Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-07-15

propensity for swearing, that not one
oath was heard from bis lips during the
rest which was the greater part of the
! journey.
From tie New York Mirror
| The following Tale is from the pen
Of a Ia " in Indiana, being one ofthe
prize pieces, for bich We so long all
vertised 1t Is extracted, the fair
writer informs Us, from an unfinished
manuscript, which she intends, here
dftr, giving to the public entire
We think that our readers will agree
With Us in pronounclng it to be "bed
Of hopeful promise
THE INFANT TrCUMSEH
o. Nequa, was the ''friend Of W hiie
men" he admired their arts, and
wished to inspire of attaining them
Alas. I've was yet to lealn thatthe block
Isl vices still hrowled amid all the re
tincm hts of the most polished states.
Like the nlu.ilefed kiudred of unhap
~ Logan. he also fell sacrifice to
lie ireachery of enlightened man. His
blood was poured upon the red altar
of that extermina,fng hatred which
many OF our people still bear his scat
tered and unfortunate race.
Onew equa was wandering through
the forest IN pursuit Of game, when he
met party of men " no had recently
assisted IN the missacresof m Indian
settlement They knew Onewequa,
and requested him 10 aceeur.ty
them as a guide through the forest
Toe soul of the Indian darkened as
they spoke.
Are not your hands," said he, "yet
red with the blood of my countrymen?
even now the spirits of my siaugh
teIed people call aloud on their bre
thren ior revenge"
"lnsolent savage" cried the leader
OF the party, and in tntly dischargipg
pistol at his barred bosom, Onfwe
qua fell! The white man passed on:
The dy wing Indian was left in the 81
Ience OF the forest.
HE day declined, and Elohima
clambered the rocky steep to watch the
return of her husband. Daugh, er of
nature! repress the trouhbIings OF thy
hosom-the heart OF Onewequa now
bot family beats with responsive feel.
ing Deep shall his sleep he in the
sllenre OF the desert, and often wilt
thou call or his name, hut he shall not
awaken.
Elohama threw her anxious gaze
through the deep shades of the sur
rounding wlIds, hut III vain--she lis
tened IN h'ca'hlcss stiffness for the
light footsteps Of the hunter: but no
sound was heard save the hollow muir
murlngs OF a gathering storm, and the
wolf bowling loud and discordant
from his hills. Clasping her infant
to her bosom, she sought the narrow
path that woundthrough the God and
determined not TO relurn till accom-
panied by her husband. The night
gathered round the wandering savage.
and thunder rolled deep and heavy
though the sky In the pauses of the
wind a dying groan struck her ear
it led her TO the body of Onew equa,
"A flash of lightning streemed across
the stormy bosom of nature, and shed
a lived glare on his CONFUSED features:
Elohama sunk at his side successive
flashes now discovered the blood
which lay CONCEALED on his bosom
Her shrek recalled him for an instant
to life; he opened his ewes, and fix
ed them on his wife, distinctly said
" Behold the faith of white men"
"Oai my Onewequa, has thou fall
en- thus, and is there none to avenoe
thee? The arm Of the warrior is bro
ken since thou art laid low; but the
young plant at ny breast shall gather
strength to crush thy desiroyrrs
When thou hast past yoD ky of
storms, thou shat see and converse
win the Great Spirit amid his clouds
Then let all Thy petitions rest 10 The
tame OF Tecumseh From him shalt
thou ask The soul of the warrior, and
the strength OF the mighty Then
let all thy peiltlons rest on the name
OF Tccumseh For him halt thou ask
the soul otthc warrior, and the strength
of the mighty. Then shall he be as
q wh'rlwmd and storm, that scatter
desoiation and death, as FIRE spread