt,f: he called loiid to th
fUgitiyes inLihei p wn language, i but ihey
P;ajse4.on' withct.heeding him taWnpttr
Horses' with :theii hadba rough esti
mate-fixed their number Tat one hundred
arid forty ; theyf were chiefly arnled yvithl
the bow find arpw, and lance, with the
usual accompaniments ofV tomahawks,
warcluhs and kdives;:togetner?ith'it. few
guns. Fortunately no. personal; indignity
was offered us; yet we could not jrepress
a sensation of niuch mortification," at' the
prospect of a frustration of our enterprise,
which now seemed irievitablel and of ; ex
treme : vexation kt the ' irreparable Iosslof I
our porses, c wnicn nq. exeriwns ui ours
could .have savtfd : an appeal to arms,
except in the lastlextremity;wld Havel
Deen ine neignt pi impruaencct onquesi
being hopefess, and escape ialmost'impos-.
sible.! , V::As: K- ry- -"4
The Indians who Committed this rob4
bery,,were a war party of the ReiKiblicn
fa wness, and were aoout one hundred and
forty in number. 'Their ' nation ; was at
war with the Konz'as." ;
Such is the tnterestihgtcharacter of
the work, that we have been templed
to extend our quotations beyond our
wonted limits,, and for the present
quit with reluctance the pleasing. task,
of dwelling upon a production t once
so interesting to science, and so im
portant in relation to bur National
cnaracier. .i
j&xOTcrrot, a lexter rrom. wr. jopn i(. jonesw v ..y
jtl ttf jhetEditor,- of the; Boston ' Kyenln
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ceived;a letter fronr-my native rowit; i : ; w i t.
Breaenditey4th Inst?? t hichS' -'' j W.
occuenfeatrKe : b&:
dfiwarpisn:irpm I VM
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callecl ltodeha necim
", . wj y at r's!,iuc srru a rocK )n&
gent, jr..withreaf exeVtinnsi flcceed V)
ing are the name of ibe persons X$t '
ry;:OWife;'and; child
ffaynes, witl his windniw'cliif U'
Mrs.-rfannahv Iolbrofik:f &&to&W$&
Eyerings iHzekiahBuqW
mueJAleans r JameitPafi
mnel RodgeK Ul igi
JgA5 tH; feelings
Mr.,Sargej?t, beteiKe
'" sue c e cued ' . rVa c h i n 2' t Jfi ' -' f
shore as beAreVsrterl. frt
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DISTRESSING OCCUKRENCESv
Jl ve y Melancholy Accident occur
red on t e 12th instant in the county
o f ,Wes t m 0 re l a n d . ; U po p the' j m orn -ing
of that day -Mrs. Phcebe Laycock,
scarcely 20 years of age in the 'full
glow of health, and youth and beauty;
wijh her twochildren.ah-maidn
of the childrea an iufant; the other but
little more-4-in 4 g accompanied by
her husDanu ot borseoack, left her
father's, house; to attend "meeting and
visit a relation, j The: mildness of the
morning had allured them .to a corisi
derable tlistance from hme ? but to
cold and ,tempeltaousfthey wererde-
i termined to return : and. nearly bad
they succeeded n. doing so, whenf the
husband, ; ridingj a few yards before,
was alarmed. by -a sudden and appall
ing I crash behinajtiim V wheeling in
s t a fitly rou n d , 'h$ e 1 pi a 1 rn ed to his wi e
" take: care !' ,Bhe obeveij the injunc
tion by promplys checking1 her horse ;
but it was too lafefor 4 . i n a tnoinent,
the top of a decayed arid lofty hickory"
tree, snapped off by the furjr of the
storm, precipuaieu useu wiiii i.rreni
tible:T6ixeand.yo'lence; irecilyf upbn
the carriage : he almost distracted
husband flew to the fcpotf the" horse' in
the:atness lay tleadTahd motionless ;
wntit .nts neart was at ine same time
I somewhat - revived -by the cries of ht
vii 1 iu rcii u iiu seryaii 13 pj r 1 jp- ) '
med iately relieved, and had sustained
lUtJeJ jrijury" -bu ;;his 4 he '"caifsj
upon jier ,ov " name ana. recei yes no
a iis wee 5: with .the energy oft despera
tion he strives to dan'r'; aside the pouv
d e rous and oy e r whel mi n g f ragmen t
it is beyond his strength 7 he looks be
neathfl;f-:-
-Thei writer of jthU fjMctiveileI
py accident, onc saw Poeb"i.'aycock
Srfiik'c the sweeS
of; jth e jy al 1 ejt'J') blodini ng i ri": fie r own
sweet and senuestered loVeliiiess. For.
