American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-06-07

hurried wildly from one place to another calling on
Outalsso and Thakakawerente by turns. The hor'
rible silence that prevailed was more dlstracting
than thousand deafenng noises would have been.
l staggered about in state of dizzy perturbation,
My ears began to ring with unearthly sounds, and
every OBJECT became distorted and terrific. The
trees seemed to start from their places, and rush
past each other intermingling their branches with
furious violence and horrible crashings, while the
moon careered along the sky, and the stars hurried
backwards and forwards with eddying and lmpetu-
Gus motions
tried in vain for long time to compose myself,
and to bring my feelings under due subordIna'ion
The remembrance the past was obilerated and
renewed by fits and starts; but at best my recollec
ton of any thing that had occurred to me previous
| to the breaking up OF the ice upon the lake, Was
shadowy dim and unsatisfactory and felt as II the
former part of my life had been spent in another
world. Hay down among the withered leaves, and
covered nv face with my hands, that might avoid
the mental distraction occasioned by the sight oil
external objects | began to reflect that could
not possibly have yet wandered far from the great
tree, and that it called upon Oualisso at intervals,
he might perhaps hear and come TO my relief
Consoed by the idea, gradually became quiet and
resigned
] soon began to make the woods resound with the
name OF Outalisso but, in the course Of the day,
tciiPest Vi WHO arose. anu fd6cO with 81 inuCH
noise that ] could hardly hear my own voice. A
dense mist filled the air, and involved every thing
in such obscuriy that the sphere of my vision did
not extend beyond five or six yards. The fog was
in continual agltatlons rolling along in volumes, as
cendlng and descending, bursting open and closing
agaln, and assuming strange and transitory forms.
Every time the blast received accession of force
! heard a confused roaring and crashing at dis
tane1 which gradually Increased in strength and
dstinctness till reached that part of the forest thai
stretched around me Then the trees began to creak
and groan necessarily, their boughs were shattered
against each other, hbres Of wood whrled through
the air in every direction, and showers of wthered
leaves caught up, and swept along by the wind.
met and mingled with them, and rendered the con-
fusion still more dstracting. stood still in spot
looking fearlully from side SIDE in the prospect
of being crushed to death by some immense mass oil
falling timber for the trees around me when viewed
through the distorting medium of the fog, often
appeared TO have lost their perpendicularity, and to
be bending towards the earth, although they only
waved in The wind AT last crepl under the trunk
oil oak thai lay along the ground resolving to re
main there until he tempest should abate.
A short time before sunset the wind mad ceased |
the mlss were diss paed, and potion of the blue
sky appeared directly above Encouraged by |
these favourable appearances, yentured from my |
place oil refuge. and began to think of making a. |
mother attempt 70 regain the great tree, when
heard h- report Of rife. ] was SO petrlGed with |
joy and surprise that had power cali out till
The firing was repeated | then shouted 'Outasso |
several times, and soon saw him advancing towards
me
why are you not at the place appointed cried
he Il feared you had lost YOURSELF and dscha, ged
my gun as sipnal,-bu all danger is psst-T ha-
kak awerente is dead, killed him There was l.
some blood on Outalisso's dress, but he looked so
aim and careless that hesated to believe what he
told me.
Il do not deceive you, id he, 'and will tell you
how Ihakakawerente came by his death He awak |
ed soon after midnight, and not finding you in the /
camp, suspected that ! had told you that he nten-
1ed to kill on He taxed me with having do ne so,
AID scorned to deny it Hi anger made HIM Tor
get the truth. aud he said had betrayed my trust
and strut me on the face. Now you know all
Indian never forgives blow or an accusation, such
as he uttered. buried my tomahawk in his head /
His friends lay asleep in the wgwan and dragged
away his body to distance, and covered il with
leaves, and then concealed myself till saw them
set out on their journey, which they did, boubt
less supposing that Thakakawerente and hadgone
on before have been the great tree since
morning, but the mist and tempest prevented me
from seeking you till now. BE sas6ed-you shall
see the corpse of Thakakawerente Follow me L
Outalsso now began to m. ce.d rapidly thro' the
fpfest, and walked behind him without uttering a i
word. We soon reached he spot where he In
dlans had slept the preceding night, and found the
wgwams remaining and likewise several embers of
hire. My companion Immediately famed them into
a state OF brightness, and then collected some pie
ces OF dry wood that lay around and piled them
upon the charcoal. The whole soon burst into a
blaze, and we both sat down W thin its influence,
Outsllsso at the same time presenting me with
quantity OF pemican, which proved very acceptable,
as had eat nothing for more than 90 hours II
Alter We had reposed ouseves little, Outasso
rose up, and motoned that should accompany
him He conducted me to a small pile of brush