VOL. 43.
Uhe Huntingdon Journal.
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Ne ja. - Advertisements.
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HTUNTI
SOME DsAtilNs CLOTHING IIIIIIN
Is now prepared to S3TJI77 Its Patrons in
GARMENTS of the VERY LATEST STYLE
And the BEST MAKE UP, at prices to suit the times. My stock of
IIEADY- MADE CLOTI+II4O
FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN IS FULL,
Men's Suits for $4.00 up;
Boys' Suits for $4.00 up ;
And Children's Suits for $2.00 up.
XiBUSF 1 1 911 11 4::) 40 3E3C. o - E 3EX131.19E'l
For MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS, and CHILDREN is large, and prices low. The best lino of SHIRTS,
ranging in price from 35 cents up. A large assortment of HALF-HOSE-5 pair for 25 cents,
and up to 50 cents per pair. LINEN COLLARS, 2 for 25 cents.
Suspenders, Shoulder Braces, and ilaudkorchiefs. Also, Trunks alld Satchels,
All bought at BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH,
1) WILT., ItE SOLD CI3EAP VOlt
GENUINE P SHIRT.
A SPLENDID LINE OF SAMPLES FOR SUITINGS
To be made to order, Measures taken and good Fits guaranteed,
Don't Pail to Call and Examine my Goods and Prices before Purchasing,
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE :
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFICE.
T. W. MONTGOMERY.
April 11,1879.
BROWN'S
CARP STOR
525 PENN STREET,
JUST THE PLACE FOR HOUSEKEEPERS!
1879, FRESH STOCK! NEW STYLES ! ! 1879,
CA.MRI3E'mrr,
ALL GRADES AND AT PRICES THAT CAN NOT BE UNDERSOLD
FURNITUE, I-C,
Chairs, Beds, Tables, Chamber Suits, Lounges,
ROCKERS, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, &c., ever exhibited in Huntingdon county,
WALL PAPER ! WALL PAPER !
In this department I have made important changes ; procured the latest improved trimmer, and my
new styles and prices fur 1879, can not fail to suit purchasers. Call and see.
WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES
in great variety. Plain, satin and figured paper, plain or gilt band s4ading, spring and
common fixtures.
FLOOR OIL CLOTITS
From 15 inches to 2i yards wide. Halls covered with one solid piece without joints. [Bring diagram
and measurement.] Fur
PICTURE FRAMES AND LOOKING CLASSES,
This is headquarters. Mattresses, Window Cornice, and anything in the Cabinet or Upholstering line
made to order or repaired promptly.
UNDERTAKING
_____ Also added to the Furniture & Carpet Business,
Plain Coffins, Elegant Caskets and. Burial Cases,
WOOD OR LIGHT METALIC TO SUIT ALL. BURIAL ROBES IN VARIETY. .
FINE PLATE GLASS HEARSE
Ready to attend funerals in town or country. My new clerk and traveling agent, FERDINAND
KOCH, will call briefly in the principal towns, villages and valleys of this and adjoining counties,
with samples of Wall Paper, Carpets, Carpet Chain, and illustrations of Chairs and many kinds of
Furniture, to measure rooms, &0., and receive orders for any goods in my line. If he should not
reach you in time, do not wait, but come direct to the store.
JAMES
525 P E NN CST., HUNTINGDON, I'A.
March 21, 1879.
S. WOLF'S.
At Gwin's Old Stand,
505 PENN STREET.
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18 00 $274 36
36 00 bo ' 65
50 00 651 80
60 00 80 100
Not much on the blow, but always ready for work
The largest and finest line of
Clothing, Hats and Caps.
In town and at great sacrifice. Winter Goods
20 PER CENT. UNDER COST ,
Call and be convinc©d at S. WOLF'S, 505 Penn st,
RENT AND EXPENSES REDUCED,
At S. WOLF'S. I am better a‘,le to sell Clothing,
Hats and Caps, Gents.' Furnishing Goods, Trunks
and Valises, CHEAPER than any other store in
town. Call at Gwin's old stand. S. MARCH, Agt.
MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED
The Cheapest Place in Iruntingdon to buy Cloth
ing, Huts, CKls, and Gents.' Furnishing Goods is
at S. ‘t OLF'S, 505 Penn street, one door west
from Express Office. S. MARCH, Agent.
