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DUBJBAR MttREL,
Attorney at Law,
ftrvn*irick, Geo.
OFFERS his professional services to the rut lie.
! 1 ■ will practice in the Coorti of the Ras'-rn |
District and attend strictly to any business entrusted
lohit charge. ‘ <’l> 9
rt q, ri ns V
ft);ri itisslon yicrc'i’inls.
JJurieiL, Go.
Go. T. RonEas,
IL A. Cbanf.. I
**£ O ‘s’ .BK A JaS.Z & dO,|
Commission March ?nts,
General i gents, and Auctioneers,
liItUNSWICK, G t.
•i 5 i mem mill Co>v s 839*
A OjKJiir, for ill 071st Di'trict. will lw* hoWen j
jA. i-• Court II ms* iu tit ‘ city of D.irien, on lltc j
41.1 At mlly of *ac4i month —to uit
M ):id.ty 2Ht! J.uuiary, IH-311.
A1 m I y F Arutiry. “
M iy Tilli “
M il*y*M \-.ril,
M mi \y *’Tth M iy,
M *.id \y *2 .'A June, 14
M .1.1 yAM July,
M ity Hth \ii2:u*t,
Mid ty 43d S *pt “
M mtlay *2Sih October, “
M today 25th November.”
M t-t.lav -i Dr'unb.T, ‘
A jtu i 1 of 7 Juror* # wjl be drawn at each term
after tb .* fust.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Jiwticeof tl‘ P*nce for*-27Isi District,
Darfan, January 1839.
i.i'bik'lii-llcluloeli County.
W HER AS, Will hun A Mclntosh, pplfas for !
of administration, on ‘ h-* E*tnt of J.
bit.’ of said county, deceased. These are
tU rfoi to pfl>: am; admonis all, and singular the
kindred und erditors of said d*vasrd io be i*id Ap
pear ti .y “tiic * witlin the time proscribed by law,
to s o\v cause, if any exist * why said letters should
not be jjraaJ ,, d.
Given u.idiT my Uaad office, thin 20th day of
Jon \ <>Ah J. E. TOWNf). t
june 24tU. OVrk^iJ.
Custom House St. Marys. ,
DiitEvnuss nut sr. i \due u s
u. i rt.
M l’. ANDREWS INLET lies to ltd. 3ld ? . N.
Pylori. 81 deg 32 min ,in ihc State of Georgia En
trance bet vve-n CumberU|*4 nod J kyl Islunds, have
ingel ven f-H vi ator on the bar at low ide; distance
from t!t“ Light ’louse on Li-tie Cumberland Island,
North point, about s*v< n miles. T ere arc 3 Buoys
forthe entrance; on rt large Buoy placed just within .
the bar, in thr*e fathoms, low rid *; on S,ar Buoy on
spit 4Jf tiie North noint of Little Cumberland bl
and, and one Spar B:ny in th middle of the AtHUid,
on a shoal, made at the mouth of the great Satilla
river.
Brinz tle Light Hous’ to hear W. by N., wh< n j
the outer Buoy will be in a range with L', , U Houa*,
and run for it till over the bar, and up \v it li the out
er Buoy; the South point of J kvl will then be N.
W. 1-2 W.; alter th -com * e N. W. by W um i b -
XW'*en th ft points ofComberh-.ul end J I ’/ Isl *ds,
and il>reast of lh p Spar Li ny ofT Cnmbf A and poj.i*,
leaving it to the South: where will be found good
soundings from 3 to 5 fathoms near the slmr.
ARCHIBALD CLARK,
Superintendent of Lights & Buoys.
June 18. lH3b. 4t
I-'or Sale.
Tli*’ HOUSF. and two LOTS occupied
jmfe by the subscriber. Also, orip House and j
jI * j jfiii Lot corner Scriven and Second street. —
a. Also one House uw 1 Lots on Second
.street, near the Lodge.
* SAMUEL PALMER.
ap 16-3.
Marble,
The subscriber w ill furnish the Citizens of Darien
,<uid its vicinity with Gravestones and Tombtables,
A)f all descriptions, oil r-asonable terms, and of a first
rule quality. Any persons wishing either of the
abov . will please leave their orders, with Mr John
Mitcbel.
