B. E. 111.20 AN, Editor
VOLUME 20.
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TUE EVENING
Mr rilomAs kIIIJAR
Another day, with mute adue,
lies eie don•n you untrothien Sr
And still it-look* as clear and blue
As when it first was hung cm WWII
The stnkingsun, the darkening el?md,
Thnt drew the lightening in ita rTft.
The thunder, trumping deep and toad,
Have left no footmark thew.
The village lions. with silver chime.
Caine toilette,' o'er the dittlant shore.
'Though I have heard thefts many a Unto
They never rung sou% eet before- 7
A silence rang upon the hilt,
A listening awe peades the air!! /
ry
The very flowers are shut, et nit still,
And bowed as lf in prayer.
And in this hushed and breathlegs clo+e,
I Ver earth, and air,and sky, and ea,
A still low voice in silence goes,
Which speaksnlone, great God, °Unice—
The whispering leaves, the tar on' lircx,k,
Tile linnet' s warble fainter got%
'The hive-bound bee, the homeward 'conk,
All those their .Maker on n.
The deepinine woods, the fading tree
The grasslit:wpor't, ft,:l,lc coati(
The flowers jmit wakened by the !gee
All leave the stillnes's more profoth
The twilight takes a deeper shade.
The dusky pallw.a)s &wiser gtow l i
,Amd silence reign!, in glen and glade,
While all s mule below.
The other eve 4 ax sheet as this
It elo.e upon as Cahn a day;
Then, sinking down the deep abys•
Will, like the last, Le swept away
tintil Eternity is gamed—
The bound less sea without a shore
That without time for et er reigned,
And will stlen Time's no 111r-Pre.
Now nature sinks in soft repose.
A living ent'. , ance of the gran c;
The hew steals naive:v:ls on the
The boughs have almost een.v.nl
The silent sky, the sleeping cash,
Tree, mountain, stream, the hum!,
Ail tell from about they hail their Mr
Asd cry 91uhuld a God."
critle of flit prairim.
From the ratsiurgh tittertlay
WA SK A MAIH;
OR TM:
RED ROSE OF TILE SHOSHONE:3
A True Story' of the Far Wth
/IT JOIIN K. TOIVSILNI), M. U.
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The pfains shirting the .upper part of the great Sho
shone valley, as it is called, near the head of the Snake,
or Lewis' River, are of great extent; covered, generally,
with volcanic rocks, strewn about in endless confusion,
and supporting little vegetation except the dry, aromatic
wormwood, called ,ego by the hunters and trappers who
traverse these regions. In the vicinity of the river, how
evoi-, and along the margins of its nilluenta and tributa
ries, aro strips of fine arable land, sometimes of con•ider.
able extent, covered; at almost all seasons, by heavy,
sweet grass, °Wording excellent pasture to tho Indians'
heroes, and feeding immense herds of IlisOns, end other
wild graminivorow; animals. Here may bo seen the
stately elk, stalking over the green sward. with 110101
erect, and antlers thrown back, as if ho considered him
self the acknowledged lord of the 'domain; while the
fleet, but timid aid suspicious antelope skims: over the
ground, which he appears searcely to touch, so light and
agile are his motions. Many of the larger wild animals
of the Rocky Mountain region arel'pund in this valley;
but the most ferocious, and most dreaded by all, both
Indians and white traders, is the groat Grizzly hear,
which skulks it: the low bushes of service, choke-eherry,
currant. &c.. occasionally varying his repast by killing
and devouring a sick or wounded bunk. Ile rarely at
tacks a mal, unless sorely pressed by hunger, or infuri
alod
by wounds. In consequence
. of his unsiirpreised
ferocity, the killing of the grizzly bear is considered hy
the Shoshone and Banned( tribes, a feat ent:tling the
bold and fortunate bunter to bo looked upon as a chief;
and such only as have, unaided, slaughtered the boast,
are permitted to wear around their necks a bracelet form
ed of its terrific claws.
Tho Snake and Bannock Indians are affiliated tribes•
though they do not constantly reside together: the latter
psnally inhabiting the lower portion of tho country, near
the shores of the Oregon, or:Colit s mbia river; and the for
mer confining themselves chiefly to tho upper country
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in the great valley of the Shoshone.
In the autumn of tho year 18—, a largo party of Snakes
was returning from un unsuccessful war expedition
against the Grand Pawnees. The braves seemed dissat
isfied and disheartened, and the great chief, Pahmtiteth
himself, was downcast at his want of success. The
whole party, consisting of more than five hundred war
riors. had but five led horses, which had been taken front
the Pawnees, and hut one scalp ornamented the wam
pum belt of the Snake chief.- As the war party approach
ed tho elevated land front which a view could be obtain
ed of the valley of the Shoshone, tho horses were check
ed to a slow walk; and when the hill was gained, every
Indian saw, with a feeling akin to shame. the willow
lodges scattered over the beautiful and far extended plain.
Never beforothad the Shoshones gone on the war-path
against their hereditary foe but they had driven before
them towards their own valley, whole herds of their ene
my's horses, and never until now- had the belts of the
most undistinguished of their young men been without
the reeking scalp lock oftho hateful Pawnee. In all pre•
vious expeditions, when this hill was gained, it was the
custom of the triumphant Snakes to raise the victorious
whoop until the sound roused the divellers in the wig
w•ants; and in a few minutes, the youths, and even the
women and children of the tribe were dashingiont, moun
ted and on foot, to wetcome.tho return of the successful
warriors; to exult over their bravo deeds, and to wail for
the loss of those who had fallen. But now, nothing hnd
been done worthy of being commemorated by a single
whoop; and as the lodges came in view, the tall and
commandink person of Pahtnutah sunk, almost to his
saddle how, 'svithshameand vexation.