TO TILE PUBLIC.—I have removed my Cloth
ing and Gents.' Furnishing Goods store to D. P.
twin's old stand. 'l.:4l.Expenses reduced and
better bargains than ever can be got at
S. Wolf's 505 Penn Street.
March 28, 1879.
BEAUTIFY YOUR
II 0 AI P. S T.
The undersigned is prepared to do all kinds of
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING,
Calcimining, Glazing,
Paper Hanging,
and any and all work belonging to the business.
Having had several years' experience, he guaran
tees satisfaction to those who may employ him.
PRICES 31013EIZA_TE.
Orders may be left at the JOURNAL Book Store.
JOHN L. ROIILAND.
March 14th. 1579-tf.
&DON'S
The only place in town where you can get the
The Largest Stock and variety of
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Mischief Makers.
[The following is an old poem but it is
worth being repainted half a dozen times a
year in this community.]
0 ! could there in this world be found
Some little spot of happy ground
Where village pleasures might go round
Without the village tattling ?
flow doubly blest that place would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery
Of gossip's endless prattling ?
If such a spot were really known,
Dame Peace might claim it as her own,
And in it she might fix her throne
Forever and forever ;
There, like a queen might reign and live
Where everyone would soon forgive
The little slights they might receive,
And be offended never.
The mischief makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love.
And lead us all to disapprove
What gives another pleasure ;
They seem to take one's part, but when
They've heard our case, unkindly then
They soon retail them all again
Mixed with poisonous measure.
And then they have such a cunning way
Of telling tides. They say,
"Don't mention what f say, I pray,
. _
I would not tell another."
Straight to your neighbor's house they go,
Narrating every thing they know,
And break the peace of high and low—
Wife, husband, friend and brother.
01 that the mischief-making crew
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red or blue !
That every one might know them ;
Then would the village soon forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into an angry pet,
With things so much below them.
For it's a sad degrading part,
To make another's bosom smart,
And plant a dagger in the heart,
We ought to love and cherish ;
Then let us evermore be found
In quietness with all around,
While friendship, peace, and joy abound,
And angry feelings perish.
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ANSON GREY.
Anson Grey was a still, stern man of
thirty, shut up within himself and by him
self, in his high stone mansion on the hill,
and people knew no more about him than
they knew about the dead.
His early years had been spent abroad ;
where or how nobody knew, and most had
ceased to care, for that matter ; the last
two had been passed in Burlingame
A brilliant light at night shining from
the greatest windows, and occasional gal
lops, through the town, by day, were the
only tokens of his presence. However, a
change was coming and that without warn
ing. Anson Grey fell sick, suddenly and
dangerously so. The village doctor was
summoned, who in turn telegraphed for
another from the city in bot haste, and
together they said in whispers that their
patient would probably die. There was
no woman in the house to act as a nurse.
and the head servant, obeying, doubtless.
his master's orders, refused to allow one
there as yet.
how it came about was a mystery, but
one morning, when the master had lain a
week, half senseless, an unusual cloud of
dust was observed whirling up the hill,
and emerging
therefrom was a carriage,
splashed and weather-stained, headed by
two straining, panting horses which came
up the entrance as if' driven by the evil
one.
A lady, tall and fair as sunlight, pushed
open the carriage door impatiently and
sprang out. With a hasty glance around,
she hurried up the steps, entered the
drawing room, and stood before the two
astonished gentlemen who were seated
there.
"Is Anson Grey alive ?"
"Yes, but he grows worse "
Before they had divined her intention,
she bad passed them and was in the next
room, bending over the sick man.
"The devil will be to pay if she excites
him now," the elder one said. 'lf some
good nurse had come, it might have been
some use ; Lut this dainty thing—bah !"
She came out in a moment, her face
white but determined.
'.Will you have the goodness to send for
a minister, and remain until he comes ?"
she asked, as she began to remove her
things.
There was something in her manner
that forbade questioning, and they obeyed
her like so many dumb men, as they said
afterwards.
The minister did come. William Skin
ner, the head servant, was called, and af
ter the three held a private conference,
which seemed to be satisfactory, they came
out, and to the amazement of all the lady
stood beside Anson Grey, and the marriage
vows were taken.
