Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-09-09

MOUNT HOPE

, MOUNT HOPE.
Many paris II Rhede-lslepd are eel 4
ebraSed for t,,eir romantick and att
tracing scenery. but none more SO than
Meast Hope. Its Lofty summit, tov-
eriug above the neiglbouring hilis /; shc
extensive Bay at its faot, quietly re-
posisg like sesof OH, or, iafasialed
by southern blast. madly lashing the
rocky shore. j, picture. which few
parts Of the United States can boast OF.
The road from Bristol to this place, rs
might be expected from the nature of
the ground. is rough and broken, and
the asce nt to the emineace gained at
the expense Of considerable labonr,
but having suriaounted theae little di6-
culties the visitor reaps rich reward.
On one hand he beholds Taunton Riv-
or, vending its way through "A country
groaning will, the fruits Of coming
harvest, and clothed with summer
vestment of the richest verdure--he
secs those shores. which bot few
years since knew no sound but the
sea-bird's startling cry or the shrill
war-whoop Of the savage, now crowd
ed by an industrious population, the
fruits Of whose labour are known Zen
joyed by nations far away beyond the
sea. lie sees those streams, whose
virtues were thought only to consist
in Iuenching the thirst of the native,
where the she-wolfe Tapped aud the
otter sported, propel!ing the wheels
and moving the intricate, complicated
machinery OF manufac tory of cotton
cloth--not only have her forests been
prostrated and its bowling tenants driv-
en- away, but her mighty rocks Of gran
lite have been rent to pieces aud by
help Of the strong arm ofindustry, con-
verSd to thousand different uses
Far as the eye can stretch, the heaving
billow, tasselled with its white foam, is
seen rolling towards us, frelghted with
the lives and properly Of our swelling
population. But it is not this land
scape nor the sea view, which first fills
the mind of those who visit Mount
Hope this was the residence Of the
leader of that people, froa, whom our
forefither's wrenched the possessions
which we now enjoy. Thi. rocky:
3';ii wss the throne Of King Phillip
with the blue heavens for his canopy
he reigned, monarch Of the boundlcss
forest. Here he smoked the camulet
of peace, or whetted the haichet for
slaughter-on this spot he reposed up
on bed of leaves and this spring gave
him drink. In battle, no warrour was
before the Sachem Of Mount Hope, in
friendship, none more true. All those
things we're his, yet were is he now
where are the race Of reI-men, the
Narragansetts, the Pequods, and a thou
sand others ?-gone to the Great Sp:r-
it their Father fallen like the leaves
Of autumn, fled to the grave as refuge
from insult and oppression, While
treading this hill, the mind Of the visi-
tor cannot bot revert to,,he manner in
which this noble but unfortunate peo.
pie have been treated by his country.
men. 1t is a dark spot on the charac-
Ter Of America, that. not content with
robting the aboriginal inhabitants of
their possessions, they must take their
good name. No Indian Chief has suf.
tered this wrong in greater degree
than Phillip. To an Uncommon share
Of bravery and great muscular powers,
he united the mind Of statesman and
the skill of general. No man was
moro tenacious Of the rights of bis ma
ton, and none saw more clearly their
total annihilatiun. TIE whites, who
al first wanted only few acres Of land
were not only pushing their possess
ons into the very heart of the coun-
try. but they began, with high hand
TO lord it over the native the father
ef Phillip. then at the head ofthe pco.
pie who Inhabited ,hcse shores, had
been, upon some slight pretence, seiz-
cd and carried before tribunal Of