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THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT. CONSISTS i'lN TIIE ART OF. BEING HONEST. JEFFER'SON.'
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AT THE OFFICE OF THE "
.Teffersoiiian EiepjiS5i u;t .
Souls, IV o I Stations.
Who shall judge a man From manner !
Who shall know him by his dress ?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirts and dirty jacket. .
May beclothe the golden ore
Of the deepest thoughts and feelings
Satin vests could do no more.
There are springs of cr'slal nectar
Ever welling out of stone:
There are purple buds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and overgrown.
God, who counts by souls not drosses,
Loves and prospers you and .me.
While he values thrones, the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man upraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then ;
Masters rulers lords rcmem'lvSr '
That your meanest hinds are men'?
Mgh by labor, men by feeling,
Men by thought and men by fhne,
Claiming-equal rights to sunshine
Tn a man's ennobled name.
T-herc are foam-embroidered ocennr,
There are little weed-clad rills,-
Thereare feeble, inch high'saplm
There are cedars cn the hills :
But God, who counts by eouk, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me,
For to him all vain distinctions
Arc as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation' wealth" and fitmc;
Tilled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same.
But the sweat of othcrs foreheads;
-Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifteth up its voice. - '
But truth und justice arc eternal,
Born with loveliness and light,
And sunset's wrong shall never prosper,
While there is a sunuy right ;
And God,Whose world-heard voice is sinking:
Boundlesss lo-e to you and me,
Will bink oppression with its-titles,
As the pebbles in the sea.
E'jutiKg Sccitc bclwuou two Ir
ish mot:.
Irishmen, generally speaking, are not
noted for any great forethought concer-
ninig their temporal -welfare, but 3113--
thing relating to the spiritual, they ek-
l -l.fi 1 1 1 -1
Mainn. lP.t-ftn Jmmv WCm n,H Pnf. i
Jenini'
McGlarJcin.
Pat hcing
called to visit his dvinir
neighbor, Jemmy M'Gree, and. hearing
Ins last -words of farev.'ell," before "shuf-
iling off his mortal coil'' he doned his :
best suit of clothes, and smoothing his tin
usually cheering phiz into unusual gray
ity, made his appearance at the bedside
of life old friend. Upon meeting Jemmy,
Pafcxclaimed:
"JVell, Jemmy, I understand ihe doc
tors ?have given you up."
"Yis. Pat. it's most over wid me.''
"Well, Jemrar,J' said Pat alter a pause,
ye hiven't been a great sinner: 3re'll go to
the good place."
"Och, yis, Pat to be shure T stole a
bit of-the government . timbjer.
"Well, farewell to'yesa'idpat, taking
Jemmy's hand, assuming a diplomatic
air,, "when ye raich the good place, tell
them your'j well acquaiutecP wid Pat
Mcfilarkin."
Here Pafe taxted for the door,-but, as
if suddenly thinking of Jemmy's dishones
ty in stealing the government tiinber, he
wheeled around to his friend, and serious
ly, and, earnestly exclaimed:
t. xut.emmy, if anything happens ito
ye that ye shotildu't go to the other-place,
just tell them ye don't know a divil .'L'vrord
about
me.
Can't ha ESoiu. . . . ..
In Schuylkill county residos' Mrs.jKate
D?j;5ged 39 years, who, ;in theursc
of 21 years ending in FebruaryT$r50,
gave.,birj,h ,to ,20 children, of-Jibm G
w,OTeborn iu ithespaceW! months: - 't
il an unusuai snaie 01 snrewaness, as uum s!lould 6iffnify a wish to -ve hJm a reg
illustrated, in the following case, which L..,ita : 4i. 1
, ,, f ,. ? A, , pectabte place in the menagerie he is collec
occured on the frontier of thc State of 1 .. , e , . t . . ,
III mum. ,n,i. m .,-,,. , ,., i
, juim.j m.. ,,mmm-jrr,,lt , , M , . ,,. , Ml.i. 1 II i. im.qiu
AH x;i All a 01 uic nuiltii WEST.
Ihc U. a. irmly Expedition Statistics of
tv uuca, uivir customs ana re-
culiarities The Character of the Country
r p.-
The Editor of the St. Paul (Min.) Pio-
necr, who went to Traverse ties Sioux with
the U. S. Commissioners, sent to form a trea-
ty with the Indians of the North West, has
written for that journal several very interest -
ing letters, from which we make copious ex-
tracts : .
Traverse dks Sioux, Monday, July 14, 1851.