The wise doctors were mistaken in their
estimate of the fair unknown. She was
something beside a fair young lady, as her
actions soon proved. A new order of
things was instituted in the sick room,
and his wife installed herself as nurse, a
change which told for the better. In a
month he was riding through the village
with his bride by his side, all eyes, of
course, agog, to catch a glimpse of her
handsome face.
All agreed that she was just an angel;
and when they came to church the nest
Sunday, and sat down in one of the pews,
like other people, they were more than
ever confirmed in their opin;on. What
they never knew was this :
Three years before, Anson Grey, haugh
ty and indolent, was killing time at one
of the fashionable watering places, where
Edith also lingered, th nigh sorely against
her will.
A sweet and wonderously fair face, ad
mired and sought after, Auson Grey had
half a mind to enter the list with the oil
ers, but something kept him back, and he
only exchanged a few words with her now
and then.
There happened to come a heavy two
days' rain, and the first night of it Edith
sent a servant asking Mr. Grey to come
to her private parlor fur a moment. He
obeyed the summons with alacrity, though
wondering much what could be coming
now.
Edith was awaiting him, elJaked and
hooded, evidently in haste to be off some
where.
"I hope you will pardon me," she said,
as he closed the door behind him, "but
really, I do not know how to ask, and
mamma will not allow me to go myself. A
poor woman down on the beach is sick, per
haps dying, and I must go to her. Her
little boy just came after me. I was there
yesterday, and they are in great distress.
Could I trouble you to go with me ?"
HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY MAY 30, 1879.
"I will attend to your errand. It is too
stormy for you to venture out."
"Oh, it is no errand, I am sorry to trou
ble anybody."
Mr. Grey saw what she wanted, and
saying he would be back directly, vanish
ed fin his rubber suit.
The rain drove into their faces, and the
wind howled through the black night like
a minister ofa thousand storms—not for a
poor fisherman, perhaps, but fir one as
good and fair as Edith Willoughby, he
should not have hesitated a moment.
When they came upon the beach, the
waves fairly leaped into their faces, and
Edith shivered and clung, half terrified,
to her companion, in spite of herself.
"I believe you had better return now
and leave it to me," Mr. Grey said.
"No, we are almost there. I should
never forgive myself," she answered,
catching her breath as she spoke "It is
only you I am worried about."
"I am glad to be able to help you," he
said. And I think be spoke the truth.
Inside the cottage, poor Grace Pooley
lay on her hard bed, trying to breathe on
a little longer, if so the good God might
bring some good friend belootshe died, to
care for her orphan boy.
When the door opened her eyes bright
ened, as she raised up a little.
"The Lord bhss ye for coming : I know
lie will she said as Edith threw oft - her
wet covering, and went towards her.
"This is only one of the boarders who
came with me," she said in reply to the
questioning look. "I should have come
to day had I known you were worse."
She sat down beside bar bed, and Anson
Grey watched her, as she spoke in a low,
tender voice to the grateful woman.
Among the words he could distinguish
was a promise to keep Jamie; and when
the woman who seemed to be the nurse
came up to administer something, and in
liana whisper asked Edith to pray with
them, be began to think lie was in another
world. And it was another world to him,
truly. Surely she would never do that !
But she did. Kneeling on the bare floor
and clasping her white hands, she sent up
such a prayer for help and strength as
Anson Grey had never dreamed of hear
ing before.
After that. night Anson Grey knew where
his heart was, but for his life he dared
not approach Edith. She seemed, immeas
ureably distant from such as he, but he
cherished the memory of her prayer as the
one glimpse of heaven for which he should
thank God all his life.
Edith's mother was a gay woman, and
she meant her daughter to be, though for
her life she could not keep her from fer
reting out and helping also an innumera•
ble number of forlorn, poverty stricken
people who had no earthly claim upon her,
as they went their fashionable rounds, It
was mortifying, even exasperating, but she
was powerless to prevent it. They were
to be off again soon, Anson Grey heard ;
but he would have missed seeing, had he
not accidently met her, as she was hurry
ing up the beach toward their boarding
house, on the very day they left. fie could
not let her go without telling her what
was in his heart
"May I speak to you a moment ?' he
said abruptly, stopping her
-Certainly."