AMOS STEVENS.
Darien, May 28th 1839.
iJe'irfia—>lcI jitoili < ouiil y .
FOUR months after dam, application will b
made to the Honorable the Inf -Or Court of
said County, when s -tu.'s- as a Court of Ordinary,
for ls-ave to sell B Ilford, a part of the real Estate of
John G B’ll. late of s id county deceased.
J’ >HN F. GREEN, ) E . ecutor ,
HUGH FRASER GRAXT. j Metn[ors
-23 th. 1839.
BRICKS.
6AGR
A RE ready *o contract to deliver at their yard,
lll(H'ney Gal!) orels -w Vre, Bricks of a superior
quality, on reusocable terms.
They bare on hand 150,000 which they will
sell cheap for cash. They will furnish Ist, 2d or 3d
quality as may lx required.
Letters addressed to them at Brunswick will be at
tended to.
Brunswick, June 18.1839. 4t.
Notice.
yU: Samuel Palmer, is duly authorised to act as
jny Attorney, during my absence from the State.
LABAN M. SMITH.
Darien, June 24th 1839.3 w.
j istm wMaMxwsst
JXEW UOOUS.
. •ortment of select
Consisting of tu following articles, via Irish Sheet
ings; li isti Linens; Limn Cambric lidkfs; Russia A
Scotch Diapers; Curtain du; Bud Ly do; Linen
Table Covers; Cord'd Skills; English and American
| Prints; Fmien Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
’ Saiin Scarfs; Gauze Sauwls; Spun Silk llosc; black
and whit • Imli hose do; Cotton do; Poolings, Etlg
mgs, and Insertings; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot
ton Mus pmo; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; strip-d
Lasting*; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nam.cons, lor
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other articles, all of which w ill be sold cheap for cash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to
call and examine for themselves.
mb 19 II W 111 DNALL
Riiiiov steam saw Mill,
WILL kt’t-p on hand a large supply ol
LI'VIDER of all descriptions. Cargoes
will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at
tached to the Mill, and the Lumber will be de
livered within reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
’ J*. R YONGF. SONS,
Agents.
Darien. January 22.1830.
\i:W KPIiINU A M Ulllilt WOODS.
j THE SUBSCRIBERS hut. received in addition
io llu ir slin k a tiin ty o’ SPRING & SUMMER
! GOODS, amongst which are
French Fainted Muslins
Light Prints
Check’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black Gro de Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table Diapers
By rdseye and Russia do
Cotton Fringes
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
I.ini’ii Cambric Handkerchiefs
Parasols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeens
Drillings. Veslings, &c. &c.
Which are offered on the usual terms by
.1. & S 11. ROKENBAUGH.
Daritn, March 28, 1839.
r'rrsli Pr Inins, A t-.
<8 a W BOXEB FRESH U A ISINS—AIso,
Ja - X* Preserved Gio.'/ r
Seo.i’s iissorud Piektes in Jars
Fresh Nweot Oil, and
X’ meeior Imperial arid Young Hyson Tea.
Josl received mid for sale by
I I. Jf. J. & 3. H ROKENBAUGH.
Notice.
A LL Persons hftwng claim* njjninst th<* Estate
ilk. of WILLIAM A. DUNHAM, lau* of M in
tosii county, dfCCHsed, art* request fd to hand in tlifir
elai on duly attested—and all those indebted, are
likewise tl. sired tt> make immedint** payment to the
subscriber, CHARLES WEST, Executor
Darien, April Oth, 1830.
TiilinUt-riiij? Spring:.
T l IE proprietors of this natural curiosity, respect
fully inform their friends and the travelling public
generally, that they art prepared to accommodate all
wife) may’ favor them with a cull. The vwy short
period w hich has intervened since their purchase,
add’ dto a scarcity of materials, lias render’ and it dif
ficult to improve as extensively us they desired; yet
tlfay know them selves willing to devote their undivi
ded attention to promote the comfort and convenience
of visitors and travelers.