It is now fourteen days since we landed
here :
and all the time since, we have been
a waiting the arrival of the Red Republicans
to treat :
although, in truth, we have been
treating ever since we came, the Sioux bands
that are here, like the bar-room toners, have
never talked treat to us once. They are v-
rv docile under the new disnensation the
reign of Beef. They seem to say 'it is meat
for them to bo hero." But for us to rnmnin
liere anotlier wepk wnitino- for thnsr. rlitont
bands, would be, as old John, our French
cogk, would say, "meat not much and no bon;"
hut liko n Kiiro-nnn who lma mnflo nn Ms min.l
o r w
on amputation, our Commission sits patiently
down tourniquet knife and w in hand pre-
paring, when the patient comes, to do the
deed, if it were done, quicklv." We have
read of the Devil's bobbing for a miser's soul,
with a shillin" on his hook for bait so Un-
r
cle Sam bails for Sioux with bullocks ; and
the way they Like the bait off is amazing.
Our Commissary ahd ordinary, is the 0ld
o"
i. .,r,;.i k ta... 4 ...
i . , . .
narv enou?n n, is, uou Knows, (ir nc ever
vounn-
)oung
rning,
took any inventory of it) Several yi
men of our camn sLirf nri ofl' in tlif mnmi
r 0,
acfoss the river, to see Cedar Lake, a hand-
somesheet, in the midstof a dark forest, distant,
it is said, about five or six or seven, or it mav
be eight miles, or perhaps leagues, from the ! " " a WIU "u Ui "
Traverse. They returned without secinga"spcak the same language. Their habits,
Cedar Lake, not knowing whereto look for
it. thinkinrr. nevertheless, that thev could
nnmo Co n t fi,t ti, B;f ;
who draws evervthino- from the cork
wui v wiuk tuo .fci.ciiSb il LI1UX1 UVlii
pany
rations, wet or dry. our oainter is "that .'"
Toward evening the Indians from the plains.
1
who are encamped back ot the Traverse, fit-1
ted themselvesup in their cavalry suits, and
t,' .... .i
with limhs nf hnchpis pnvomil with mcflm!
leaves, mounted their horses, and came riding!
down among the lodges of the other bands,
sweeping along like a whirlwind, to repre
sent a foray of Camanche Indians. They
f were received at each encampment with a
voll?v of I.lnnk f.nrtrwlrroc ii-l.oolino- ,-;rtt,.
r T u !!., ,, .
tinaiiiun;ui iu U11ULWL.-I , U11U llliailV '
disnuisition onscalns
j of a porter bottle to a queer conclusion, would Uon 01 inc weslern 0ands' 15 cnParetiveiy extending far north in British America. . , jessed and mounted on a good horse, and j It is needIcss to say that we were truly
1 . . . - ... . . . ' littlo nnnn rf f ia lnnrlj )nvn,l tm AT-cmi; ' . . , ... , . . , ' triGH .HlOtlinr ! tlint. til". U'Olnnn Worn nlwni'Q .
i be able to draw it: but he did not. The fact r ' uu"ua ""u,1 : A radical error in me political and social . A , : " ' v - y" joiccu to see mm to meet one we had
!,-o i;i., Rrni.;n... i. .1 -I...- .. river, being represented in this treaty. For condition of these people, in my opinion, is '".'o '"1,'.'l"u yLrb.iwd ffiri , expected to encounter again m such
, t . i convenience. I will commence with a notice their communism, .or want of protection m "'r " i ""I TV : ' 'a '!P?ht- Any one who could have seen
i iiiuc aiui, uul wnuu il Junius iu urawiii"; i ' !,
Kwnoninn- itown in- im Trnf n : , or villages, which contain an aggregate ot . in"1 u,ai u,,u "ai luu h11" U1 a wmmgu, ui mu iiuiijuou ui . ----- . .-- . . ,
s eepmg dou n uy the front ot the Com mis- . fa ' , mt . , . npprl hk Imrqp mil mmmnnrpd Imilinrr nn i i i u u ii i i war; bat an incident perhaps more remarka-
sJoners1 marouee in.rinfr n wibl w,r mnff : about 2.200 souls- These are the only Sioux "Psscd 1 ,s a"U comm?nced Hauling up ioaaing HS gmh was struck by a ball, which b, f , coo,necs 0f the individual on tho
&.onert marquee, singing a wild war. song, i , . .. " . . , his wood. Not only was his wood taken a- , i ,i i v -j r i r i i i . cooiness oi uic inuniuuai on inc
that hath in it," as Hennepin said of the I who now receive auities- They sold tllGir way as fast as he hauled it, but his neighbors cPtfcrod thc lcft Slde f lnS fiice' kn0cIi,;d Ut occasion, occurred in the battle of Fort Drane.
falls of St -nthonv "omethino- torrihlo" ! land east of the MississiPP'. " 1337, by trea- were so incensed that he should presume to eg! of his teeth, cut off thc end of his tongue, fought in August, 1837, under the command
H-IUII10 ll-rriUll. w . rni : .-.Id nun : ,n,n llm lmnnKt fl,;n l...f .1 nn,l nnccrl intn I,ic llirml T To n Iol it irnnt of the late Col. I). K. PeirCC This W3S One
" i I
O ' J v vj UIUI
will hereafter be much wanted for manufac
turing nurnoses at St. Paul.