As the words left her bps she saw what
his speaking was going to be
"Oh, not that, Mr Grey !"
Somehow he took courage from the sud
den paling of her lips.
"Yes. that I love you and want you fur
my wife."
"I am to be married Christmas."
He turned and was leaving her, when
something made her speak.
"Mr. Grey."
He faced her again, and she saw bow
white and stern he looked.
"Had I been free, you would not have
asked in vain."
For days and weeks afterwards Anson
Grey hugged the memory of her look, as
she said those blessed words, to his heart,
caring more for that than the love and
caresses of any other.
Christmas came, but death came with
it, and Edith's lover went his long jour
ney, leaving his affianced bride and ache
ming mamma to cmsole themselves as best
they might.
In a way mysterious to all save William
Skinner, Edith heard of Anson Grey's ill
ness, and as we have seen went to him
and had the courage to become his wife.
The people of Burlingame learned to
love the gentle mistress of the old stone
mansion on the hill, and never a suffering
one called for help in vain, as long as my
lady. as they called her, was mistress there.
elect isteliang,
Be Independent.
Don't hang round and wait for some
body to go ahead. Break your own path.
Do what you want done yourself. Don't
put off to day's work until to-morrow, in
the hope that it will be done for you. If
you want to succeed, take off your gloves
and callous your own hands on the plow.
handles. If you are a woman, and Bridget
goes off in a huff. be independent, and
wash your own dishes, and scrub your own
floors, and laugh in her face when she
comes back, expecting to be received with
open arms. There is nothing like show
ing fate, even if it be fate in the shape of
an ill tempered Bridget, that you are in
dependent of it, and can get along without
it. When people find you don't want any
of their help they are always eager to help
you. Things that you do not stand in
need of will be offered you freely. When
you see a duty before you, do it, and don't
stand shivering on the brink, fur fear
somebody will say something about it.
What matters it if Mrs. A. says you arc a
fool, and Mr. B. expresses the opinion
that there is something wrong in your up
per story ? What she says and what be
says does not alter it. Don't ask every•
body's advice about everything. [lave
pluck enough to decide for yourself. If
you want to buy a bushel of corn, don't
spend a day running about asking X., Y.
and Z. where you had better buy or it' you
had better buy or if you had better wait
until grain falls. Don't be a slave as to
what anybody else is going to say about
you. If you have enemies, and of course
you have, unless you are a born idiot, let
them fling out at you. Show the world
by your daily life that your enemies have
lied ; live lying slanders down. Lift up
your head and be independent of them.
Have no confidants and go be-twaens.
IF you would relish your food, labor for
it; if you would enjoy your clothes, pay
for them ; if you would sleep soundly, take
a clear conscience to bed with you
SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL.
The Arizona Caticombs.
The discovery was made about one mile
east of Mountain Springs Station, in South
eastern Arizona. The cave was found to
have an arched entrance about four feet
high. Two of the explorers took the lead
with candles placed in a small board and
this fastened to a long pole, which was
carried so that the light was cast far ahead
of them and danger from pits or other ob
stacles thus avoided. After proceeding
about 100 feet down an incline they came
to two main branches of the cave. Ta
king the one to the right and leaving can
dles at various points by which to find
their way back, there being innumerable
chambers branching off in all directions.
they continued their way through a cham
ber, the walls of which, though present
ing the appearance of stalactic formation,
were black and dingy, which was account
ed for by finding ashes and other indica
tions of fire, evidently very old. Here,
no doubt, was one of the haunts and rest
ing places of the Apaches. Bones of all
kinds lay scattered around, no less than
500 deer antlers being seen, and other
evidences of life destruction and feastinp..