The water combines high medicinal qualities, eon
taining strong impregnations of Saltpetr , A/ngne*ja,
&c., ascertained from a partial We deem
il unnecessary to append to this ntice, a list of cer-
relative to cur‘selfuct’ and by using the water,
as the doubts ofthe seeptieol would npt be removed,
aiid those who would believe, may credit the asser
tion, as such can be proved at any time. Several
(cases of violent (Iheumaflsm Have been entirely ire.l
li* ved ; also Tetter* Scaldh ad. running TTTc *rs, die.
| Ind viduals laboring und*r Dyspepsia, will expe
i ffance great relief from the use of the water. It is
known lobe highly efficacious in relieving all cutane
ous dis-ases.
It is due to ourselves, and for the information of
the public at large, to state at la; t some of the mineral
propert es ofthe water; and also the natyrp of some
iof the diseases which have been cur*d at this jdaee.
We are aware of the prejudices generally engendered
by vaunting advertisements of like character.
The. far; tion of the spring in Upson county, is in
a healthy region nearly surrounded by large hills on
the north side of th- Pine Mountain. A considera
ble quantity of game abounds in tin* woods adjacent,
for th** delight of sportsmen; ar.d Flint R vc r is suffi
> cie.itly contiguous to afford amusement tothe angler.
Families dies< ring it, can find ample seclusion from
dusty streets and miasmatic regions of the loy/or
counties, at the Thundering Spring,* where no pains
will be sparul on the part of the proprietors, to retid
sf their visit agreealjfa.
Gaming and oi ier irregularities wilfbeprohibited.
Good oitfar will he strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have a seperatc table prepar
ed if desired, where they can have all the attention
paid hern they may require.
The Bur will he supplied with choice Liquors of
various kinds, and attended by an efficient bar-keep
er.
RATES OF BOARD.
Persons per day, ------ $! 00
Persons per week, 6 50
Four weeks and longer (per week,) 5 50
Families stationary, per month, ” - 5 00
Children and servants half price.
Horse per day, - - 75
Horse per week, - $3 00
Horse per month, - 12 00
Individuals w ishing to remain one week or longer, !
w ill please to make it known at the bar.
JOHN L COCHRAN,
A. J. McAFEE.
Upson County, Ga. June sth 21-3caos.
* For the information of those who a ie*M? acquain
ted with the origin of the somewhat protentuus ap
pellation of this place, it is perhaps dm* to observe,
that the great similarity between the noise occasion
ed by the spring and the rumbling of distant thunder,
suggested the name. .
For Sale,
LANDS., belonging to the hr ire of the late
Hon. John Houston AT/niosh , viz :
100 Lots or more in the city of
Darien—-Also, 22 tracts of
Land, containing In all about
8000 acre*,
Lying in the county of Mclntosh, and on the wa
ters of Sapelo and South Newport rivers.
ONE TRACT* in Liberty county.con tain
in? 400 acres.
No part of any of those lands are more thop four
miles from salt tide water, a small portion has been
planted in Cotton, but are most to be valued for the
Pine Timber and Light Wood.
The re-survey can be seen,also the original grants
or extracts from the office, by ap
i plvinrto REUBEN KING, Agent.
Darien. 3/ay 21.1839. 8^
N.B. ‘Our iters of Sa"4’ Mills are requested to look
I at the timber.
I)AHIE\, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1835>.
DiSEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEMEIIi
Tin’ following lift nils of a Scheme op a Lottery,
io U tlrawn in December next, warrant* u in declar*
ing it lo br UNPARALLEI LD in tin* history of
Lotteries Piif. a lotne am. vuu have never before
been OKKEui.n to the public. It is true, thwatv nin
ny blanks, but on tin* oilier hand, tin* extremely low
charge o: *2O per Ticket—-the Value and Number
of the Capital*, anil the revivn of the srood old cus
tom of w arranting that every prize ahall be drawn
and sold, will, we art* sure, give universal satisfac
tion, and especially to the Six Hundred Prize Hol
ders.
To those disposed to adventure we recommend
early application being made to us for tickets—when
tlie prizes are all sold, blanks onlv remain—the first
buyers have the best chance. We, therefore, em
phatically say — DELAY NOT ! hut at once re nr it
and /r<tn.t-mit to us your orders, which shall always
receive our immediate attention Letters to be ad
dressed, and applications to he made to
SYLVESTER & CO.,
15f Broadway, New York,
ry Observe the Number, I.VI.