The Lac-qui-Parle Indians have brought
down with them a vonnrr Wnlf nf f J,.t '
t.:j i .i ... '
j -- uiuv JiAiiiV
- ' tt
jiinu Known as tne white Avolt, when full!
.... I
jrrown, wmcii oiien attacK and kill colts he-
b ' u "-ui ot-
longing to the Indians. He is a savage
Kfe fellow, although younr ; and if Mr.
lit-
CrfO
u" 10 n oy express
j If caged, he will do nothing to Corrupt "the 1
I i
morals of the menagerie." i
I hope the people down the river will en-:
tertain Urn opinion that we are enjoying a !
life of extreme luxury ; for it would be truly
annoying to combat buffalo-gnats and mosqui
toes here amongst the savages, for a month,
sleeping out of doors and feeding upon tough
beef and pilot bread, without even-the poor
satisfaction of being envied.
Judge Lockwood, of Prairie du Chien, is
'with us ; who says "he is the first American
who ever came up the river. He was here
in 1S4G. I will here give a list, as nearly
as I can, of those who compose our camp-:
Commissioners Lea and Ramsey, Secretary
Foster, Hugh Tyler, Col. Henderson, A. S.
H. White, Wallace Ii. White, Alexis B. Bai-
jy, . JJrown, K. Uhute and lady, Messrs.
Lord, Boury, Mayer, M. McLeod Rw !
' 1JCijC0(1 ggs,
Williamson, H.Jackson, Hartshorn, J. R. '
Brown, H. L. Dousman, K. McKenzie, H. H.
oioiejr, j. xairamooise, vv, . Forbes, A.I
I'amoauit, mvseir, and proDaoiy several oth-
ers, whose .names do not alt this moment oc-
cur.tome. There probably. never before was ;
dinr two of his own children, were attacked !
n An.. , 1 ... , . ..... .
.who killed and scaloGd all' but one oAheirl
number, -a!boy- who escaped by funnirigl
. . , . . . .
1 he boy ran 30 miles without- stopping.
The young men who went in search of; any, ana ,uuu more 10 oepaut according
Cedar Lake, report that they found bodies ofj 10 the direction of t,,e President of thc Uni
lame. thrift black- u-nlnnt-an rt;ni f n.f ted States who has ncver yet directed. Al-
an Indian treaty attended oy so iew pprsons UC1 uul iV,t u" "'uuou'u:; raise one oi mcse oisciut wnum w , sufieruur Bv his side lav
and with so small expense 1 man, i who is every day at work in his corn.) We shall take one of f hem down with us and, t - .
and with so small expend , J Js : l.havc its specific gravity compared with that Thomas of Maryland, a member of thc
A oisseton nas arrived, wno says mat nve -. .b . . , .j . - comnanv. who was mortdllv wounde
J..,,. nnn nrlirnfuiv ?!ccnMn Sinnv inolll. VIliet, bleCHV hVCS. i! -v'i 1 .. T fl. TIn-T nlrrji Timl . ... ,
uayo ci;u. u raiiiwiia uiwu .viui.., ...v.- , . . . rsmru v. uiiu ui uiu j. ,h.-jjvm """"i mnrninrr nt or nni ut in ivns nnw I Vinrr.
STROTJDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, AUGUST
J Two other Sioux .returned to. the place of
, slaughter, where they found the five mangled
. nnri i,linJ Ti,,, i;,i :
I uvui,uui,u. j-lllij 1UIU IUC11 lUUJUIUS 111 u.
pile and covered them with a blanket, where
remai"ea uni me rest ot tiie bisseton
baml came dow,l on their wa' to the lreaty'
j u uo ,ounu anQ Dl,nea uie ueaU'
j . YV aouj.-as wen xor me
: formation of most readers of the Pioneer
' !" iU,nuesoca a yur readers abroad, i win,
j 1,1 inis ieuer Klve sonie Pa"icuiars concern-
', in" t,,ese ide-extended people, witlt whom
' u iredy ,b aoout negouateu nere, wmcn
1 110PC wm Prove interesting, it not as com-
i 1 s ut-a'reu' 1,10 OI0UX "u"-
I ucr "Iolu uian 'uuu S0U1S' anu ineir ierru-
I. .1 oer rrf i i .i . .
r extends from tI,c ccded lands m Iowa and
M,ssou". to the territory belonging to the
ixiues, wnicn aiviues
A :.:i...r i i m ...i , u. !!
