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TUESDVt APRIL 20th 1879.
Legend of Uacoochee;
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TnE ‘'EVENING STAR."
“N..ooecbee—in tradition, thy sweet queen
Has vanl.hen with lior maidens; not again
Along thy meadows shad their forms be
- , Tha monntaiu echoes catch no mor,
« strai
Of their wild Indian lays at evening's v
V more, where rustling brunches tnter-
, twine,
TWy pluck the Jasmine flowers, or bresk
Vtl. cane
Rest,,e the marshy »trri>m,or from the
Shake down, in purple showers, the luaoious
tuimoodine.
Cradled in among the green hills
and crystal streams of North East
G*., lie. the lovely valley of Na
coochee, "Sleeping in beauty,"
while the grand old mountains
surrounding her, stand like senti
nel., keeping guard over this
"child ttf the Chattahoochee.”
In this beautiful valley, and over
these blue mountains, and green
hills, and iu these sparkling
streams, the wild free Indian once
roamed, hunted and fished, in
peace and security, until the cruel
ty of his Christian brother drove
him from his loved hanuts forever.
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Here dwelt these two powerful
tribes, the Choctaw and the Chero
kee. The pride and glory of the
Cherokee, was Nflcoochee, their
aged chief's only daughter. The
maiden, as her name signifiee,
was lovely and beautiful; her soft
dark eyes, from which her gentle
spirit looked forth, possessed the
beauty and radiance of the even
ing star, for which she was named;
her beautiful hair fell in rippling
waves below her slender waist;
hi r form was light and graceful as
the young fawn with which she
sported. At might be expected,
Nacoochee’s conquests were many;
more than one young brave lai I
his trophies at her feet, but she
cared not. for them. The heart of
the lovely Evening Star had been
given to another, and that ntl er—
cruel late! a sworn enemy to
her race.
Santee, a gallant young Choc
taw chief, was the fortunate lover
of the Evening Star.
Ae we have intimated, a bitter
enmity existed between the two
tribes; there was no intercourse
between them; how then had the
lovers met? Previous t o the events
we are now relating, a temporary
peace had been established be
tween them. Half a dozen Choc-
jtaw braves had met at the wig-
1 warn of old Tela-kie, Nacooohee's
father, and together they had
smoked the calumet—the pipe ot
pence. The handsome young San
tee was among them; and what
wonder that his admiring gaze
fell on Naooochre, as she filled the
calumet for them, or busied her
self in performing those little offi
ces which require a woman’s hand.
Looking on her thus, Santee loved
her, and in his heart of hearts, de
termined to win her for .his own.
Naooochee was none the less at
tracted by the handsome Choctaw
stranger; among all the warriors
of her tribe, there was noi one to
compare with Santee; tall, and
straight as an arrow, bits hand
some head towered above all the
other braves; Nucoochee regarded
him with that miugled reverence,
end admiration, which are the
first constituents of true love; and
ere the warriors turned their faces
hontewad, Santee a- k.-d Nacoo-
chee'a hand of the old chieftain,
her father; but Teiaskie's pacific
feelings did not extend tn a union of
the rival tribes. W hat ? Naccochee
wedd d to a Choctaw brave I His
swarthy face grew still darker, and
his shaggy brows gathered in a
dark frown, as he sternly refused-
He would sinoke the calumet with
his Choctaw brother hut be would
not give him the Evening Star
She was to be the light of a Cher
okee wigwam. Solola,or squirrel,
onuofltisown tribe, had plead
lor her hand, and old Telaskie
had listened gladly; Naooochee
despairingly. With a sad heart;
.-he saw the warriors turn their
luces homeward; but as Saute*
passed her with a single glance in
her dark eyes, he sileutly and
stealthily dropped his plume at
her feet; snatching it up, unnotic
ed by tho others, the frightened
girl hastily concealed it in her bo
som; he kuew the token—he would
come again.
How eagerly her gentle eyes
watched the warriors as they pass
ed out of sight; turning once as
they wonnd around tha mountain
trail, the young ohief cast one lin
gering glance on Naooochee, and
gracefully kissed his hand to her,
and passed out of sight.
And Naooochee, left alone with
that token in her bosom was hap
py. How jealously she guarded
it from all eyes but her ownl
Day by day, with the constancy
of love, she sought her favorte re
treat. a woodland bower over-run
with a wild grape-vine, and took
the token from its biding place,
a pure white plume only, yet to
her loving eyes, written all over
with words and messages of love
from Santee;
“Pure and white as Santee’s
heart," she murmured softly, as
•he laid it caressingly against her
fair cheek, then hid it again in
her bosom. Turning homeward
one eveuiug, she was confronted
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by the dreaded Solola, her destined
lover—a brawny, dark-brnwsd In
dian, with a homely sinister face
—Naooochee both feared and hated
him, but he pleased the old chief
well, having made him many pres
eats. Advancing to meet the
trembling gill he said:
"Solola's wigwam is waiting; he
is very lonely; Telaskie has prom,
ised him Nacoochee for his squaw.''