#700,000 ! * #500.000 !! #95,000!
6 prizes of #90.000 ! !
2 prizes of #15*000!!
3 prizes of #IO,OOO !
Grand Real Estate and Rank Stock
LOTTERY
Os Property situated in New Orleans.
r>’ The richest and most magnificent Schenv'ever
presented to the public, in this or any other coun
try.
TICKETS ONLY #2O,
Authorized by an Aet of the Legislative Assembly
of Florida, and under the Directions of the Com
missioners, acting under the same. $
TO RE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA. December Ist, 1839
SCHMIDT A* HAMILTON, Managers.
SYLVESLER & O'V. 150 Broadway.
New York, Sole Agents.
NO COMBINATION NUMBERS ! ! !
lOOjOOO tickets from No. 1 upwards, in succession,
The deeds of the Properly and tin* Stock transferred
in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the
said act of the Legislature of Florida, for the secu
rity of the Piize Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
1 Prize-.-TV a I end,,—2Bo Cert, , r > inches, 4 lines,
on Magazine street; 101 feet,
II inches, on Natchez si reel;
126 feel, G inches, on Gravin’ st.
Rented at about $37,000 per un
man- Hollars
Valued nt 700,1KK)
1 Prize—-City Hotel—l 62 fi on Com
mon street, 110 feet. 6 inches, on
Camp st. Rented at $25,000 —
Valued at 500,000
1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Arcade) No. 10, 21 li. 7 inehes
from oil Natchez st. R-uted
at 01200 —Valued at 20,OIK!
I Prize—Ditto (adjoining llm Arcade)
No. IH, 23 ti from on Natchez st.
R Died at sl2oo—Valued ut 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoiningthe dread-)
No. 20, 23 feet front on Natchez
st. Rf,,ted at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 23, North east
corner of I) sin <f> Custom-house
street; 40 feet front on Basin, and
40 feetrm Franklin st. by 127 ft.
deep in Cttstom-hoiise st. Rented
ut slsoo—Valu and at * 20,000
l Prize- —Ditto-—-No. 24 South west
corner of Basin & Custom house
street; 32 feel, 7 inches on Basiß
32 feet, 7 inches on Franklin, 127
feet, 10 1-2 inches deep in front of
Custom house street. Rented ut
$l5O0 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize —Ditto,—No. 33, 24 feet, 8
inches on Royal street, by 127 ft.
II inches deep. Rented ut sl4tXt.
Valued at 15/000
1 Prize—2so shares Canal Bu/jk
Slock, SIOO each 25,000
I Ditto—2oo ditto Com do, do do 20,1KK)
I Ditio—lso ditto Mechanics’ und
Traders’ do do 15,000
1 Ditto—loo do City Bank do do 10,000
1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000
) Ditto —do do do do do do 10,000
1 Ditto—so do Exchange Bank dti do f>,ooo
1 Ditto—so do do do do do 5,000
1 Ditto —25 do Gas Light Bank do do 2,500
1 Ditto—2s do do do do do do 2,500
1 Ditto—ls do Mechanics’ & Tra
ders’ do do 1,500
1 Ditto—ls do do do do do 1,5ft0
20 Ditto each 10 shurrs of the Louis
iana State Bank, SIOO each, cadi
Prize SIOOO 20,000
10 Ditto euch 2 shares of SIOO each,
each Prize S2OO, of the Gas Light
Bank 2,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO, of the
Bank of Louisiana 20,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO of the
New Orleans Bank 20,000 j
150 Ditto Each 1 share of SIOO of the
Union Bank of Florida 15,000
000 Prizes. $1,.500,000
TICKETS % 30—.V0 SHAKES
The whole ofthe Tickets with their Ku/nbers, as
also those containing the Prizes will be examined
and sealed by the Commissioners appointed under
the Act, previously to their bring put into the wheels.
One wheel will contain the whole of the Numbers
the other will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and j
the 6rst COO Nojnbers that shall be drawn out, will
be entitled to such Prize as may be to its num
ber, ut.,l the fortunate holders of such Prizes will
have such property transferred to them immediately
after the drawing, unincumbered, and without any
Deduction I
tpV Editors of every Paper in the United States, in
the West Indies,, in Canada, and other of the British
Provinces are requested to ins-rt the above, as a
standing advertisement, until the Ist, of Deeember
next, and to send theiraccount to us, together with a
paper containing the advertisement.