: luuu "uru,eru oounuary rrom Jiriusn Ainen-
ca. Their limits extend south-westward from
........ , ,r.
UIU "PP't acss me Missouri, as near
to t,ie Rocky Mountains as their roving bands,
j known as the Tctons' can'follow their bulla
k ransres,
The Sioux of the plains, by far
,uuie PPuluui uauul ,a" luoi5U wuo llvo
I i i .1 .i ...i. j:
. if:. i i
UU1B1 imjimiip-, are roving uanus, aim j
Subsist by huntinff the bMffalo. As many as '
, 900 lodes of them were encaniPed j
! on the plains last Summer. These bands, al-,
, thou"h they are for the mod Part cIassed in '
' several divisions, are realy independent of.
eacn omer. anere is reano no government,
no delegated power or constitutional trust a -
.1 if .t i
' " s " u tnuy nave any govcrnmeni,
. "uioyuu aucu uuuiuuiauu. cniei, ex-
ceDt so far as he secures influence iii his trihn.
'
by Personal qualities, independent of his office,
.
' can do mlnnS' As altev of form rather
inan oi iacr, me oanos constuuting each di-
vision recognize the chief of some one of the
bands as their head chief in council.
nrr.t. r i... c;
""v -
same' feoine dKerence m the fashion of,
! combing the hair and the style of dress, is
hservable in different bands. Our in forma-
' L-ururaiti 01 ulcir rniory, anu ioiiow wnn
' ... :. c .1. . -i r- ii
' t M 1 .lt I
r '
j m 0Ur ProSreS UP tlie west Dan- ot mc ns'
sissippi, the valley of the Minnesota and
alM'Fl"i
valley of the Minnesota and
7 J
w n. k7 .u :u..i.:i. i. t i"
Kit. t... flWU.V MIT liUIUUlb bil SUUUl-UilOlUlU -
.1 , . WlllUll V.UUIU bUUll UUVilllUU LI1UIU UUVUUU tlie rr-l....-ll- K - - . . tr. ...
thence westward, until wc reach the wild 6avage condition of Hottentots. In their pre- TIIUk cidcnl of Baltic.
Tetons, who occupy the western annexation sent condition, the Indian who raises a bush- catching hullkts is the mouth.
end, extending indefinitely toward the Pacif- el of corn must divide it with the whole band. There is a man now living in East Dix
ie Ocean. 1 know an instance of a Sioux, who deter- field, Oxford county, Maine, who actually
The first division, is 'that of the Metawa- Tf1 t0 Pvdo 1,""f!,f h fne, , !ike.,a caught in his mouth a ball discharged from a
Kantawn, or spirit i,ake &ioux, in the south-
east This division, comprises seven bands
TT , a T. , t. . i ,
i IV ill. V 11011111" tUII. JL IIUV 1 UUUIVU VlU.UUU illl- 1 u P Ml. UEllbllt ll IliaUIVll lllUUSll J , UllU lllCV J'1"--- ""V JH.J .i.uu.i. .v. .uivu , uit
n 1 nrn . 1 -i i-
so, for a period of twenty years after the date
of the treaty, they receive $20,000 annual-
ly in Sds' and"'S5'000 more in provisione.
The bands constituting this division are.
i ITT" I T , 1 , I TIT ,1
1SL. Wauasiiaw nnntl. cniGI. wnnasimwr
who is also nominallv bond nhiof of tlio rllvlc.
J
. i nnn
JOn population OUD
2d. Red Wing band, chief Woukoota -
population 300.
3d. Kaposia, just below St. Paul, chief
...... ...
1mCK UOff CUIe,, -y tro-pop"a-
: orto n.. :i hi: i
Aii. ti t. t i.:r r t i
uuu ilvu umv UV "Ie " ver.
5th' f0 CalhUn band' chicf' C,oud-Mao
IT5 , ,
ulu. uuuu ivuuu t uanu, cniei, uuou ivoaa
nonulation 300
population ouu.
7th. Six's band, chief, Shawkopee popula-
tion 450.
tion 40U. j
The nextdivisiori is that of the Wahkpay-
.... , .... ; I
tawns, composed of three bands living on the
waters of the Minnesota River to wit :
1st. The Wahkpay tawn band numbering !
In nf rittln Tfnmn'o. Mi'nf Pinmctnnn M-i.n
. , , , . . - ,
is nnminn 1 1 ir honii fMiinr n kn nr hio litrtcirtn i
J
xu. x ue JL,ac-qui-i'ene Dane, xzo miles a-,
hove Traverse des Sionx, on the Minnesota
River, numbering 400-
-chief Big Gun.