Aaiimals may have done the work, but if
so, they must have had great strength to
carry their prey to such a distance. Into
this cavern they grooped their way, down,
down, right and left for a distance of 500
fbet, and yet they found no end. In some
places the cave was s) small they would
have to come down on "all fours" and
creep through and then suddenly find
themselves in a large room, full of gloomy
grandeur, still as death and as full of mys
tery. Their candles giving out at a point
about 500 feet from the entrance, they re.
turned to the light of day for refreshment
and more candles. Upon re entering they
explored the passage on the left. The en
trance to this branch is about three feet
high, but narrow and irregular for 300
feet, but passing through the small ap
perture, the party found themselves in a
large chamber with a beautifully draped
stalactite ceiling, fully seventy five feet
above the floor. Here was glittering
grandeur, with a thousand varied beauties
and fantastic figures. This point is about
150 feet lower than the entrance. From
this chamber the cave or caves bore up
ward. There were three distinct passages,
one above the other, and the explorers
taking the upper-one, went on and up for
a distance of about 5,000 feet, until, as
they believe, they were approaching a top
entrance, the purity of the air in this hall
leading them to the conclusion that there
wtis an exit above. Here again their can
dies gave out and they were compelled to
riturn, only to behold more and varied
wtjnders, caves leading in every direction.
Ifere and there was a small hole in the
wall, into which curiosity seekers would
thrust their torches only to behold tai
mense chambers and shafts without Int
tom. Every now and then the ring of the
passageway from their tread warned them
that the floor upon which they stood was
the roof or covering of another subterra.
tAan"cave or pitfall. For five hours they
penetrated into the dark recesses of these
wonderful passages, chambers and complex
catacombs, only to arrive at the conclusion
that to explore the great natural wonder
before them would take days and perhaps
months. They brought out with them many
beautiful specimens of stalactites, and some
fine deer antlers. The curiosity of the
party is just sufficiently excited to warrant
another expedition in a short time, and
we hope it may be soon, as there is no
doubt of the existence of many wonders
and beauties in these natural catacombs of
Arizona.
Care of the Teeth.
The mouth is the gateway of the stom
ach, and unless this gateway is well fash
ioned and well guarded the field beyond is
subject to continued invasion. We know
how little the masticating power of the
teeth is brought into use in preparing the
food for the stomach, as it is now served
to us. Both jaws and teeth need hard,
firm pressure, to force the blood to the re
spective parts, and thereby produce nutri
tive pabulum ; and in this it seems is the
explanation, in part at least, of the fact
that it is impossible for dentists to make
bricks without clay. In other words to
make good teeth of those that were poor
from the beginning—poor for lack of
proper nutritive material. The primary
cause of dyspepsia is not so much what we
eat as the manner in which we eat. If
the people would eat with less haste, and
discard the use of liquids while eating, we
should have much less of dyspepsia. Chew
ing vigorously stimulates the salivary
glands to action, and furnishes to the
stomach one of the best possible aids to di
gestion. Chewing a piece of pine stick is
an excellent thing for giving exercise to
the jaws, as well as cleaning the teeth ;
but if a pine stick is objectionable let the
patient chew gum, taking care, however,
to swallow the saliva. It is rather an un
fortunate thing to be obliged to advise the
children of good society to chew gum, but
if the parents will persist in feeding them
on such food as they do, something must
be done to enable them to both clean
their teeth and at the same time to assist
digestion. It is a very difficult matter to
cleanse the teeth by brushing alone.—
Brushing is good, and should be scrupu
lously attended to at least three times a
day. The majority of dentrifices found in
the drug stores had' better remain there.
Warm water and soap are the best articles
for cleansing the teeth. A piece of fine,
white Castile soap, and a moderately stiff
brush, are indispensable. Wood and quill
toothpicks are excellent, but metallic pins
should never be used. The best thing for
the removal of particles of food from be
tween the teeth is untwisted or floss silk;
it will go where a pick cannot reach, and
no teeth are so closely joined but what it
can be readily made to pass between them
The chemical theory of decay is that acid
secretions are found in the saliva. If the
decayed portions of one's teeth present a
dense, black appearance, it is very likely
due to sulphuric acid secretions; if it be
a dark brown, and soft in structure, it is
probably due to a muriatic acid secretion;
and if it appears yellow or white, the test
will most likely reveal nitric acid or lactic.
Decay aimost invariably begins at the point
of contact, that is, where the teeth touch
each other, and in the fissures or depres
sions of the bicuspids and molar. This
shows that the saliva and debris of the
mouth, being held in position at these
points are largely, if not wholly, responsi
ble for the mischief.