SYLVESTER & CO., 13G. Broadway, N. Y.
May 21, 1839. until Dec. 1.
From ihe Southern Post.
TIIE LAST OF THE CREEKS.
There is a we|l and authenticated stor o'n Creek
Indian, who would not leave his native land to folhuv
his brothers to the far west, luit remained and lived on
herds and roots, hunting the forests and swamps, like
some s range spe until starvation drove Irm to
surrender. He had a ri!h with a saw rounds ofpow
, derand hall, which h’ did not expend on game,but re
s-rved ford -fence against the attack of his enemies.
The martyr-like patriotism exhibited by this son of
tin- forest, is woitlty to be immortnliz and by a monu
ment of marble.
Last of the mighty trill', whose prowess once
Stretched from Oconee’s gentle winding stream
To the bold Chattahoochee’s western verge ;
Who can behold thee, lonely as thou art,
And weep noto’-r the hitter destiny
And that imperious fat*', which swept the ranks
Os a one- numerous tribe, from those old hills
A id sunny val*s, like the rip° harvest fields
B fore the reap r’s scythe 1 Thou art the last
Os a great race, who lingers fondly yet
Round th-'s*’ once happy Inuving grounds,now curs’d’
By the rud * ploug’islvve and the fatal axe.
And thoip hast bravely shown thyself the son
Os noble sir‘s*—refusing e’en the charm
Os glittering ore, far the sad meh>t|y
That rings among thy native forest trees,
Ast)i -y fill h'lpl ‘ss ’n r, ath the woodman’s axe.
Disdaining all the wealth of western cl mes
For a few rising mounds of-arth, where sleep
The ancient sires of tjiy fallen tribe,
Y-s, th>u hast reeked the white man’s bitter hate, $
Ami dared withstand ilu h -llish tyranny
Os purse-proud lords, who never fait one stream
Oftcnder sentiment flow through their souls,
That thou might wander o’er thy nativ * wilds,
And drt am of happy scetv's forever fl *d,
Till and -nth should con , a wdconrfa messenger,
To bear thy spirit to the happy shores,
VVlu-rc ever dwell the noble and the brave.
And the last Id -ssing thou wouldst ask of man,
W uld be, to let thy body sweetly rest
B-neath its mother sod, where long have slept
precious dutt. Oh, noble Creek!
What patriot, who ndoies his native land
And treasures up the drear sos early youth*
But pit fas from his heart thy cruel fate
W io would not weep to see h*s country lost,
And buried from the light pf day, no mors
To iWc in mighty powr.r * nv-ngc
Its many wrongs. If there be one so base,
I et him meet deth fur in a strangeT land,
And sleep unpitiidon a foreign shore ;
And then, and not till then, his wretch'd ghost
Might f *e| the pangs this homeless wanderer felt,
Who had no spot in this wide waste of earth,
That he could call “hisown, his uutiyeland ,v
ALGOUS.
TMK I.AST* OF THE PEORIAS,
Oil THE In6ian’s hevengb.
“A mighty hunter, and his game was man.”