Naooochee drew back, saying
hurriedly:
‘‘Naooochee cannot leave her
father yet; Telaskie’sdaysa'efew;
he has seen many moons, and he!
knows all the deer through the
mountains; his eyes are weary of
these hunting grounds, before the
frostBcome again, the Great Spirit
will call him to a new hunting-
gronnd where his spirit will grow
young and strong;but while he is
weak and weary, Nacooqhee will
not leave him.”
And with this oft-repeated an
swer, Solola was obliged to con
tent himself, though he was grow
ing restive and impatient, and his
brow lowered darkly as he turned
abruptly away,and walked in the
direction ofhis own dark wigwnm:
while Naooochee gladly sought
her father's side and with her own
deft fingers prepared the tempting
venison for his supper, and spread
the warm bear-skin for his couch.
Cheered and refreshed by the
savory venison, Solola's gift, the
old chieftain's heart was opened,
and as ho smoked his pipe in peace
and comfort, and Nacoochee.watch
ing the curling smoke dreamed ol
Santee, his silent tongue found a
voice:
"Solola’s venison is good, he is
a great, hunter; ' Nacoochee mtisi
go and he his squaw, and wear the
beautiful robes his strnug hands
find for her,” aud the wily .old
chief turned his eagle eyes full up
on his daughter.
The soft smile faded from her lips
and the lovo-light from her eyes, ns
she answered tremblingly ; “Santee’s
heart—" alas, treacherous tongue !
The old chief glared at her, and talcing
the pipe from his lipsoried fiercely.
“Does Nacoochee dream of a hated
Chootaw ?’’
The bright color that had rushed in
to her cheek at the unconscious men
tion of Santee’s nan e, sudden y left it
colorless, and she faltered tremulously.
“Nacoochee but dreams of her ene
mies, and ia not Solola one of them v
Did he not kiil the young fawn which
Waliga gave her fora pet? his handsare
cruel and bad; there ia no sunshine in
hiB heart.
“Nacoochee talks like a child,"said the
old chief scornfully, “Solola is a great
brave, aud before the kalmia blooms on
the mountain again, Nacoochee shall
be bis squaw.”
The old chieftain’s word was law,
aud Nacoochee dared not contradict
him, though a wild look of fear and an
guish, came into her beautiful eyes,and
with a heavy heart, she sought her
couch; but sleep came not to her ach
ing heart, and through the long night-
watchers she looked up at the silent
stars shining in beauty above her, and
fearfully and doubtfully besought the
Great Spirit to save her from Solola’s
cruel power. Morning dawned at
length, and with a wild wish for San
tee’s coming, she wandered out toward
the mountains. Spring was abroad
with her magic witohery;the many lined
honeysuckle, brilliant rhododendron,
and falling azalea ran riot everywhere;
already the kalmia was bursting into
bloom, and with a half frantic feeling,
Nacoochee orushed the innocent flower
beneath her feet, as though it sealed
her doom. A wingged arrow whizzed
through the air, and fell at her feet;
she picked it up and with a throbbing
heart recognized Santee’s white plume,
and hastily counted the rounds earved
upon the arrow—four rounds—in four
days Santee would come to claim her
his own—oh, would he bn in time ?
With a fast beating heart, Nacoochee
detuched the ploora, bid the arrow in
■the bushes, and to avoid discovery hur
ried homeward. Four dayBl—to Na
coochee’s trembling heart, they seemed
like years. How slowly the sun mount
ed tho sky each day, and bow long lie
'lingered ere he sank behind the moun
tains.
On the fifth day she was tobe given
to Solola—oh, would Santee fail to
keep bis word. TL6 wished for day
came at last. Nacoochee wandered out
to await his coming—she must look at
the arrow again to lie sure she had
oounted aright; aj she stooped to take
it from its hiding place, a little shower
of honeysuckles fell around her; start
led, she glanced up hastily, aud San
tee’s self stood before her; with a low
cry of joy, .Vacoooheo sprang forward,
aud was folded to his faithful heart; a
few whispered words passed between
them, and they parted.
