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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

to perfection looking every inch the
as lie described, in glowing terms, to his
audience, the pleasures of a freedom
'd by the heavy shackles of civilization,
A of a -wild life in the far-off forests of
Where thousands of brave warriors were
follow their chief to battle, or to obey
'st behests. These and many other tales
of gallant deeds performed, of hair-
%capes, of adventures on shining lakes
ing streams, of buffalo-hunts and deer-

burning forests and blazing prairies ;
not an incident of which romance-
we taken full advantage escaped his
,e illustration, sketched out for him by
-.ctised proprietor of the exhibition.
Les the serious part of my history.
, crowd of visitors to the spectacle was
lady, the daughter of a wealthy and
)ectable citizen of London. She was
virtuous, amiable, and accomplished,
a knowledge of music and languages
:e her so, and well read in much elegant
especially of Cooper's unrivalled
°F an enthusiastic and poetical dis-
Ler imagination pictured scenes and cir-
!s which had no existence except in her
igulated or disordered mind. With
ear she listened to the tales flowing so
in Luis Cadotte's facile tongue. She
rself at length to believe that he was
le heroic chieftain he so artfully described.
again she went and listened to the
'rpent—the rich blood mantling to her
'eloquent eyes, her breathless attention
ke, soon showed him the power he
He inquired, and heard that she was
'l' would possess what to him would be
n this, growing bold, he talked of love
less to be culled in the far-off parts of
land. Perhaps he persuaded himself
loke but the truth, and that he really
hapless girl. He never told her
was a chieftain, but she would
lai so in spite of himself. Her
no light or wanton thing. It was
love ; but to love for one, and for
arful was the stake for which she
all. They often met, and with pride
Vpaw miserably to be disappointed) she
to become the bride of the supposed
,ttt, and to accompany him to his woodland
ktclgs the Atlantic. Her relations and
V, vain endeavoured to persuade her to
dti 4er mad project. She was firm in her
o
o tl
i,; she had pledged her word to one
' her, she said, and would redeem it.
to tange that all her friends should have
ci4l detect the real character of the man,
i\ot)tsl have entertained with her the prepos-
yt,lon, that a proud Red chieftain would
?1,"0 come and exhibit himself before a
f ii°,wd of white faces. That the exhibitor
o?ould not have warned her or her
'll hi the real position of Cadotte speaks
kit'll,s favour ; but that some of the un-
s acquaintance, who, if ignorant that
11*4 not -what he appeared, at all events
tll47ient of the life of an Indian to be
lilt 0 an English girl of refined habits could
%, be miserable as the sharer of his wig-
,ttlelWhauld she escape being brought down
Ntl of the squaws with whom she would
INillle 4)rt, should not have endeavoured, by
ittly4% in their power, to open her eyes to
)(Itleiricln.f the dreadful condition to which she
'. ct, herself, was most cruel and unpar-
''l They could not interfere, she was
it,ll(lll4P°lter of theirs—she might fancy the
't F the fanc was a strange one ;' and
lillilar • y
frivolous excuses, they allowed,

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