At this moment one of the young braves, who had
ridden some hundred yards ahead of the party, was seen
dashing back at full speed; and approaching tho chief,
pronounced in a full, calm, but inwardly exulting voice,
the single word, "Tabiboo," (white-mon.) The effect
was electric. The chief recovered his presence of mind
and haughty bearing in art instant; and before !mother
minute had elapsed, fifty or sixty well mounted Indians
were following, at a gallop, the lend of the •scout. - This
party entered a large copse .ou the verge of the hill, shout
a hundred yards from the main bridy of the travellers.
w•ho continued to rasa on slowly towards the encamp
ment of the tribe. In a few minutes the whoop ignited
front the bushes so loud and fierce that tho heart of any
whits moo, howeverbrave, would have thrilled with hor
ror. Evan The chief and his band halted for a moment
!a If surprised. fa a moment after, the scout end his
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party were seen issuing at o rapid gallop from the bush•
es, be and ono of his companions leading horses on which
were seated two white men. As they rode in among tho
war-party. Feb111111)01 started. lie breathed hind. - and
his cheat heaved with incontralable emotion. Then a
smile, fierce, implacable and deadly, irradiated his ewer
thy tinoatnouts, and he said a low voice, and through
his clenched teeth, to the young wan ior whit had been
foromost in the capture.
• •Wohcowza has done Tho "Rod Roso of the
Shoshones" shall leave the ledge of her father to cook
his venison and Make his moccasins when be goes on
the war-path against the Pawnee. Wahconza shall he
VVIN.
MB
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mny son."
Tho eye of the young chief lighted up with pride and
pleasure, and he approached the Sachem us if to speuk
with him, but Palunutalt waved his hand with n haughty
and imperious gesture. Waliconza fell back, and the
party passed slowly on towards the village in the valley.
The white man whose horse was led by the scout, was
extraordinarily tall and athletic. tits height must have
considerably exceeded six feet. his chest was broad
and flat, with great breadth of shoulder; and although
his person looked thin and spare, every muscle seemed
indurated by long exposure and constant and vigorous ex
orcise. His countenance was indicatiVe of bold and
fearless courage, combined with,an expression of almost
child-like simplicityand guilelessness. He was evident
ly (mite at ease in his position, and he several times tap
ped his captor on the shoulder' and , said some friendly
words to in the trading language of the 'country,
without, however, in the least degree mollifying his sav
age conductor, who always returned his mild glance with
a'tnalignant scowl that would have terrified a matt less
fearless. His dress was a deor-skin hunting-shirt, with
leggings of tho same, a "breech•cloth" of red flannel,
and plain elk-skin moccasins. A long rifle lay in the
hollow of his arm, and the belt around his body was gar
nished with apistol of unusual length, and a large sclap
ing•knifo. The second captive was in appearance wide
ly different front the one just described. Ho was small
in stature.'and wore a b bort, green frock -coat, with a
broad collar of Otter fur. His cap; or rather hat—for the
brim extended round in a circle—was of blue.cloth, turn
ed up at thu.buttom with Otter fur. Ile wore pantaloons
and moccasins of deer-skin, the former having a profu
sion of fringes of the same hanging from side seams.'
In his hand was en English rifle of verydargo calibre;
two pistols of elegant workmanship, and a small toma
hawk lui, , ld with silver, were stuck iu a leathern belt
around his waiA. This was the well known and eccen
tric Sir Witham an Englishman, of noble fami
ly, who, for several years had exchanged the gaiety and
folly et London haul tun for a reslcknce on the wild prai
ries of our western world, clii4lly, douhtiess, to enjoy the
fatuous sport of hunting in those regions, and partly, n,
was whispered, to !Thieve a fortune squandered in luit'.
siert and extravagance at home. Ho held a commission
in the British Army hs captain of dragoons, and hanco
usually received thin title among the mountain hunters;
the sturdy republicans preferring the simple appellation
otplauz 'to the higher sounding one to which he was en
titled. In his manners to those ti horn ho considered his
inferiors, he was mild and affable, associating on terms
of perfect frccdom with all, and hence was a universal
favorite with the rough and illiterate hunters and trap
pers,
As the war-party proceeded, the two Indians in charge 1
of tho cuptivos drew near each other, thus affording to
the white men the first opportunity for communication. i
"Richardson," began Sir William, "what do you'
think these fellows will do with uS'? Is not that tall In
dian
in advance tho.chief, Pahmutah, or Leather-back, as
the men at Fort Hull call him?"
"Yes, Sir William;" returned the bun er, "that's the
vet.; inun, and a fiery critter ho is too, when his blood's
tip, but they - say he's a good Ingen on the whole, and
Iriendly to the what . ) people., though I know he's It 'tar
nal thief, and will steal whenever he can get a chance.
Ile's het n a trodin' to Fort Hall this two years, and Cap
tain T. that has charge of it, calls hint papa, I guess, for
he bought the old man's gal a few weeks ago; she's a
celebrated pretty squaw, end"—
"But Richardson." interrupted the other, ', what do
you think they'll do with Its? • It would be very ilmonven
ient to me to be detained long in this part of the country.
for I ain anxious to get on towards Vancouvei, in order
to procure a passhge to England in one of tho Hudson's
Bay ships."