lobelti was she twUiwmiifii
of thes little circl : 1 tt" i jshe jii 6 y
ed the. prid e of her'agetl and Vworth -
parents--a bright boohTfo , the3oriest
industrious ;mechanicim whd biairi
het husband 5 whilst now,ari awfur
aridv jnslcrutablndestina
whonowetrvbgK
eth," he is suddenly consigried to that
.bourne? per M
t elati vesi witfrt tearsliind Vsighs ma r
weep ahd WaH, but roat' no
s-iivrescape oi ijic wuiureufjiuu uuie
leryant atrnosp
botUmtirtbbt tof(iheli carriagelN b v
iqtne" preceding jfragment aMt: would
seem was beatea out they . were: pre-
a pitat etihrpu
which the ire''i aifterwood rnriDcipiirj?
resieu, uecaiue, as 11 ;tue arm oi rro
liderice.! the toe
of the fetter he states; that M rsuhba'l
was so a ffectedori hertrig, tHe: ri? wi-o&i A ?J
atelylejjctarined; I wil
and Crushed from the houie'-flewa!
the banVorthrtvelrVIv: wasVe-1 j '
rjT Ihort distancbenire'herfrterida '
could arrest hershefi ,,
thestreantaBdsunkpey
ga'iri;jheV' iody:VftrmrVls foil nd fH 5
likewise, thebodfiMr feve '.'.
Air.;ra-ttn'Mrv.Lewi9;-.ana the t w6
children. VTh
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yet been Toun d di lige n & search" :.
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" Recent Letter sWntiitisr7 have
been publied; from which extract
arty no monw menttf .. l
or statues to tbe Iraorytr
henef Gicero Cafo:XarjH Hiatus to
qsurp . the , adJnirattoTiV doe to li vrn: ! ;
Orator and Patriot9.V.4nsteatl oflas I
hav anirrtvarl ;'flni''BiiL'J3l'iiU!'''; i j f 't .
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placed ;? upbo the ' waHs tbe?namesk oif 1 t
PorlierV Lacy and other- martyrs to r
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ne is an inscription, in letters ofv '
ahish
throne
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sesntwlly in the Nation ; tb-he V ' iW j
? ton therefoi e bejhngs t!i cfarit ; v
t oeing her town Ifawgjyer.?' THe
Deputies hive no),as .inraiTeCajB n
particular costume, vctraan speal- -;
.froni.,htt place exiemporarieouslW ari' ; - ' V
pughre;isi
desirous to nUv thA n.fA i -:l ..-ij . a ' 4 V
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used, unles? when some lohi wrnteaV : : U i
distoursjiSitQ be recitfidwhict," -Vt A; !
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tinoyi
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arjy,oru-.third j
reigneftnight AuppoW h mself riiJs li - I h
fespely m jh
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witvih,nb)rid. . MM
nf th. ;iiV k-:r .1.. . . v M."?c.r ' f 1 1
as thePopej ;Wliei: bestowing tilt Ubne.'f
aneuvupop oy rtamei aml hi: : A I I ;;l II ?
tinkiiirlWhichhhey V ft
the French nh-UK :-v t::J:i"? , It ;
nburishingV to rrir r II 7 D I
cfnvtbe?inembera:nr 1 f JJ
rbtoby ? : rV
tnUcll otthe analU whirK hki :.v- 1 II P
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