A NEAT, clean, fresh aired, sweet, cheer
ful, well arranged house exerts a moral
influence over its inmates, and makes the
members of a family peaceable and con
siderate of each other's feelings.
Between two evils choose neither,
Literary Notes.
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"A Remarkable Journey," with its two fine
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Louisa M. Alcott tells two stories In one
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Books."
"Chub and Hoppergrass" is a funny terrier
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known ; a story of the war appropriate to
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cusses the various points at some length.—
George M. Towle has "Republic and Church
in France ;" there are suggestions as to how
the Old Catholic movement should be judged
by Rev. Dr. Wm. Chauncey Langdon, and
"Four Elements of a Great Art," the art of
imparting ideas as to religion, by Rev. (ho.
T. Ladd.
The usual departments conclude the number,
the Editor's Table containing : Murder as a
Means of Grace ; Materialism in Reform ; 13
Faith Blind ? and American Art.
ocal Bistorß.
THE
OLD FOOT-PRINTS OF THE RECEDING RED I%N,
AND THE
EMILY LAND-MARKS THE COMING WHITE lAN
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
The Juniata Region.
BY PROF. A. L. GUSS, OF HUNTINGDON, PA
'Tie good to muse on Nation* paseed away
Forever front the land we call our own.
ARTICLE VIII.
OPINIONS OF FRENCH WRITERS
La Hontan further says:
"There has been an alliance of long
standing between these nations and the
English, and by trading in furs to New
York, they are supplied by the English
with arms, ammunition and all other neces
saries, at a cheaper rate than the French
can afford them at. They look upon them
selves as sovereigns, accountable to none
but God alone, whom they call the Great
Spirit." La Hontan's map, in 1703, drew
a line from Lake Champlin across the
region where the Iroquois were locate.],
south of the lakes, across Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, to the Mississippi river, at
the mouth of the Wisconsin, with this in
scription : "This faint line represents ye
way that ye Illiniss march thro a vast
track of ground to make war against ye
Iroquese—the same being ye passage of ye
Iroquese in their inclusions upon the sav
ages as far as the river Mississippi."
IROQUOIS LAND ON THE MAPS,
A political division soon appears on the
maps, called Iroquois or Irocoisia, which
seems to be recognized as a geographical
district, like a colony or territory. It em
braced, in 1722, all western New York,
half of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Lower
Canada. In 1755, a map gives them all
the great west to the Mississippi. Lewis
Evans' map enumerates them : 1, Canon
agues; 2, Onoyuts ; 3, Onondagas; 4, Cay
ugas; 5, Chenandoares; 6, Tuscaroras;
7, Sississogies. "The country of the con
federate Indians" comprehends Aquanish
noniy.yon, the place of their residence in
New York; Tunasonruntic, their deer hunt
ing countries in Ohio ; and Skaniadarada,
their beaver hunting grounds in Canada.
Other maps were still more extensive in
marking out their territories. Hutchins'
map of 1768 gives them all beyond the
Alleghenies, and as far south as the gulf,
and says, it was sold to the King of Great
Britain, Nov. 5, 1768, at St Stanwix, for
.C 10.460 7s 3d. On John Mitchell's map
of 1755, there is a line along the Illinois
river from the Mississippi to the lake with
this inscription : "The western bounds of
the Six Nations sold, and surrendered to
Great Britain." At Quadoghe (Chicago)
there is a town located with these words
"So called by ye Six Nations as ye extent
of their territories, and bounds of their
deed of sale to ye crown of Britain, 1701,
renewed in 1726 and 1744."
OUR CLAIM TO THE WEST,
The English based their claims to the
west, not on first discovery or occupation,
as the French did, but on purchase from
the Iroquois Hence, all their maps mag
nified these boundaries. On the other
band the French maps allowed them only
a small spot in New York, already under
their jurisdiction.
While the Iroquois were waging the
wars, thus briefly hinted at, with the
various tribes named, they had many con
flicts with others, among whom we may
name the Shawanese in Tennessee, the
Cherokees, and Catawbas of the south, be
sides many intermediate tribes, some of
whose names have perished with them.
We must now hasten on, assuring the
reader that we shall have frequent occa
sion to refer to the Iroquois, as a complete
history of that most remarkable peopig is
equivalent almost to telling the whole story
of our Colonial period.