"Well, Sir William," replied Richardson, "If you
speak old Leather-back fair, and give him plenty of
preschts—"'flow cant give him presents, Richardson?
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You know I I ave nothing with me 4ixcept my rifle, my
tomahawk and a little ammunition, and I'm sure ho shall
not have these, unless he scalps me first. .11e might
es well take my life as tette the means whereby I livo';"
and Sir William involuntaril)l smiled at the ludicrous
ness of quoting Shakspeare in such company, mid under
such:Circumstances; "will the old savage lake my note
for the amount of my ransom, payable at Fort Vatican-
ver?" "Fin radar inclined to doubt," replied tho bon
ter, "ifs wild host) would understand how a scrap of
paper could pay him the ransom of a man of your quali
ty; a Sahlatatte-tie,', (a great chief;) so the only way I
coo for it is to lot ono of his young men MU down to the
Doctor, at the !'fit, with a letter, and bring tip the trink
ets for tho old savage. You must stuff his big lodge full
though, for he knows you're no common hunter or trap
per like me."
"Confounded it Richardson" grumbled the . Baronet,
"what a fool I was to let my ailly curiosity about the bea
vers lead me into a serape like this, whowtime is valuable
to me as it is now. I would give a htindred dollars to
leave for Vancouver to-morrow." "Le Ss than half that
sum would servo your purpose," replied his companion,
"but run must wait 'till the runner comes back with the
property.! Au Ingen is by nutur a suspicious animal; he
believes all while in en to bo liars, and I Must confess he l
has had some cause to be doubtful of us, for this tribe, as
well as others hereaways, has been wofully cheated by
some of the parties of traders from St. Louis." "Well,"
answered Sir William, "1 must bide my time, I sup
pose; and 1 presume there can be no danger of ill treat
ment to either of us while wo aro compolleu to remain
prisoners among these Snakes."
”Speak fur yourself Captain," replied the blunt hun
ter, "but God, lie knows, I'm not afeaird of any Snake
that ever lived, except them darned short. prairie rattlers.
Old Palunntah knows the too well to guess' that, though
I expect ho would give two pack of beaver fur my scalp.
He'll get it now 1 suppose, because he's got odds against
me, but if 1 had oily ten men, such as I could name,
with MO, and a good chance of bushes to cache myself
in, I'd give him leave to take it if ho could." "You
surprise me, old frieild, why is the chief so exasperated
against you? Tho Snakes and Hemlocks profess to be
friendly to the whites, though of course they will stout
horses and guns, these beinglawful prey to the strongest
on the prairies,—as well as require ransom for the release
of a party falling into their hands; but I never heard of
their taking the life of. a white man, nor did I suppose
they desired other scalps than those of the Pewneo."
"Why, you must know, Captain," replied the hunter,
"that old Lcather.back hates me worse than I hate the
devil, I'm aloud. I was once settin my traps,—lot Me
see, it was 'a year ago last winter,—up here on Peiccan 111
creek, near Dickte'Hole, when 1 hears a sort -o' rUstlini
in the hushesnear mo. I l jorked up my rlflerwlilch I
had laid down while I Warm seiitin l —and at that moment
three Nene itinipedup clr,ksti:tptitii. Itoo!ia qtdekeim!
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1849.
et the hrei one, and fired, down he dropped. I made a
leap across the creek, and put °fres hard as 1 could go,
among the dwarf willows on the other side, leaving six
traps, half a pack of beaver skills, and a good horse, to
the garnet critters that started me, After I had run about
a mile, I stopped and put my car to the_ ground, but I
could'nt hear 'em on my tail; so I crossed tho creek,
and after running about hither and yon for a quarter of
an hour, took back to the water and walked in it for about
four mile, when I came to a -rocky country that would
leave no trail; then I cut across to moot Captain Serro's
party that 1 knew had left the randeroos about a week
before. As good luck would have it, I fell in with Cap
tain Sarre near Ross' fork, and travelled with his party
about three days. He sold mo a good horse, and six
traps. and just as ! was about leaving his camp early ono
morning, for my winter hunt, intending to strike up big
Snake river, and over .totsvards Fort Hall, who should
come into camp hut a party of six Snake IngenS, with
Loather-back himself at their head. Ho was ridin upon'
my horse, thpt I bought in the States a year before, and
ho wanted to sell my own beaver-skins to Captain Sorro.
The moment he came in 1 saw that ho had a bunch of
leaves tied on his hoed. I knew what that meant, and if
I had`nt, the wny'he looked at mo would have told me
that my mark was under it. If you want to see a scowl
that the old ono noed'nt be ashamed of, look at that In
gen when ho sees 'a man that ho wants to scalp. But I
gave him as good as ho soot, (the sarpont,—l wish my
bullet had gone clean through his hoed, instead of rub
bin the bark off,) and before I left the camp 1 told Serra
all about tho robbery. That's a raol just man, that Sorro.
lie called all tho lagens into his tent, and than sent for
me. I told•my story and ono of our own men put my
talk into good Snake lingo. The old savage wi need under
it, I tell you, but he only said hug'', and gave me another
amiable look frsm ' i under his black eyebrow,. I told Sor
ro I wanted my own, and he said I should have it; so
he took iYom Leather-back's pile half a pack of beaver
and gave it to me, and told me I should have my own
horse bolero tho Ingens left camp; and sure enough I
got him. I'ahinutsh looked like fury, but - he know'd
Serr, and did'ot say a word; so away I wont, and have
itot seen him since till to-day. Ile owes mo six traps
yet, and I'll get (MI out of him Wore I leave him, unless
ho takes my Scalit'soonor than I think."'