3d. Big-Stone-Lake band, 50 miles north-;
. - T n , u . ,tn i
west oi ijdu-qui-jL'arie, iiumoeniiif iuu. 1
These have no chicf, being a brand of .the
v.
'
ar'e ilieir 'nan is ;
called The End Ihey are very shiftless, j
. mv,.
turn wsu w uuuu unus. iu umui ia hu-
compospd of three bands. No chief is
knowledged by this division.
1st. The Traverse des Sioux baiid, 'nUm
i -v t r t ' i
3d- c Traverse band, numbering 35Q..
(This lake is the source of the North.) i. Chief,
The Ornhan . t)i". ! '
There'aretdUiepfeictiphal'knds'ofUio'Sis-
setons, aiso; among w men
. . ... ...... , ,
pumuenng acoutouu.5 They
aretheyryeLollges,
rCabout'dOlniles
west of Lac-qui-Parle; chief, Red .Thunder,
The j
' the S
ot Oam and constituted a little Nauvoo of
, their own whore the rogues from other bands
! IounU reh,e- 1 hW ""'"ber one bun
urcd lodges, and have more vigor and more
. energy, if less docility and morality, than
most otlier bands.
The next division is that of the Wahkpay-
kootays, numbering about 300 ; Chief, Red
: i.egs. Ihese people inhabit the one region
between the head waters of the Blue Earth
anuues iUomes ltivcrs. J'liey contribute but
one band.
mi . i- .i ,
The next division is that of the lanketons
of the St. Peter Valley; head Chief, Waun
antaw.
. .
1st. The Uut Kead band numbering 250
1 Chief. Waunahtaw. ( who is also head chief
. ' x
this division.)
2d. PeopIe-of-the-Poles band, CChief un
- . certain,) number 450.
3d. The Band-wh6-do-not-eat-bufralo-cows:
I .
t number IUU.
.... . .
Tlie next division is the Tetons ; Chiefs
and population unknown. The bands are :
laL Ogolawla.
2d. TheSioune; and probably and some
othcrs-
The next division is that of the Yanketons
0f the Missouri, of whose Chiefs and numbers
' I have no reliable information. These are
. .. . ...... .
the Sioux, who are called by Lewis and Clark,
" m !(r novi s." .
.' wn sr;n,.; d;,.o tu
,n-"u" uwj ;
1 indefinite boundaries the wild Teton bands,
i '
; of whom little is known; whose buffalo ranges
extend south-westerly to tiie head waters
0f the Arkansas; where the Tetons dispute
j possession with the fierce Camanches of the
, . .. . . . ...
, southwest. Along the northern boundary of this
far-extending region.the Assiniboins.who were
onginaiiy csioux, out are not laKota oioux,
the Mandons, Creeks, Krces, Blackfoot, and
oti,er bnnds of various oriai,,'. liv. i wretnh-
ednsavag& independence, occupying a region
ncnon nr;.i;;n,l.,J n,t,. Tfc
x. ..--.- .. J ..J . .
cure in the cnioyment ot the fruits or their
ind
ividual labors, there ivould.be thrift, econ-
("that good old gentlemanly
' 1 V :uw,..u .'."y
J1C graouai accretion o. wcaun.anua latc
r the comforts and luxuries of civilization,
. to 0 out ;nto ti1G Woods and come in with a
0 1
back load of fagots, whenever he needed a
did not desist from the oncronniiincr nnn the
exclusive
. : a i -
1 their shoulders, they next
nn vm nnro nr tho crifto iva tr nn r L-
luel upon
killed his horse. Thc only cure for this
wretched condition of the Sioux, (short of ta-
p " J,Y r "
catmTthnm amonn- u-h tns. nntiio v nwav
k-irifr 1 iirir 1 nr:i nio own v irntti I nnm nnri nrin.
! r,nm ti.n ;e tn ni.. ; emii
... .. . ..
o
rnmnnpf hnrlv nn nrnni nnrl mnlrn n ire: trr
i i j o .
