Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-03

had followed our advice ISss would now y
alive: but they were fools. and fool soon
comes TO his end. We offer you this ;sjpe
and ask you 10 eat Of the dish before you in
token of anity, and assurance that no harm
shall befall you for what you have bsen com
! PEELED to do
'Brother,,' replied Hess. Il am man: il
| you had intended me harm should not have
! fallen alons.' And he showed the butts OF
two brace ofpistols that he had brought IN
der his garment But be continued, 4 am
not to blame for what has come TO pass. II
yeu wish me to believe your words, CT to
smoke your pipe, or TO partake OF yeur fenst,
you must first wash the black colour off Of
your faces; and then viii somply with your
invitation. am not q woman, nor q child, 10
believe every bird that sings
The Indians rose, left the lodge, and soon
returned with their Caees washed. One of
them said. If our faces tcere biael:, our hearts
were clean. Ii was not in sign of malice to
wards you, but of grief for our relations that
we were painted. Eat then, and smoke,
without doubt or fear
Hess smoked and alto. When he had fin
ished, the elder Indian said, we hope broth
CT. that you will give the widows aud ohil-
drcn Of she dead something to cover their ma
kedness, and TO relieve their hunger Asd
Hess complied with the request, for he was
humane man when left quiet.
Whether, If they had not washed their
faces, the family would have avenged their
slain relatives or not, cannotnow be ascertain
ed; but it is certain hs was never after mo
ested for what he had done.
When the Hudson Bay and North West
Companies united, Hess, like many others,
was thrown cut Of employment. lie remain
ed at Pembinaw lord Selkirk's settlement
and maintained his family by planting, trap
ping and hunting the buffalo, till the autumn
! of 1922, when he re, eiYed proposal from
the principal partners in the Columbian Fur
Company, then just formed, TO engage in
their service. lie accepted the offer, bought
| two carts and horses, Snd started with his
family AID little effects TO go across the plains
TO Lac au Trayers; the principal post Of MS
future employers. He was mounted on a
good horse aad expected to subsst on the
| bufIaloes he might find in his route. To the
| Inhabitants of the Atlantic coast it may
! appear strange that family of eight, women
! and children, should undertake a journey OF
nearly three hundred miles under the pro
lection of one elderly man only, with the sky
| for d covering, and relying On bis success in
! the chase for support But We can assure
| them that nothing is more common IN the
| north west than such excursions; aEd the
bardships they must have reckoaed on endu
ring are there accounted as triiles
They had accomplished about half the dis
tance they had to 60. without seeing any OF
the rowing bands OF Sioux, that iniest the
nrsiries on the Red River. and expected to
complete theiourney in the like security. One
day at noon they halted at the river Aux
( Outardes 10 relres themselves, and give
their horses time to Craze. While they were
eating, a drove Of buiiaIoes came IA sight anc
Hess mounted his steed TO pursue them
From q cause then unknown to him, the an
finals took fright, end he followed them fan
before he brought one down.
For two days the families had been sbser
we'd by an erratic band Of Dahcotahs, whose
name cannot conveniently be expressed by
the letters Of the English alphabet; but trans
lated, il signifies People Of the Pele- They
are the Ishmastas of the north west. None
ever escaped from their hands without beins
plundered, unless too stroRg for them Ia
NEEDLE With; few whom they have evel
plundered have survived to tell tho tale
They knew Hess by report, and one or TIVE
of them had seen him; and ffom bis charaete
they Inferred that they could not attack bil
opealy without tho loss Of one man at least
They had, therefore, hitherto kept out 0
sight; but when they saw him ride away ate
the bufaloes, they sent runner to inghtes
the animals, in order that he might 60 to'
far to see or hear what was to take place. IL
This they succeeded too well. Does the read
er ask their motive for aggression? Ih
wife Of Hess was Chippeway, and the bloo'
of that hated race ran in the veins oil hi
children And had this not been the case
the thirst Of blood, the little property in tn
carts, the supply OF ammunition and Tobacco
they expected 10 End, and the scanty clothing
and pit,ful ornaments Of the victims. woul'
have been 10 them sufficient inducements Il
butcher a thousand human beings. Whsl
Hess returned at sunset, faint aad weary
from his successful hunt, sad sight for a hus
band and parent rnet his view. The DO
dies ofhis wife and chlldrea were naked ant
had been thrown into the FIRE; their head
were Invested OF their natural covering, an
the trunks bristlsd with arrows. HIS cart
were broken In pieces, and the horses wer
led away. Il have seem said Hess, 'nfany
eight of blood ard horror, bat never befor
. any thing HE THIS. For moment my brai
turned, and lie world seemod to me to ba an
INITIATED And hadihe enemy thsn come oac
they might have taken me ike a child. b.
other feelings 5000 arose in my breast nj
blood boiled, felt it flowing in nay veins Tx
molten lead; my voice became husky and m
r,alatc sc orehed; was almost saffocated wit
rags, which was not all allaysd by the RI
Election thatI could do aoihing for vengeance
y~as elons; poor, weak, frieEdless oil
/, rnas: tha uurderers had at least four hour
: the start of mes their trail could discover