Late that night when all others were
sleeping, Nacoochee stole softly from
her father’s wigwam, and was clasped
in the strong arms of Sautee who bore
her “far away over mountain and fen,"
and ere the morning dawned, Nacoo-
. hee was many leagues beyoud the
reach of the dreaded Solola, her des
tined lover. Santee had selected for
Iter a bridal chamber (well supplied
with venison and wild turkey) amid
the rockv fastnesses of Mount Youah,
and with the rugged clifta rising in their
native grandeur around them, the lov
ers felt secure front discovery. And
since the first pair of lovers enjoyed
their beautiful Eden, never had lovers
a more beautiful home. Before them,
like a magnificent pioture from the
hands of nature’s great artist, stood
the grand old mountains, rising peak
after peak, one above another, until
lost in tho depths of the soft blue sky,
while at their feet, nestled in peaceful
beauty, the lovely valleys, afterward
honored with their names, gorgeous
with frosted flowers, brilliant rhodo
dendrons aud azaleas.
The lovers quenched their thirst from
tho crystinl streamlets that gushed
from the crevices of their fairy palace.
Alas, that they could not have re
mained undisturbed in their Eden !But
happiness, like Noah’s dove, has never
yet found an abiding pluce on this
earth.
Great was the wrath of old Telaskie,
when the elopement was discovered; he
summoned a hundred stout wurriors to
go in pursuit of them, aud the moun
tains and valleys echoed tho terrible
war-whoop, as they searched hill and
vale; but duys and nights passed, and
they found them not. The old chief
refused either to eat or sleep. He be
lieved that the lovers had sought ref
uge under the Great Bear Yonah, of
the valley.
Renewed search was made; a savage
shout of triumph startled he lovers iu
their retreat, and pale and trembling
with terror. Nacoochee threw herself
in Santee’s arme, and even his bruve
heart failed him, as they were dragged
from their Bylvan home,and Nacoochee
was torn from his clinging arms, and
consigned to her angry father. Tile
warriors aurronnded the ill-fated San
tee, and sentenoe of death was hastily
pronounced upon him. He was con
demned to be thrown, at the setting of
he sun, aud in the presence of Nacco
oliee, from the highest precipice of
mount Yonah.
While the straining eyes of the heart
broken Nacoochee watched the descend
ing sun, the savags Harriot-* engaged
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in a death song and waiwlance around
the unhnppy prisoner, who pale and
silent, yet brave and firm, stood with
compressed lips, calmly awaiting his
fate. Once did he turn toward Naooo
chee; as the Bun sank nut of sight be
hind the mountains, a low wail bunp
from Nacoochee’s lips; Santee turned'
his fins dark eyes upon her with ose
last lingering look; and in another in
stant, at a signal from (he old chief,
four strong warriors seized him, and
with one terrific yell, hurled him head
long from the precipice. Quick as
j lightning Nacoochee tore herself from
the strong embrace of her father, and
crying “Santee! Santee!’’ sprang after
him into the frightful chasm.
Their mangled remains were found
Side by side in the valley below.
The terrific shock broke the heart of*
the aged father,who survived them hut
a short time. Nacoochee and Santee
were hurried in one grave, on the
banks of the Chattahoochee, and a
mound raised over them to mark the
spot. The Cyprus, ivvfsml rhododen
dron cover the grave of Nacoochee and
San tea.
j v,..c.u* e « girl ana
her gallant Choctaw lover.-Sunny
South.
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Words of Wisdom.
Snrely half theworld must be
blind—they can see nothing unless
■t glitters.
He who gives up the. smaller
part of a secret has the rest no
longer in his power.
It is not what you have iu vour
cliest, but what you have in yonr
heart, that mates you rich
Tha word knowledge, strictly
employed, implies three things,
viz., truth, proof aud conviction.
There is nothing lower than
hypocrisy. To profem friendship
and set enmity is a sure proof of
total depravity.
The best kind of reyen^e-i* that \
which ia taken by him who i 1 ' -
generous that he refuses to
any revenge at all.
It may serve as a comfort to us
in all our calamities and afllictiona '
that he that loses anything , n( j
gets wisdom by it is a gainer by
the loss.
It is when our budding hopes
are nipped bepond recovery by
some rough wind that we are the
most disposed to picture to our
selves what flowers they might
haTe home if they hsd floured.
The Length of Days.
At London, England, aud Bre
men, Pru»ia, the longest day has
sixteen and a halt hours.
At Stockholm, in Sweden,
longest day has eighteen ,
halt hours. ^
At Hamburg, in Germany; ajpi
Dantzic, in JPusria; the longest
day ia seventeen hours, and tit*
shortest seven hours. f
At Petersburg, in Bastim; and
Tobolsk, in Siberia; the longest,
day has nineteen hours, and the
shortest five and a halt
At Tornea, in Finland, the
longest day has tweity- l %n,l|oiiA,
and the shortest two hour* ana a ■
half.
At Wardhnys.in Norway., the ,
longest day lasts trom the 21st of
May to the 22d of July, i without
iuternptioq; and at Spitz^ergeu.
the longest’day ia that months
and a half. *'
At New York thetday hat 16
hours and 66 miuutes; autj-at Mon*.
tTeal 151 hours. , *'
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