- them,-and. induce them to work, protecting
i.it .i . i r
t.noir nnrsnns nnrl tlinir nronor v. and cnmnni-
1 ri43U"'3
" t?, P"00 ValUC f
i law ami iiKiUbiry.
i T'tTimsTiAV. Juno 1 Ttli T.nst nvrninn-. nf-
1 nm r nnrenn c? nn run r nrnnnri r nun nnni in -
I i..iUnn.i, Uu..w -B'
ter the close of my letter of that date, there
'Wn,MfW,rrn,i ovl.ihiiinn nf Slmn- pIm,.
nlrv nn l,rnt,nP.If. who made a sham decent
"j ' v.
nnnn iho vnrinna nnr.nmiimnnts or senarato
i i nu n .tJ,nnns .i,ri tr
Iwnils. riiRso IJacota dragoons, wlio are ter-
rible at least in appearance, came sweeping
down over the ridge, with a noise like a mob
of whirlwinds, their horses cantering about
ns f-isf. ns n flnfik- nf sheen, some of their hor-
, . . - . 1 ' ., ,
, seg i,cmff m fact smaller than their riders,
land every rider drumming the sides of his
horse with his heels, every jump, as it he
norse wuu ins neeis, every juip no h
wcr,e working a volocipede The Indians that
are here, generally ride as badl v as they swim;
aud they swim exacty liko io' U thorQ is
they swim exactly like dors. Iftlioreis
nnv nnntrv in their motion on horseback or in
the water, wc fail to see it. They also had a
representation of a buffalo hunt, having some
of their number dressed so as to look like but-
.. . .. . . ... .
faloes; and really, to do them justice, they
enact thc character of boasts pretty well
For the benefit of those amiable gentlcmpn.
who think that this Commission may be com-
' nn?f(l nf lnfiflipc: vvllO firfi riotillf linon lllX-
ur:Gg nnrrh.ispd with nublio money. I will
, r,e3 P J1;: cuaseu wmi i juui iv iiiu 'M. A
tiere puunsn our reguiui um ui juit:, ul iiiu
ibIe of tlie Commissioners. Jt is jnvarmDiy
tho snmo. nnd rnnsstsof beef for meat, and
. . -r. . . . . ,
tho .fc fe boiIed for soup br
bread) wc havo Hot bread mCr than thc
ai u,u iacr, ""rJ
. ....j.-..Sm.w. - -'-o
and which we swallow, like pills and insults,
only from "knead-cessity." Mr. W. B. White -
has sprained his wrist severely, by trying to
buffalo lAihter) challenged the ruler oY Goy
Ramsey's horse 19 make a race with liim
(Term of the Five Lodges was n fKmilv of, c trontiers, or taken bv the Camanches from t hnct fv;r,j.tr.,i wr u. r.i n I
murderers, it is said, who wnnrWd v from ' -can8, anu traded ny tnem to the fci- ! nnnr. r0untt. t. - , , . J
. ... ' , . oux oi me riains ; but the best ot them will , 1 ... "J fa""5
lbselons many years aro. with the band nnt .,f oil r.mn 4t. r. i. shot while advanctno- nn nn r ti)t stwotc
u 1 1 1 nil ma Tnirnritn dni-r in rni'nmrn Ao lir . i. 1 1 K J un.muu,uiiiiuiuuu uv.sui.iun. vni;M-""''""
1. , J ' ' i . B lll.,t,l ...fcK.., i.itu - - 1 W ..w.. J O
thmlnnLMie had a very tleet horse neing a. , . ... t..A. :
: 1
1 lie Indian lnsjsiea upon uiuuin, nuurtiy.aj coiisuuuiy uein uiuuyui. i"i j.m- ouijju-uua
WpK'The ' ,q,ovenior's horl' disucdthe,; were ariiputatingi'iind. dressing the"hurts6f
.biirfuio beTyfc iialf the ditaijajj.yaifunj the crippjed toldtcrs by a pnl.Qajid sjcklyican?
ManV of these'Indianfi have' tolerably good die- light, and the groans of those in grievous
14, 1851.
horses, being such as have been stolen from
English hunter and the English turf-horse,
: which are now found everywhere in the United
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Scattered everywherdsamong nortliweste-n
1 Indians are the half-breeds, being children of
French and Scotch, or American males by
bJuaws lor m 1 1,3 xiurc, u win always be
' anJunneVn n,t Inh!?nr?ie
lent attempt to absorb the lied .race, the
French have always been foremost. The
L """"""syouriruccosmopoiue. vnere
I ",v" vuo 11 aFs
' ters it) "thott womanth eyths," he is there.
TrilfifirS anfi ,vh;tft mn. l,n h, with
- the Indians, have almost all taken or bought
i t.i; ..: mi. n
:inuian wives, i ne price oi a squaw varies
; 1 i'. t'1 ' ,
of !?d. a Aorf l'? i",101"? ,paid to l,le S.th"
i or jibai ruiiiuve ui ui urine, ir an inoiian
i wishes to show an act of lnVh frenerositv to
- ! a white man, he trots out and presents to him,
j a wild young squaw; and although thesqjuaws
? ?" TJ.T?"?- U,,e U'.d aml
i .11 it i ii .i .
i toners rsl nfTn IcZ
. ' . . ' . . . o.
thing but the smoking and shooting they are,
not slaves or irthey are their slavery is quite
JXn ZSe S
. TMo
lonSiHff t the remote bands, have children
with hair and eyes almost invariably black ;
u' BH''
i XrZ !
