The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

The Presentation of a Newly Elected Chief of the
Huron Tribe is the subject of a picture painted by Mr.
H. D. Thielcke, which has acquired some' celebrity in
Canada. It has been lithographed, and on judging from
the impression before us, the picture does honour. to the
artist. We were struck with the resemblance ,•f the
Chief to some of the heads of our greatest men. The ex-
planation which accompanies the plate informs us that
he is Robert SymestEsq., a British born subject—our won-
der ceased. The countenances of -the surrounding. In-
dians are much better than we had expected, they are all of
a mixed breed: One portrait is introduced of a young
Indian, the only one, we are told, remaining, " having no
admixture of white blood." " The picture," says the
Quebec Gazette, .‘ will, in after times, be an interesting
memorial of the remains of a nation which once mus-
tered 60,000 warriorswarriors,,
but is now dwindled away, before
European, civilization, fewth
eseGa trteearte di, a
k e remnantsandticf,
which the Wyandotes,' westtoa of
Lorette Indians are the chief."
the explanation of the picture is an interesting memorial
Accomanied .bY
also of Indian names, af3
-nun-cha-waachratte ie one who
well as features and costume.
One is called A
over the tops of houses. Another is 'Tza•-wan-ho-ln, i.e.,
passes
one who plunges things into the water. A third is Tzn-
lia-his-sen, one who is ?tear the road. A fourth is Ta-
hour-han-chi, the dawn of - • A fifth is, Oh-da-
me rniig.
wan-lout, he has the • '
ricer in hts »loath; and one who
quiehl.7l mounts an eminence, is called Ah-ret-hini-
ha. , The characters are painted in the grand cos-
tume of the tribe, as at present worn, and, placed
almt Side West'S " Death of Wolfe," enables us at
a glance, by looking at the warriors there, to note
several of the changes which the Europeans have wrought
in the .Indians. ~)1.. Thielekc'.s picture is valuable, both
as a work of art' and of history. It is a graphic Memo-
: mil of changes already effected in an interesting people
who are passing away.

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At Paris. a young woman, passing over the
Pont d'Austerlitz, instead of the sou she ought to havJ paid,
deposited, with an air of absence of mitid, her cambric pocket.
handkerchief at the money-taker's seat; and walked en. The
invalid on guard walked after her with it, and mentioning her
mistake, site took a sou from her pocket and received back her
handkerchief. The man was about to return to his scat, hut
reflecting that she might have some sinister intentions, changed
his mind, followed her, and was just coming up to her when
she stopped, raised her hands and eyes to heaven, and sprung
over the parapet into the river. lie immediately gave an
alarm, and some men in a boat succeeded in bringing her to
shore before life was extinct, but the shock she had received
was so great that she died in half an hour. Her body was
taken to the Morgue, where it was recognised as that of a
young milliner, who had been deserted hy.a faithless seducer.