It Wits I), jyihl scene, in the dreary, moun
tainous rcg'on of the fur -fginptj western wild
erness, ami at the pnthiern extremity df Ihe is
olated and lonely Lake limits; with the black,
fearful, frowning Rocky Mountains, raising
in awful grandeur, their snow-clad.summits,
and sterile, desolate sides; ayd below, lay the
troubled warters nftho rock-boundTitike, whicli
eveh during lint gentlest breezos.of the softest
summer days, is never altogether calm: and
when most serene, there breaks up from its
everroHing waves, the deep intonation and sul
!• n hum, which proclaim with its impressive
swell, the ‘incessant war of wave and rock,’ as
tin: surge dashes witli a heavy bound against
the time-worn rocks of the barren cji(f; a
range of wild, stern mountains, with a lofty
ledge of broken, frowning rocks, contracting
into an irregular curve at their extremity, ghot
high and drearily into the cold air; and og the
highest point of the most precipitous and dis
tant rock, in tins far-gone days of old, stood
the motionless and powerful form of a solitary
Indian. Not more than forty winters, had pas
sed their changes over that cold, proud brow;
and though not hand-son)e-feat)ir,ed, yet there
was something not uiiphsasing ii that stern,
dark face; a face that involuntarily impressed
the beholder with awe and wonder; a face at
once expressing passion, sorrow, and pride;
passion fireely subdued ; sorrow silently en
dured ; and pride, deep rooted and inextinguish
able. In a word ; it was an Indian face; and
! iess of sorrow than of pride,’ was marked up
on its stern lineaments.—His lips was com
pressed firmly ; and his wild, dark eye, flashed
file as it rolled over the heaving wafers below
and with a foot planted fp the slippery rock
he leaned forward from his dangerous position
an.d gazed fljxely towards the western bound,
which the setting sun tinged with a cold light
as it sunk to rest. At length, an almost indis
tinct object became visible in the dim distance;
but the rapifj eye of the Indian instantly detec
ted its W.d raising his hand to his eye, he ga
zed long and steadily through the doubled fin
| gers at the quickly moving and enlarging ob
ject, which us it came nearer, took the form of
! an Indian canoe, cutting with measured stroke*
; through the water, and gliding rapidly over
the waves, as they took from the setting sun,
a hundred varied, fantastic hues. Nowgsjregk
of red light would break for a moment on some
• There is still a tribe of roving Indians west of
the Rocky Mountains, who call themselves Pcori
as. But there is not a genuine Peoria in existence.
The race was killed out many years ago.
liny wave, ntul qu ‘‘‘My disappear •, followed
It)'a cold, bright ray o. f **ml*l. wlneh danced its
brief ogistence and was g’” I '®- I be sun disap
peared i and the gloomy ve ‘* “* darkness vas
spiead out, like u pall, upon ,'bo wide earth ;
when just as the last lingering tin. s bided front
the sky, a slight foot fall was heu.'d op the
hard rock, and a young Indian girl sto‘*d be
fore the Peoria Chief. It was a strung
The tall, powerful, anti majestic font.’, of the
hard Indian Warrior; towering in pride and
manly strength j defying hardship ; despising
suffering, and physical torture t wildly free, in
thought and action ; bending his stern, proud
spirit, only to the great and mysterious God
of the Indians ; and the I g it, tlelieaie figure
of the meekeyed, gf.itle, and lovely prpatuie,
whose timid graeuanJ sweetly retiring modes
ty, showed the helpless reliance of woman’s
all confiding faith.
The young Indian bent her head, and kissed
the broad hand of the dark Peoria ; and after
some time during which the Chief spoke not, ;
she ventured to break the silence and said,
•You bade me meet you on the highest point of
these rocks; lam here !’
The Peoria turned, us he heard those soft,
music-bieathing tones; and taking Ihe girl in
his powerful arms, leaned with her, far over
the edge of the dizzy, fearful precipice ; and
lived a long, intense on t)te western liori
7.(111, along which yut lingered a solitary line
of light; and pointing to its chilling and dcso
latc region in the cold sky, he demanded in a
deep, stern tone—‘Know you what tribe of
red-men inhabit that laud V
‘The Muomee’s’ replied the trembling girl.
A \yj|d siirile passed over the Indian’s dark
fen i li res.
‘Mark me, Yarro !’ he exclaimed, withdraw
ing from llio rocks edge, and loosening his
hold of her slight form. ‘Mark me | Ere live
moons have shed their pale light over the wa
ter, not onu of that accursed tribe shall be left
on earth ! I will blast them, as the lightning
hlasteth the tree! I will cut them down as
the hunter doth l)i s game ! listen U> me girl ’
he continued in a deep, fierce voice, while !|is
dark cheek became livid, and his mighty frame
trembied convulsively—‘listen to me ; and I
will tell you a talc of fear. In times gone. I
there |jved a mighty Chief.—He lived in peace i
mid happiness with his family and his tribe ;!