J w v.-r".". "
physiological principles, the least plausible of
wnicn is, mai it is owinc to the uiiierent cov-
enn"' ot the i?cr.
nf TT r ?? ' i h,ead:cl"cf
oi tne oissetons ot the 1 wo-woods band, has
arrived. The first tiling he did after asking
tor beet, was to inquire for Secretary Smith.
Wit" him came an Indian about fifty years
? ,' f , m , , extravagant stvle ot
Indian laslnoii, who is known as the " iiand-
so,ne man." He says he has had 27 wives-
kept trying, but found no one that was quite
"r ".""b ,U1
L!'T". V Uie"
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VJV 1 III il LI LU
find faultless; that when a wo-
man did not suit him he turned her oft" well-
u imiiuoiiuii; mail, uui iuuiu u a -
hnut inn. 1 dont know v.-hnt. fnnf mnbs tho
m. -
s"" . -x-u a-
rr ipic oil 1 1 1' o m c i un inrtiinr fTAitmr
0ut, andjs listening to this conceited old
dandy, said they felt ashamed to hear him
lk-- nkc - f , -
.
miiaL-rir I ck llnc? nf fhn r Wmi rrninn
IllUOniiW 111 tt (IQ Ub bill- UUtt.1V Ul JJL kV Cl
tcr t!lG war of 1812, and while biting off
.. i ,
nis nriiisimoni. nnn reinrnon nomn u i Liin
bulIet in h5s pocket. Exchange paper.
1 he New Orleans Picayune, one ol whose ,
editors was an eye-witness of most of the lea-
i- , .i . -nr .i . e
(img names m iucxico, copies uie ioregomg
& . . f
paragraph, and appends to it the following :
nr. a- : 1 4
11 nj. n
rClilLU ail lllClilt'Ilt tJV tll Uiurt
stramrc than this.
At tlie sieo-e of Monterev
- - - .7,
; iti.tr1 j ... i. . i uj.,i. .. t
IU XOlU, UUU UHU UUil. VU1U1 3 UUUjJ Wflf
, advancinff to storm the small fort known as
i TT ,
a oldada, a man named Watqrs, an excel-1
lent soldier, belonging to Capt. J5en McUul-
.i.w!,.
, , ,.'.... e .
nis moum. 11 was iunv uie size oi a nun &
. . ...
ogg, was rough, uneven m shape, and in its
ot' ' r
course completely carried out the four upper
front teeth of
thc Ranger, and part of the
jaw, cut off the four lower teeth as with a
... ...... . ,
chisel, split his tongue in twain, carried away
' 1 ;
' Pflltc. went through to the back of his
head, and striking a tendon glanced down
iiuaii, un
and iodg
i,in,in .i
01a lc "
rcd under the skin on the shoulder
3
hnro it vi'ns nVfraoted bv a snrnrpnn.
, , , , , . , . A,,r . ...
m sa,cl3 'ougea - me pocKei oi usiwra xor
future reference.
No man thought thc wounded ranger could
i:v
livi.
-he could neither swallow food nor wa
Wc saw him two nights afterwards, in
ter.
a room in thc Bishop's Palace, which had
been converted into a hospital, sitting bolt
:1. .,T.,nIr! nn.l llin flnrnm
J ' , . -i, .
for tJje nature 0t j,jS terrible hurt was such
nnl llA Hnwn IV 1 1 hnil t Cllflrin I n rr
....
His face was swollen to more than twice its
or(i ize,ie waa 6pcechless of course
, .g wants wo onl madb knmvn b m(jaTig
of a broken slate" and pencil, and he was slow-
ly applying a wet sponge to Ins mouth, en-
deavoring to extract moisture, which might
qUenc, tjlc fevGrand intolerable flnrst which
oung
same
d the
Worth's advance upon the Grand Plaza, were
uic
o j i.i it- . . . .. ... ""'suui. v icuuwett iiuncuuy tven i
u. " i.uiiiuaii; 4vii.il lilt; iinii MUUh ui lilt: r i- it
i, j r .. t:.i r i. f uaiLie in me war oi mi. ami liiine iiie.vinnn
No. 47.
'pain added, new horror'to a scene which was I
He was begging lustily, after one of his limba
; had been amputated; that the other miht be X
spared him on which to hobble through the
; u'orld- Poor Thomas, as gallant a spirit as :-
: ever lived, finally breathed his last; we bro't l
! Waters a fresh cup of water with which to?
mojsten h,-s WOunds, and then left the room
1 10 catch a9 hs but the recollections
of that terrible night will not soon be effaced J
, from our memory. SJ
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i lie above incidents occurred on the night
Lrti.ow - e .i m.t .
