The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-01
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/ We hays sen II somewhere nlmaief
thai the Author of Wavcrly might Grd Ia
! pics of interest even in the sober hisfprl
al The FIRST settlement Of this country thai
/ II WIS not 81 destitute 81 romance, hui
lhat ms genius and talcni night add Ia il
tht SAINT sott of fascination, with which
be has surrounded those occurrences u
English and Scottish history, which abound
throughout his na,cls. Ills tue, II ma,
be associated with lcrlules aud dun,,
blocks We may have hluhhe,d Over tht
elements and abrdgnenls' which con
tanned the names and RS gtair of PhiIip
and antiaomo---GOilee, Nhaley aud
DlAwcll, until We almost wish they had
never existed; hut such objections hold
equally strong IN England aud Scotland,
WHEN their own We'll know events, are the
themes of his pen. We can zee from the
following extract how Ear Sir Walter Scott,
llor il must be him. has succeeded in the
short episode which he has introduced IN
To his last novel. PeUril ol the Peak
II Is told Enthusiastically, by Major
Brldgenorth, Presbyterian, and one oil
the principal characters Of The hook II
seems to have no necessary connection
with the main story, and whether well or
III fold, is by no Inraus a sample Of the
book itself COHH,fiett Mirror.
"Amongst my Nanderings, the Trans
Atlantic settlements have mol escaped me
more especially the country Of New Eng
land, into which our native land has aha
KEN from her lap, as n drunLard lings ffon
Inn his treasures, SO much that is precious
IN the eyes of God aud of his children -
There thousands Of Our best and most god
ly mcn--such whose righteousness might
come between the Almighty aud his wrath,
and prevent the ruin of citlcs--a are content
To be the inhabitants Of the desert, rather
encouncring the unenlghtened savages,
than STOPPING 10 eXlln2ulah, under the OPP
preston practisod in Britain, the light that
is within their own minds. There ! re
manned for time, during the wars, which
the colony maintained with Philip, a great
Indian Chief, or Sachem, as they were
called, who seemed messenger sent from
Satan to buffet thrm.--lIis cruelty was
great his discrimination profound aud the
skill and promptitndc with whch he main
tanned a destructive and desutofy wan fare,
inflicted many dreadful calamiles on the
ni=iA'tl'Hls hh2Y W 'idilif 81 - Ni'1ii
village IN the woods, more Than thirty
miles from Boston aud IN It's situation ex-
cecdinSly lonely, and surrounded with
thckcts. Nevertheless, there vas no idea
Of any danger from the indians at thai
time, for men trusted 90 the protection Of
a considerable body of troops who had Ia
ken the 'irld Ior protection di the frontiers,
and who lay, or were suppoaed To lie, be
twkt the hamlet and the enelay' country.
Bni thry had 10 do with q foe, whom The
devil himself had inspired ut once with
cunning aud cruelty.
Ii was CA sabbath morning, when W.
hid assembled 10 take sn.et council to.
acthcr IN the Lords house. Our temple
Was but constructed ot Wooden LOGS; but
when shall the chaunt Of trained hHciIngs,
OF the sounding nj tin and brnss tubes amid
tlle ai.les Of a minister, arise 80 swcrlly 10
heaven, as did lire psalm in which we uni
led at once our hearts and our voices =
Al excellent worthy, who now sleeps IN
TIE Loid, Nehemiah Solsgrace, long the
companion ofmy pilgrimage, had Just be-
gun 10 wrrsilc III prayer, when a woman,
with disordcred TOOLS aud di5heyellcd hair,
entered our chapel IN u distracted man
ner, screaming necessarily, "The Indians
The indians In that lnd no man dares
separate himself from his delenccs aud
whether ia TN city or IN the field, in the
ploaghed land or the forest, men keep be
side them Their weapons, as did the Jews
ut the rebuilding of the Temple So we
sailed forth with our gums aud pixies, and
heard the NhoOp Of these incarnate devils
already ~ possession of a part of the town,
and exercising .lleir cruelty on the few
whom Mrlgity causes or indspositlon had
withheld from public worship aud il was
remarked rs a Judgment that, upon that
bloody sabbath, ADRIAN Hanson, a Dutch
man, man we'll enough towards man, but
NhJse mind WIS altogether, given to
worldly gain, was shot aud scalprd as he
Mas summing his weekly gums III his ware
house. Ia fine, there was much daGrtge
done, and although our arrival aud en-
trance into combat did Ia son1e sort put
them back, yet being surprised and con
fused, aud having no appointed leader ot
onr band, the dc, fish enemy shot hard a,
Us, aud had some advantage ii was PIT
tui 10 bear the screams OF women aud
children amid the report OF guns aud the
wlistling Of bullets, mixed With IA" Zero
cious yGlls Of these sayages, which they
term their war whoop Several houses ia
the upper part Of lbe village were soon Oh
IRE; aud the roaring OF the flames, aud
cracking Of tie great brams rs they bla-
zed, added IT, the horrible confusion while
tue smoke which the wiad drove against
us gave further advantages To the enemy
who fought, as il were invisible, and under
cover, whilst we fell fast by tlicn uucrring
! irc.
In this state Of confusion, and while We
" r. about to adopt the desperate project
Of eyacualing the village, aud, placing tn,
women aud cbidfen iuthe centre, and o.
attempting relrrat 10 the nearest settle.
fnrnt, il pleased Heaven to send rs uueX.