vas friendly to the tribes around him, awl
even sociable with the race of the Maomees :
he often sent them presents, and asked no re
turn hut their friendship ; for he was rich and
injluelltiul; they were limes of peace, and no
thought of treachery from the Maomees enter
ed Ins mind; lie received them as friends, and
sent the.n Irom him with presents. —But they }
came down on him in an hour, and without a j
token of their approach ! they bound his free
limbs, and before his eyes they butchered his
wife and his people J=-fJ)ey destroyed Ids wig
wam, and Ids children tyere dyed in their moth
ers blood ; and lie a.one, of all his tribe, was |
left to life and revenge ! lam that Chief! the j
last of my race ! ana so help me the Great
Spiiit! while a single drop of blood runs in
Huwussee’s veins,’■not o ne Maomee shall curse
(he |,m<) / I will crush them as they did ray
people.! add ihe spot where once stood the
wigwams of the Maomees, I umha I s the hilj
side where the beating Buffalo has passed in his
withering fury—naked and desolate!’
The- shuddering. Yarro, made no reply; and
a long silence ensued ; during which the In
dian stood with” Ids bright eyes, fixed fiercely
on the dark, ch -erlejs sky ; his powerful form
firm, unbending ; and Ids swarthy features
immovably, rigidly, severely firm—and Cn)d
gllU bloodless as the hard rock at hisfeet. Blit
suddenly turning towards the wondering girl,
he ca)mly said—‘Yarro, I go from you ; but
ere the tenth sun us the sixth month shall set
to its bed of darkness, I will stand again on this
high rock. But before that day’s sun shall rise
again, the name of liawassee will be as the
mournful sighing of the night-wind among the
dmk and deserted Mountains !’
The darkness was now complete. Every
object lor the space of a yard around, was one
miscellaneous moss of impervious gloorjl ;
and Ihe deep sound of the wave* as tbev dysfo
ed heavily against the rocks, came with a sol
emn Mid impressive swell to the ear. The Pe
oria, without uttering a word, wrapped a large
and thickly lined Buffaloskin around the deli
cate Indian girl, and again taking her in his
strong arms, descended with a rapid and uner
ring step, tiie rugged, precipitous and tjangp
rotts side of the rook, fid springing from crag
to cr*g, i ids perilous course, soon reached
the shore of thodesolate Lake—and placet} the
young Yurro in the canoe by the side of her
protector —who with Indian patience and en
durance, had waited her return. In a few se
conds, the sound of the oars had died away—
and as the last stroke fell, with its distant and
sad cadence on his ear, the dark Peoria turned
to begin his solitary pilgrimage, to the land of
the fated Mi omecs.
‘My Yarro! my sweetest, my fondest:’ ex
claimed a young Indian Chief, as clasping her
la his bosom, on the banks of that lonely Lake
—and loosing in her soft black eyes, he read
her inmost feelings, and fondest thoughts.
‘Eagle-eye —my dearest —my noble hunter!’
and the innocent Ytjrro nestled softly to the
young Chief's bosom. Eagle-eye be.qt his
manly head, and pressed his lips to thp*e of
the blushing girl, gazing long and passionately
on her sweet face, now lighted pp by the bright-
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est and holiust emotions of the human heart!
Love ilont lend a glory, and a beam, to tbl
countenance of (he most unfavored of natureJ
children : and let them he ever so
in feature, and unprepossessing in form; stfl[
feeling will stamp the brow with the light of
iis deep emotion, and give a beauty and a lustre
to the plain features, and a pleasing softness
to the air und manner, wl/ich they never be
ltin’ possessed.
Long the young Indian lovers sat on that
lone spul ; talking in their strange, yet sweet.
language, of their hopes for the future; theirJ
love > llteir constancy; and thotr happiness
and when the moon arose and shed her pale
light over the scene, sodurk and dreary looked
the lonely, desolate Lake with its ruttjtey and
overwhelming cliffs, that the young Indians,
wild and unimaginative though they were, in
voluntarily paused as they were departing, and
gazed over t he strange dretjry but sublime and
singularly imposing landscape, with the cold
moon shedding a light, cheerless and uncertain,
over the sullenly washing waters, the high,
awful ‘cloud-capped towers,’ of the frowning-
Mountains; the bleak, desolate, and hueless
sky—all formed a picture so impressive and
wildly grand, even those .strange children of
Nature’s rearing, were struck by the sublimity
and awful grandeur of that rude plaee, where
human fool had seldom sounded.