, of tI,e 23(1 and tn5 of the 24th beptem-
jber 384G PurlnS the early part of the
r t..i irn .in
( xmmiu ui i-uuruary iouowmg, wnue passing
ll'LV v"e om OL v-'iarjes in in's city, we were
' accosted with a strange voice by a fine look-
. , , , . , ,m
mS who seemeu extremely giaa to see ,
, us although he had a most singular and un-
accountable mode of expressing himself. We
recollect the eye as being one we had been
, faralllar h but th ,0r features of tho
' r ni u : i:c .1 .l.
lw ' uisngureu, ior me
life of us we could not make out.
i i110"1 y,U " &
f,,rccd "ner. said the
man stlH1 shakinS our vigorously,
i "I'm Waters."
- vuier3 il was, in reany, looicing as
I wel1 and as healtIlr 23 cvcr' and without
i : ,u i. i : ii.i
, ".""""'B uutwaru a.-u uiat ne nau
wumai Swui; auui, m his muuui. i
C7 a a.
luxuriant crrowth of moustachios completely
, covered his upper Hp, and concealed any scar
.t i . i i
i . iron mss,Iu m,ht havc made; an imPe-
. riai u" 1113 mmcr llP nm any appearance oi a
wound at that point; and with the exception
of his sPeech thcrc was notlng to show that
' i. t,o,i :...i i i:t,..
t7ho ftrP Hi, ton" ,,p
1 S 8hatted yn0yLnZM
, rendering articulation both difficult and tire-
.some; but he' assured us he was every day
? i .i f . , -
gaining more and more the use of it, and in
hiSOwn words he was soon to be "just as good
re
liever
excellent
him
!c;ttinir in tlint nnnrtmont nPtlin 'n;Tir'
n i ... 1 ..
, ace, nis iace swouen, ana wun a trravity ot
...
countenance which would have been ludicrous
even to the causing of laughter had it not
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heartrendinff scene around , would have been
equally as much astonished and rejoiced as
we were, on again so unexpectedly beholding:
him.
A correspondent of the Inquirer gives the
following, which is quite as remarkable as
either of the foregoing:
Very extraordinary incidents have been
lately published of shot having been caught
in the mouths of soldiers, in the course of
! oi tnat bloody war. ihe Sseminoies, under
.i.: i i.ri r i .i
j ineir renowiieu uniei, vysceuiu, nau iukcii a
ven' commanding position in an extensive
sugar field, near the stockade, strengthened
on the cast side by a dense hammock. Three
I desperate onsets were made during the battle.
, t pnpmv vts fimllvilrivpn frnm thi
' and the enem was iinaiiyurnen irom the
field to the protection of the hammock. Dur-
1 uiu uuuwi ui mu uauiu, a auxuici uuuug
lf f-.f nftkn kntin
Inff to me aeiacnmenr, unuer tne command ot
Lieut. Pickell, whose position was a little in
advance of tlie two wings, of the name of
Jackson, having just fired, received a shot
from a tall Indian, not twenty yards distant,
"-"''TT
' taloons, and lodged m his right hand pocket.
' .1- 1. .1 U ! . ru-
Feeling the slight sting of the spent ball, he
k.,,t i,-n.i in io not-nt iir,,,. ni.t ti,n
i iuoi. mo Hum ... mo jwv-n.., u. uu.
bullet and dropped it in the barrel of his mus
ket, upon thc charge of powder he had just
! hf Put in-then, with the unerring aim
i of a true marksman, levelled his piece, and
as quick as lightning his adversary was mea
sured upon the ground. Thc wound was fa
tal the warror survived the shot but a few
minutes.
The above is one of the many incidents
that occurred in the recent war with the Flor
ida Indians, which, for brave feats, on the
part of the American soldiers and officers, has
scarcely ever been equalled. The above in
cident is stated as it actually occurred.
Cross-Exam i nation.
Mr. Smith, you said you onpe. officiated
n a pulpit do you mean by that, that
you preachedi
No sir; I held the light for the wan
what did.'
Ah! Thc Court understood you differ
ently. They supposed that the-discourse
came from you.'
No, sir; 1 only throwed a little 'light on
it.' .
No levity, Mr. Smithi Grier, wipe
your nose and call the next witness,'
The welsh have a saying, that if a
woman was as quick with her feet a3
with her tongue, she could easily catch
lightning enough to kindle the fircB with,
besides having enough left to heat thc
ovqii once every week.
A .young.pqot, out west, in disoribing
heaven, says; -Mit's a ,world ofblis3u fen
ced in with cirls." wherc?3:"tho man
t:ho nJt repent!
no now
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