As Richardson's story ended, the party reached the
village of the tribe; situated on a boautifulround plain of
perhaps a mile in circumference. The Indian camp
consisted of about eighty lodges, made of long twigs of
willow, the large ends being driven into the ground, and
the extremities bent over and tied together nt the apex
with leather thongt. One of the lodges, the captives
observed, was completely covered with large, square
pieces of butTalo•hhie,—called apislant,ms—loosply taieb•
ed together. with door sinews. .The purlieus of the vil
lage swarmed with Indiana of both sexes, and all ages,
as the war-party halted; and when the polo liced pri
soners wore observed, a yell of fierce and triumphant
joy rent the air, accempanied by shouts Of Tabilgyi.mash,
Tabiboomash, (white men aro wicked—white:mon aro
wicked.) The two' , ludians in charge of the prisoners
signed to them to alight, well knowing that there was no
chance for their escape, surrounded as they were: hy the
fleet and watchful savages. As Pahmntah stopped down
from his largo and powerful roan horse with tho dignity
becoming an Indian chief surrounded by his people to
whchrt his slightest word was law, his steed wue takoa
care pf by two woman of Middle age, while another and
younger tomato led forward a low Indian pony bearing the
b.idgo of the groat sachem. The chief pointed to the
ground near where ho stood, and stalked moodily away
into the village, without even vouchsafing a look towards
his captives. In an , instant tho leather thongs which
bound the poles of the chief's lodge were united, the
pointed ends of which were driven into the ground oh
liquely, forming, at the base a diameter of perhaps ten
feet: the blunt ends having been previously tied together
with strings of leather. A cone was thas formed of eigh
teen or twenty feet iu height; and around these poles was
stretched an enormous robe of buffalo hide, with the hair
removed, composed of about six entire' skins sewed to
gether-7-Tho' lodgo being ready, the women made a
sign for the white mon to enter it.
"Richardson," said Sir NVilliam, after they had seated
themselves on the 'ground within the lodge, "cau you
speak the Snake languogeaufliciontly to explain to the
chief my 'situation, and nrrnngo with him about the terms
of my ransom? If you cannot, we shall be in a rather
awkward predicament."
- ''Why captain," replied the hunter, "don't you know
that these Ingeus speak the' Chinook jargon that they use
as the tradin lingo all along tho Colombia River? The
Hudson's Buy people talk it, and all the hiving up :this
way that trade with 'em understand it. You know Piro
been down three times, and I can talk the ugly stuff
a'most like a nature."
At this moment the woman who bad set thoodge en
tered, bearing on ber shoulder a bundle of Jassarrass
boughs which sho strewed on the ground,eovering them
with several laiga butnlo robes which had been boruo
on tho back of a girl who followed her. Tho women
then, by n sign, invited the white nut& to sit, and the
young girl, depositing' her Mullion, turned to retire, but
the hunter, happening to catch a look ut her face, rose
from his recumbent posture and_ detained her. They
conversed, in a low voicel for several minutes, the wo
man in the mean time standing with her head drooping,
and her hands folded before her.
Tho girl ,cc as remarkable for extreme delicacy and
beauty of face and porsou. Iler fame had extended far
and wide through the bunting and trapping regions; and
many a white chief would have been glad to fill her
father's lodge with u t that an Indian values, in exchange
for the beautiful Snake girl. In person she was rather
below the ordinary height, but faultlessly formed. Iler
delicately tinted olive cheek bloomed with health; her
laughing eyes dimeed with joy, and beamed with met:l
-ncas and intelligence: and an accurate observer would
have detected in them, as also around the beautifully
formed mouth, an expres4on of quiet, but deep and im
passioned feeling, which needed but an adequate motive
to bo exhibited in all its true beauty.
11cr dress consisted of a single garment, made of tho
soft and delicate skin of the antelope, whitened by being
rubbed with a peculiar saline efflorescence gathered on
the plains—lt was sewed together with doer-sinews. and
the lower portion of the bodice, which extended over the
skirt, was cut into thin stripes oU which were strung a
quantity of large blue beads. The gown was also or
namented eu the shoulders and bosom, with small, seed
beads, and the long, white shells, culled layquas. Her
delicate limbs were enclosed in leggings of rod cloth,
covered with various colored bends_and ribbons; and her
little moccasins of deer-skin wore tastefully variegated
with porcupine quills, exhibiting every variety of rich
coloring—suddenly a loud voice was heard at some dis
tance from the tent. She started, saying, in a loci tone
to the hunter, (directly,-or by and . by.) glanced
for an instant at Sir William, and left the lodge, followed
°by the wettish;
"Who is that beautiful creature, naked he, and how
comes-it that you know her?"
"Why lhaVe the celebrated Waskamah; the 'Red
AoSe of the Shoshrines,' as the Ingons call her. A good
many of [these girls ore pretty. but she's sartinly the
bandsoinest ono I ever saw. and-I've got an eye for good
looks yet, I can tell you., _ She's the daughter of Pahmu
fah. and sister •of the "Mistress of Port Min."- as the
filen call Captain' T's ektitAv.' - .;
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Scarcely had the beautiful Indian maiden left the lodge
of her father, when its folds were opened to admit the
stern Pahmulah„ who, followed by five warriors, among
whom was Wahcoun, entered the presence of the
white man.