HE THIRSTS roa THE SCALP OF PILATE.
I will close this sketch of the Iroquois
by relatitrg a story given in Gov. Cadwal
ader Colden's History of the Five Nations,
published in 1727. In order to win the
good will of the Iroquois and impress them
with the greatness and military power of
France, several of their chiefs were forcibly
taken to France and after being shown the
sights were kindly returned to their native
country. One of' these men named Theouet
became a noted chief, and afterwards ai•
ways favored the French. Great efforts
were made all this time to convert him to
the Catholic faith, but without success
He, however, remained most of his time
among the French, and at length the old
man died in Montreal, and was accorded
Christian burial. The priest attending him
declared he died a true Christian ; for, said
the priest, while explaining to him the
sufferings of the Savior, whom the Jaws
crucified, he cried out: "Oh, that I bad
been there, I would have revenged his
death, and brought away their scalps."
THE DELAWARE INDIANS.
We come now to notice the Delawares.
Their names, location and sub-divisions
have already been noticed. Besides the
main body of their sub-tribes, many subor
dinate tribes had proceeded from them and
became more or less detached. Some of
these got names from the places of their
residence, others from some accidental cir
cumstances, remarkable at the time, but
now forgotten. Such were the Nanticokes,
Neshamines and various tribes in New
Jersey and about New York. O the dis
integration of these small off-shoots, in
after years, the remnants were again often
assimilated into the larger body.
THEY ARE SUBJECTS OF THE IROQUOIS,
History seems to open upon these people
as subjects of the Iroquois. Whether they
had been women front unknown genera
tions, or were subjugated after the advent
of white settlers, is not easily decided. In
fact, if we could believe what they made
Hackewelder believe, it is questionable
whether they were subdued at all or not.
Hackewelder was a good old man, who
labored many years among the Delawares,
as a Moravian missionary. He got to love
the Delawares, and to sympathize deeply
in their story of their wrongs. He was
blind to their inferior condition, and im
bibed their antipathy to their enemies
Consequently his history makes them out
the noblest of the red race, and the Iro
quois a set of desperate villians. His
opinions on these points can not be received
by any discerning critic; and yet it is as
tonishing to see how many writers blindly
follow his opinions, when a little reflection
and examination will show that his state
ments of matters between the Delawares
and Iroquois need to be carefully sifted.
CONQUERED OR DUPED.
Flackewelder's long story is briefly boiled
down to this : That there was a great war
in which the Iroquois were in danger of
extermination ; that it was the office of the
wometi among all Indian nations to inter
vene in favor of negotiations for peace ;
that the Iroquois got the Delawares to do
this work as a matter of humanity; and
that having thus assumed the role of
women, and become mediators, they were
henceforth held in subjection and treated
as an inferior an conquered people. It
has been well said ; that if Backewelder
had succeeded in making the world believe
his story, which of course he got from
some of the Delawares, that he would have
earned for his pet nation the honor of
being the most egregious dupes recorded
in history. The fact is the Delawares
were not an energetic or leading Indian
race. After they came into the possession
of fire arms, and were hampered by aggres
sions, they waked up, and claimed to be
the "Original People," and hated to hear
that they were in subjection ; and like the
Jews, were even ready to deny the fact of
their subjugation. Hence their desire to
explain it away in a manner that did not
imply they had been conquered. But
when Hackewelder undertook to dress up
their &tory for history, he forgot that it is
more honorable to be subjugated than it is
to be consumate fools.
YAMOYDEN
ANOTIIER VERSION OF BEING DUPED.
At Ft. Allen, November 20, 1756, Jo
seph Tittamy, a noted Delaware chief, told
Conrad Weiser another story. He said :
"The Mingo Indians have from the be
ginning cheated our nation, and got our
forefathers to call them Uncles by deceit
and art, and at last said they conquered
our forefathers. The Mingoes stood in
need of our forefathers' assistance, and got
some of their cunning men to come down
to our forefathers, with the news that a
certain nation from the west was preparing
to come and cut off our fbrefathers ; and
some others of the same sort came ss
deputies with howling and lamentation
songs over our death, as we were to be
killed ; and so our forefathers entered into
a league with them ; but we rather fought
their battles, than the Mohawks mars."