‘My Yarro, where is Ijuwassee?’ asked the
young L'l.icf, as the shuddering girl drew clo
ser to his side.
‘Gone to fulfil a mighty trust,’ replied the
Indian girl, solemnly; and she added after a
moments thought—‘Eagle-eye, he is a dreadful
n}ai>! the flush of his eyo is terrible to his
foes 1 Ah ! it is as the beautiful lightning, nnt}
as deadly as it is bright! But he is kind to
poor Yarro • and when Hawasaee’s ashes lig
mouldering in the cold ground, Yarro will re-,
member his goodness to the poor child left to
him by a dieirpr mother, and Yarro will go an 4
weep by his grave and gather mourning flow
ers to strew over it!’.
There was poetry ip that wild Indian girl 1
there was poetry in lierlanguage ; herbeauty ;
and her deep devoted love her single hearted
gratitude, and sweet simplicity ; and purity of
thought! Deny it who will ; but there is in
that slandered, illtised, and vindictive race, $
singular blending of the beautiful and the trna
with all that is most feurful, and wild, in human
nature. For instance— injure an Indian and
he will eagerly, unhesitatingly, and untiringly,
seek yonr death : but be kind to him, and treat
him with friendship —and he will spill hjs last
drop of jifo-hlood in yopr defence! he je at)
unwearying enemy ; a steadfast friend.
There is much of originul beauty of mind
richness ofsentiment—depth of feeling—purity
of thought, in those peculiar people—and were
they divested of their novelty of character,
they would loose much of the interest and
charm, which in a primitive state, they in vatic
ably inspire. But 10 return.
The young Indians were startled from this
revery, by a sound ofsuah frightful and appalr
ling suddenness, that it caused thorn both tp
start, with a feeling of involuntary alarm ; and
Eagle-eye looking around to see whence pro
ceeded those hollow, loud, and fearful screams,
beheld at a short distance, that strange and
mnnioys bird, whose noiseless approach and
dismal howl, bode death to the nocturnal dis
turber of his gloomy solitudes. A cold thrill
passed through the framesofthe Indians; and
they quickly and silently, turned to leave th?
dark, dismal, and fearful place,
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4 4*
Sijf giontl}.s passed away ; and trije to itis
wtrd, the dark avenger of the martyred Peori-r
as, stood again on that high and sky-reaeliing
rock—which seemed in its dizzy height to
pierce the cold clouds above.—The scene was
striking indeed, with its mighty mountains, ri
sing iu awful majesty, one above another; givr
ing a wilt} sublimity and loftiness to its aspect t
the moonlighted and irregular cliffs, whit theijr
siern, frowning, weather-beaten brows; the
sullen murmur of the far-down Lake; but more
strikingly, more sublime, than all around it,
was the towering form of the mighty Indian
Chief, as he stood with the cold, pale moon
beams, resting on his hard, stern, and immova
hie features; Hfc dark, proud eye, gaijtipg full
and coldly on the comfortless sky ; his lip*
compressed intensely together ; his ttlive-hued
cheek, livid, and rigidly firm ; and his vvholt)
powerful frame seeming as motionless and in
l!evtitle as if made of the cold, hard hand of
iron.
There he stood; calm, immoveable, rigidly
severe; life evinced only by the fitful glgficf
of the fiery eye: with a form and a heart,
which well became that strange, wild, isolated
spot. Theye he stood ; a haughty, stern den
izen of Nature ; a ‘stoic of the woods, a man
without a tear,’ whose mind all-powerful and
mighfy ; whose lion-strength, and giant pow
ers, were all given to one high, solemn purpose
—revenge!
The Peoria did npj wait long, before a soft
sound echoed along (be margin of the jrock,
and Yarro in her gentle bcapty was before
him ; and, crossing her graseful arms meekly
on her heart, otic front her beautiful head si
lently and with profound respect. Hawassee
gazed long on the down cast eyes of the timid
girl; and at last drawiug her to the rocks edge
—he exclaimed— ‘ Yarro, I am avenged ! not
a solitary Meoqisg is now living to hunt the
deer of their mountains. I came down upon
them as the storm dial sweeps its furious Mali*