Sir William rose on their entrance, but the chief, by a
graceful motion of his band, signed to him to resume
his seat, and tho whole party squatted, in rills, Indian
fashion, upon the ample buffalo robes. A large pipe
was handed to the chief, filled with a fragrant kanikanik,
(a mixture of tobacco and the dried leaves of the pat
ridge-berry, or the pipsisowe.) Which circulated rapidly
among the Indians, without tho captives being asked to
participate, for the space of full half an hour, during
which time not a word was uttA,rod by any the party.
At the conclusion of this indispensiblo preliminary to
all Indian business, the chief rosy, made a sign to the
captives to do likewise, and the party proceeded towards
the centre of the village. As hey passed ' tho numer
ous lodges, the inmates all came forth to gaze upon the
white men, but note word was ! uttered; the march was
conducted ida silence so profound, that Sir William,
notwithstanding his confidence of receiving good treat
ment from tho chief, could not resist a feeling of unea
siness. The party halted near the other extremity of
the village, where a large number of Indians were seat
ed around a fire, conversing in a low tone, the pipe pass
ing rapidly from band to band throughout the half na
ked as:somblage. He knew that his fate would now soon
be decided; but he believed that beads and trinkets would
be estimated, by this tribe at least, at a much higher
value than the scalps of any white man; and Pollinate!'
was aware that it would mi litate greatly against his in
terest to practice any violence upon a ';King George
Chicf."• as it would not on:y put a stop to his lucrative
trade with :lie Hudson Bay Company, but his owe life,
and that of many of hi e s tribe would ho in draw'. from
Governor McLaughlin, who was feared as well as respect
ed by all the savages within tho sphere of Isis influence.
His chief anxiety therefore was in respect to his com
passion. lie feared, from the story Richardson had told .
hint, that nothing bet blood would satisfy Pahmatah for
the indignity which ho had received. Ile determined,
however, to offer to ransom him; and ho hoped so far to
excite the cupidity of the Indian by the unprocedentedly
large amount, as to weigh down his burning desire of
vengeance. .
After the 'tarty was seated on the ground, and the largo
pipe had again, for anothir half hour, circulated among
the chiefs, Ibthinittah rose, and commenced speaking.=-
tri an instant the whole assembly was silent, and every
eye was bent upon the tall and noble person of the
Sachem.
"Brothers!" ho Logan, "we have returned from the
country of the Pawnees. Tho Groat Spirit was not with
WI on the war path. Where are our scalps? Here?"
holding up l the single ono which ho drew from his belt.—
A deep, low, groan was hoard from his attentive auditors.
"Seven suns vero we absent from our people. Woro my
young men cowards? Does the Eagle tremble when ho
flies near the nest of the Crow? Tho logs of the Pawnee
are strongor than his arms. • Wo hunted him on his own
prairies; but his horses aro bettor thou the horses of the
Shoshones. Brothers, I look!" holding up one hand, with
the fingers spread, and pointing with the other to the cap
tive animals grazing quietly (with the Snake baud: "I
and four of my young men will go with those. and when
the moon gives no light, we will crawl into the lodge of
t he PoWnee chief. Ugh! ho is a squaw. Tho Sho
shones will laugh at his screams whoa he fools tho knife
of our women; and the stono.headed arrows of our boys
shall maim hint howl before the fire roaches his scalp.—
Brothers! who gave rifles to the Patvuoes to take the lives
of the Shoshones? Who cheated our yoting men with
powder that would not shoot? WIM took front our pooplo
their beaver shins for fire-water that would not make us
drunk?" The chief ceased speaking, and was silent for
soveral minutes. Then slowly rose to his feet au old de-1.
cripibed warrior, whose single scalp lock was white as the
driven snow. Pahmutah instantly resumed his seat in
deference to the father of the tribe; and tho old man com
menced his harangue in a voice tremulous from age,
the 'malty tones of which nevertheless reached the ear of
everyone iu the assembly: "Pahmutah is bravo." corn.
menced the old man, "Ito is young; his sinews are as the
sinews of the moose. and his eye is like the Eagle's that
looks at the unclouded sun. The women of the Pawnoos
howl when they bear the war-hoop of Pahmutah. Ho is
the great warrior of the Shoshones. Sagomocta 180141.-
1 Ho has hoard the talk of the great warrior, and ho knows
that the tomahawk of Pahmutah thirsts for the blood of tho
Long-Knife." The old man had ovidontly understood
the allusion of the chief alai° war-party, and was proba
bly aware of the unextinguishable hatred which burned
in his bosom towards tho white hunter. At this moment
as Richardson looked atPahmulah. observed face hisdark
uoed the ferocious passions which were agitating his heart
andtho whole party could distinctly hear thegrinding of by
the worrier's teeth as his glittering eyo caught the command
unconcernedglanee of the white man. The old chief proceo
ed"Sagomricta is old; his fathers chaeo the mom and the
butralo on the shining plains of the happy hunting grounds
the scalp of his only son is drying in the santiko which
curls over tho lodge of the Pawnee! I want aeon whose
heart is strong, and whose eye is like tho Eagle's. that
he may seek out, and bring me, before I die, the scalp of
the murderer of my boy., Will my brothers refuse Sago
mocta the only boon ho ever asked of his tribe!" Pah
mutah sprang to his foot; his eye flashing with rage, as
if with the - dosigu of intorupting tho old chief's harangue
but the aged warrior, bent a stern look upon hint and wa
ved his hand. Pahmutah instantly resumed his crouching
posture, and the old man exclaimed, in a voice cracked
with age, but in which calm doterminatiou of passionate
earnestness wore visible. "Is the father of the Shoshonos
to be interrupted in his talk by a boy? Did not Sago
mocta teach him to strike the bufFalo and the Grizzilyrbear?