HOW THE IROQUOIS XXPLAIN IT.
This explanation is as little compli
mentary to the Delawares as that of Hack
ewelder. The one says they were fooled
into the petticoats—the other says they
were scared into them. The Iroquois,
however, aver that the female garb was
put upon them by force of arms. They
say, and justly so, too, that although they
cannot give the date and manner of the
conquest, yet it is more reasonable to sup
pose that they conquered them, than that
a brave, numerous and warlike people
could be enslaved by so shallow an artifice,
or that they submitted to its consequences
after discovering the fraud.
THEY MAKE WOMEN OF THEM.
There can be no reasonable doubt, there
fore, that at some date, the Delawares
were defeated by the Iroquois, and being
hard pressed, on every side, sued for peace ;
and that this peace was granted them on
condition that they put themselves under
the protection of the Iroquois, acknowledge
them as their superiors, pay tribute, con
fine themselves to raising corn and hunt
ing and fishing for a subsistence of their
families on such territory as should be al
lotted to them, and no longer have the
power to make war. This is what the
Indians call making women of them, or as
they sometimes expressed it, putting petti
coats upon them. This ceremoay took
place at Albany, according to Hacke
welder's version, in 1617 amid great re
joicings, in the presence of the Dutch who
conspired with the Iroquois to hold the
Delawares in subjection.
THE EXACT DATE UNCERTAIN.
Another account given is that the Iro•
quoin having exterminated the Adirondacks
they made peace with the French, and
having received arms from the Dutch,
they now turned their attention to the
Lenni Lenape tribes, which after long and
desperate conflicts, were subdued. If this
was the case it must have been later than
1640, and the records of the Dutch and
Swedes and even the English ought to
contain some references to such a war.
Hackewelder argues that there being no
account of the time, nor particulars, it
could not have.occurred; and it dces seem
a little queer that no one has discovered
more definite accounts of this matter.
THE TERRITORY OF THE DELAWARES.
All the first settlers on the Delaware ;
such as the Swedes (1638 to 1655), the
Dutch (1651 to 1664), the English prior
to Penn (1664 to 1682), and other com
panies and private persons, who settled, or
tried to settle, on the Delaware river, all
purchased lands from Leoni Lenape tribes.
This practice did not commence with Wil
liam Penn, nor was it peculiar to him, as
many people seem to suppose. These sales
were ail of small tracts along the river.
The claim!of the Iroquois to their subju•
gation was not an idle one. In later days,
at least, it involved the absolute right to
the soil, and disposition of the people.
But if there is any evidence that the Iro
quois objected to these sales of the lands
by the Delawares prior to 1736, or claimed
the lands east of the waters running into
the Susquehanna river, we have failed to
find it. That they did at that date and
afterwards is well known, and so are the
consequences.
TOO PEACEABLE TO ENGAGE IN WAR.
The condition of the Delawares before
and after the arrival of Penn is well set
forth in the following : In July, 1694,
Hithquoquean, Tamanee, Menanzee, Oriteo
and several other Delaware chiefs called to
see the Governor. "Ilithquoquean, in the
name of the rest of the Delaware Indians,
laid down a belt of Wampum, which he
said was sent to them by the Onondages
and Senekaes, who say, 'You Delaware In
di:ins doe n)thing but stay att home and
boill your potts, and are like women, white
we goe abroad and fight against the ene
mie ' The Senekaes would have us Del►
ware Indians to be partners with them, to
fight against the French ; but we have al
ways been a peaceable people, and resol
ving to . live so, and being but week and
verie few in number, cannot assist them."
This matter had been promulgated among
those in New Jersy, also, for "tho' we live
on the other side of the river we regard
ourselves all one, because we drink one
water. We have a continued friendship
with all the Christians and old inhabitants
of this river, since I was a young man,
and are desirous to continue the same as
long as we live." So spake Mobocksey.
Then came Tamanee, (the immortal Tam
eny, the patron Saint of America) with
these words : We and the Christians of
this river have always had a free roadway
to one another, and though sometimes a
tree has fallen across the road, yet we
have still removed it again, and kept the
path clean, and we design to continue the
old friendship that has been between us
and you." So they went not to war even
against the French.
NO. 22.
(To Le Continued.)