Did ho not take him. when a little child, from his burn
ing wigwam, where he lay deserted and forgotten on the
Brest of his dead mother. when the tomahawk of the Paw
nee buried in her brain? And shall he daro the old Sag
amore at the council fire, and make his talk fall to the
ground?"
Pahmutah crouched lower, and bent his head in token of
submission. "It is well." proceeded the old man, "The
Shoshones have heard the talk of Elegem:lcm
Will my people give mo the white hunter to be toy
son; to kill the bytThlo and the Elk fur the lodge of the
old chief; to strike the tomahawk into the head of the
niurderor of my young Eagle; that when the last shadow
shall full upon the eyes of the old warrior. their dying,
look may be upon the scalp of the accused Pawnee whose
arm made Sagamocta childless!"
A low murmur of applause from a largo portion of the as
sembly answered this speech. and Pahmutah, feeling that
for the time at least, he was conquered, lowed his head
in submission. •The
.old chief rose, and approaching
Richardson. took him by, tho hand. Ho started to his
feet. and followed,his adopted father from tho circle. At/
% 7,
he Passed, Pahmutah, his love of a jo o for the . Solon:lent
gained the ascendency, and, raising hi hand, he brought.
it violently down upon the shoulder of e Indian, saying
in English, while his little-grey eyes twinkled with fun,
"Now, brother, be alive, and hunt up them six
beaver-traps."
,The solemn savage did not perhaps com
prehend the words of the hunter; but, as the the blow de
scended, he sprang to his feet like a roused lion. and by
,Ilbez/IsAtentlemen, nod Omits mind:led to die /Windt tbrte
Ira Mai doidgroted by the Oregon Indiana. •Atoreans are did
tlngui,heti horn them by the ttUe llo•ton-men.'
an impulse apparently irresistible, hal
dangerous knife from his sheath at I
eyes actually.blazed:' he )(Hiked upon
an expression of unallowcd hate, and
trembled with deep and surpressed pa
on the contrary•, retained tho good hu
had lighted up his countenance which
assault; and gazing a moment on the
visage of his his implacable foe, he q
pool, shoulderod . his heavy rifle, end
old Sagan:tore.
CIIA PTIR II
It was night, and a deep silanca
Soak° camp.
' Our hunter bad become domiciled I the lodge of the
father of the tribe; and while the old m. 11 lay in a sound
3
Bleep. enveloped in his buffalo robe, h quietly arose and
taking his title and tomahawk, sallied i nto the open air.
Nothing was hoard save the occasiona neigh of a horse
belonging to a largo baud, the property of the tribe, gra
zing in the valley, or the distant howl f the prairie wolf
roaming the plains in pursuit of its p y. The sturdy
hunter took his course directly towards the lodge of his
deadliest foe.'his object being to see it William. and
subsequently to arrange with his cap tor the terms of
his friends ransom. What was his 'surprise, on reaching
the chief's tent, to find Pahmutah himself standing like
a statue at tho entrance. Bravo to foe !tontines, though
rl 3
ho was, he could not refrain from eta ng at the unex
pected sight of this apparition, and, al oat involuntari
ly, threw his rifle to his shoulder. Pa mutah, however,
stood motionless; and by the tinter sin light of the
moon, the hunter fancie d ke saw a ant lo very like con
tempt, pass Over his dark and malign nt visage. Irri
tated at this, and ashamed of his mom ntary trepidation,
ho stalked up to the chief . "Well, o d Leather-back,
whore's your prisoner?" The chief optic& by point
ing to the lodge. and pronouncing sententiously the sin
glei, word, i'moositet" (he sleeps.) I " --
Well,let hint
alone," replied the hunter, "and -let's you and I walk
off a little distance, and fix this busi es% about 'Xing
George's' ransom."
These words produced their effect
his countenance cleared in a .ntotnen
look, mingled with a keen cupidity ui
but noble linements
After retiring to a short distance oi
the Indian and the hunter seated the
ground, and, without further prelude
arrangement of their trade. In loss t.
the conference wait concluded, and the
out a word of recrimination, or even
cum.:4 strife between them,each takin g
the Indian to his wigwam and his pri
to the lodge of his newly adopted lath:
Early ou the following morning ti
camp was astir. The rnon, r yoming
listlessly on the ground, watching the
whose early rays wore just tipping thi
distant hills. Formed in groups, or
lodges, they wore enjoying their first
tho largo stymie pipe passing rapidly fro
TIM women were alone busy. The.
employed; tho greater number in epr
large, quantities of an article which for
dispensible portion of 'their winter's sub
ous root which they call “Kamas." a
adjacent plains. Much of this escale
boon baked or fermented for several d
which hot stones havo been placed, w
main in its natural form for future use,
don of it was in process of being Mash
large'square cakes to be dried in the su
Tho beautiful daughter of Pollinate
tranco of her father's lodge, and BOOM
woman attached to the camp who 'was
bor, if we except the light and easy do
lamenting a beautiful legging funned o
beads and porcupine quills; but the girl s
Her beautiful black eyes were frequently
work, and anxiously directed towards , th,
lodge. at the month of which she was sit
glance fell upon her father as he MI
chiefs is the vicinity, till at length a brit
their brilliancy, and she turned away her
the unwonted expression of her feelings.
utes the folds of the tent were thrown
William appeared. He gave his hand,
tho girl, who trembled and averted her
.walked into duq circle composed of th.
tribe. Pollinate!' recognized 'hive but by
ing forhim to set with them, which ho d
fragrant vapor whenever the pipe reached
with all the satisfaction of a genuine mon ,
according to the habits of the country,
enters it must learn to hppreciato the dolig
tobacco.
Not a word was uttered by any of the
smoked in silence, and the women coati
for a considerable time, when a slight so
parent on tho entrance into the circle of
more leaning upon the shoulder of his ad
'Aftor the two new corners had seated
chief broke the long silence, addresii
Richardson. "boos my brother, tho gre
with the camp of the Shoshones? Will
and lift the tomahawk against the Pawnoot
on the war-path with my young me"
"Yes, Leather-back," replied Richert
go on the war-path with your young mon,
Pawneo that I see&then aide. and in :
William. "I said when I go r --but I won
were Otto's now ho was going to fight, I'd
a good willif only to rovenge myself on th
stealing my horse, my rifle and my traps tl
and sending mo off into the wilderness w
getting any thing to oat; so that I had to lri
a thousand miles on foot, in the dead of wi l l
on prairie-squirrels which 1 caught withOsp
my own hair. But these Pawnees I think,
Ingens; they never injured mo any how, a .
em merely to oblige Loather-back or old d
AS to Leather-back I love him about as tn
Otto's"—
While the hunter was speaking, the, kat!
ed a respectful Silence; and when he had c
mutat' slowly retie to his feet, and address.
bled warriors. 06 brothers. Pahmatah
white hunter have had a talk; and the Kin : ,
is to send a paper by one of my young men
at the big wigwam, telling him to fill Pah
with presents; and when they come, the ct
his people, and the Shoshones aro not to
trail. Which of .my young mon will go t•
want of the King George people?" A. see
the braves of the tribe rose, and by a sign
services for the expedition. Pahmutah sole
giving them platter to Governor AlkLaughl
written for the purpose by the baronet, in
minutes the canoe containing the messen&
gliding down the rapid current of the Snak'
The conference was then concluded, and
utee the ground was occupied solely by the
continued their avocations_ us before.
Four days were paasod by Sir William
camp: and if it had i not been for his extra
roach Fort ,Vancouier. bo would probably
red remaining where be was to residing
part of the country. Game was very "bun
111.50 A ItMAU, in Adyanco.
drew his long and
is side. His dark
hew ite man with
his whole frame
;ion. Richardson
ored smile which
a committed the
wan a keen and successful sportsman. lie however felt
his captivity in one respect, althougicin every other he '
earned as free as if with his own Irian 1. Altho' buffalo
were exceedingly numerous on the plains surrounding
the camp, he was not permitted to mount his ownlexcoi
lout horse to pursue them. Ile was furnished with hor
ses, to be sure, but the chief took core to provide for him
such only as did not possess sufficient fleetness to amp,
pursuit. The object of this precaution he did not fail to
perceive, and was therefore fain to abandon buffalo
hunting, and turn his attention to other, and lessrnoblo
game. In all his excursions, he was invariably accom
panied by two Indians; but to this he did not object, as,
it was absolutely necessary to have game carriers.
On the prairies of Snake river. and in the copses by
which they are occasionally broken, he 'found the large
and noble Elk, singly and in herds; the Black and white
tailed Deer were plentiful in tho wooded region; the An
(elope. in large droves skimmed over the plains, and sev- . 1
oral species of large grouse served to impart variety and
interest to the sportsman.
ark and inflamed
tetty turned on his
lode away after the
roodod over the
Every day of his captivity was,spent in roaming ,over
these plains, and ho always returned to the camp so la
den with spoils that his attendants staggered under the
burthens imposed upon them.
During one of these excursions, while the Indians
were beating a large cluinp of service bushes, in the
endeavor to raise a pack of sharp-tailed Grouse which
had been seen to alight there, a Grittily bear of the lar
gest sire rushed out, and made off at a rapid canter, over
the prairie. Sir William instantly received his rifle •
from one of the attendants, and fired et the huge beast
within thirty yards. The ball look effect in the back of
the neck, not without injuring the spine; and the noW in
furiated animal turned to take vengeance on blares.
who flew from him in different directions. The aro -
net was the first who was pursued, but ho was a r apid
runner; and wounded and bleeding as ho was, for few
minutes Bruin gained but little in the rase . Whil still
tearing over the ground at the top of his speed, Ili bar
onet heard a gun, and looking behind him, had th sat
isfaction of seeing his enormous antagonist rolli g in
the duet. Ile however immediately recovered hit self,
and made off as vigorously as before in puts it of
his newly made enemy. And perceiving tha the
speed of the bear began sensibly to diminish, and that'
his weeknosa from loss of blood rapidly increase , he
haStily reloaded his rifle, and in his turn became the
assailant. Running as rapidly as his failing breath per-•
mated, he approached the animal id the rear; and lathe
same moment had the pleasure of seeing tho secondln
dian coining from an opposite direction to take him in the
flank. Finding himself about to be surrounOed, the
brdte halted and looked about him; then erected himself
ulna i n his hind feet, his bloody tongue banging from his
mouth, and his fierce eyes rapidly losing theirlustre from
fatigue and exhaustion. The baronet, by a sign, order
ed his mon to approach, and the three walked slowly to
wards him, the boar still maintaining his erect attitude,
and glancing,his oyes from side to aide as if uncertain in
which direction to make en attack.
I pore tho savag4
and a satisfied
urpod his harsh,
Nide the village.
'uselvea upon the
commenced the
an half an hour
Impended with•
• n allusion to the
his own course,
Unct, Richardson
o whole Snake
old, were lolling
ising of the sun,
summits 'of the
reles around the
morning smoke,
hand to hand.
At this moment, and when they were within half rifle
distance, Sir William threw his gust to hisshoulder, and
at its report, "O/d Ephrldre" fell, ahot directly through
the heart.
were variously
•ading out to' dry
s an almost in
.istence; a tuber
•ounding on the
t,—after having
ye in pits, into
•s allowed to re
but a large por
id and made into
Antsvocascv.—There are men—We blush to call them
men—who turn up their noses at the mechanic and hum
ble laborer. Being liberally educated as it is called—
they look down with a sort of contempt on those who is
' some cases have coutr:butvd to their support. "You
need nut despise a spinning wheel," said an old lady to
her pompous son ono day, "for many a night have
worked at it to get money to send you to school." There
are women, too, who will not touch a needle with their
delicate hands, who laugh at the poor and indus , rioths
who learn trades or work in factories for a living. "La!
how unrefined they are." she says with a scornful sn.lc.
as she lounges on the sofa reading tho last Pink novel.—
We once knew a lady—shall we call her a lady7—of this
complexion. She was loudly belaboring a poor hard
working girl calling her- low and unrefined. "Why,"
said she, "her father was nothing but a hlw mechanic."
"Yes," remarked a woman present, "her father was a
mechanic. I knew him well, for he lived in the same
neighborhood with your mother when she wont out a
washing." There reader, if you had been present you
would have seen a strange confus ion
p of face, and heard
a vain attempt to utter something too prickly to come
out. It stuck in her throat. When wo hear men or
women spook lightly of the industrious Pak of the com
munity, wo feel just like tracing back their genealogy.—
Wo hate done so. in several instances, apd you would.
be aurprised.at what we learned. Tho'most 'aristocratic
man of our acquaintance is the grandson of a fiddler; the
proudest a omen, the daughter of a wash-woman. It
betrays alack of good sense to condemn or look with con
tempt on any virtuous parson however poor ho or she
may be. The wisp and good respect and love goodness
wherever It is found.
eat at the en
, to be tho only
l exempt from la
ployincnt of or
rod cloth. with
emed ill at oase.
lifted from hor
Interior of the
ing.,* Tloon her
l 'htkh e e d at
ed w a_
tr i o t d h pi
m : o nl t cn l e l e o ad r i
In a few min
aside, and Sir
vith a smile, to
ead, and theu
. chiefs of the
a 'glance. sign
inhaling the
him in course,
;min man; for.
very ono who
its of smoking
larty; the mon
I tiled their labor
cation was op
the old Sag a.
.ptod sop.
To Tim GIRL3.—You are all in want of husbands as
soon as you can get suitable ones, and• that is alt right
and perfectly natural. But we think, (contrary to the
lady's opinion) that a bad husband is worse than none.
In choosing °Werra the following rules:
omselves. the
_ himself to
,t hunter. eta);
o he a chief,
when ho goes
Never marry a fellow who is ashamed to carry a small
bundle; who lies in bed till breakfast time, and until his
father has opened the shop and swept it out; who . fre
quents taverns bowling saloons, prize fights &c., who
owes his tailor, shoe-milker, washer-woman, jeweler,
barber, printer, and land-lady, andpever pays his debts;
who is always talking about his acquaintances and eon
damning them; whose tongue is always running about
nonsense, and who thinks he is the greatest man in the
neighborhood, and yet whom every ono despises and
shuns. We say, never marry a follow with any or all
of these qualifications. He w:11 be sure to treat you badly
or desert you after the honeymoon.
son. "when I
I'll kill every
:nglish to Sir
go. If they
holphim with
3 serpents for
wee yearn ago
th no way of
vel more than
I [ liter, And live
rings made of
dro pretty good
d I wont kill
here either.
eh as I do the
Stateuterry Pcnscstrivx.—We have seldom heard of
an instance of more beautiful simplicity than was evirced
by a matter-of-fact witness on a riot-trial case "down
east." "What woro th7o mob doing when you first saw
thorn?" was one of the 'queinioas asked by the district at
torney. "They was a.singing." replied the witness.--
"Singing!" exclaimed the public• prosecutor; "what
were they singing about?" "I don' know, I'm sure, but
they was a-singing, any how." "Well, what was it?
What were thoy saying? What did they seem to be
talking about?" "Wal, as fir as I reo-collect," replied
the witness, "they was a-talkin' abeout a man o' the
name of Mr. Tucker, who refused to come home to his
teal" This supreme specimen of ignorance and simpli
city convulsed the whole court With laughter.--Knirk.
ns maintain-
I ncluded, Pah
•d the &nem.
nd the great
George Chitf
to the Deieto r
utah•s lodge
lief isle go to
(Wow on his
the big wig
e, at least, or
•fFered their
.cted two, and
n, previously
ass than five
ere was seen
o
A ship going over Charleston bar, with a nogro
1;iilot on beard, the captain asked him, "what water is
the ship in 7"
•*Salt water. mama."
"I kap* that, you black rascal, but bow much water
Is there?" said the captain. I
"Eh; matsa." says Sainbo."y6u Link me bring tin•pot
for pleasure um?"
, .
a - few min
omen. who
Kr There O s something very ethereal in the passions
of ..lrivyors.",il lies" strikingly so is this evinced in this
ease of Abolard; ivho begged his mistress not to sand her
letters, es it took sway the sonny of the enjoyment of
kissing them: •Poor follow. ho got the sand in his teeth:
the Snake)
e anxiety to
eve prefer
a any other
ant. and he
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