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

. and dead. Five of my children were there
4 in one boocy pile; but my oldest daughter
: was gone. This did not console me. Cor |
! SaeSS that some brutal saTsge had saved her
! that she sSssht become his wife.
= 4 dug their grsres with the knife wore in
lmy belt. had no fear ihatthe wolves would
disturb them, for the earcasses of the bufaloes
numbered the prairie. The work occupied
roe all night. took one last embrace of her.
who. though her hue WAS dark. had beea my
faithful partner through twenty years of joy
and sorrow. With q weak and trembling
baad | laid my lamily in The earth, ard
swore over them, that il any of those who
bad thus beroayed me should ever fall within
/ my power, would not spare them: no, not
the babe unbern'
But when this first storm Of passion was
over, his better feelings prompted him to at
tempt the recovery of his daughter, rather
than obey the dictates ofrevenss. -Four DAYS
travel carried hm ~ Lac au Trarers 0n
his arrival he was kindly welcomed BY Mcssrs
i NJ kengie, Iaidlsw, and others, partners
oil the Columbian Fur Company. Another
cup OF bitterness was in store for the unfor-
tuBate cid man, the seSt day he was taken
i'll, and was confined to his bed for several days.
While he lay upon his ievered couch he Was
informed that the Indian who had made his
daughter prisoner had taken her to vile -
| The gentlemen above mentioned offered hina
/ aBy amount OF merchandise that might be
needed for her ransom, and 1t was settled
that no should 20 and demand her at the In
dian camp as .oon as health would permit 49,
A messenger was sent 10 ask ON what terms
she might be redeemed, and the answer was
soon obtained.
I As force eosld avail him nothing, Hess de-
telmined to so alone, aud unarmod, in quest
of his offspring. When ho arrived at the
camp another dreadful spectacle was prepa-
red for him. The scslps of his family were
hung on pole, and the savages were dan.
cling around them in triumph. He was
greeted, not with hostility, for tho hospitality
of the Sioux forbade that. but with evident
exultaton and insolance. Some sung the
wrong they had done him. He presented
himself before bis daughters husband or
master, and unsovering his breast said, Il
am worthy ofpi'y. Ibis is my only child:
restore her, or strike ms as you did her mo-
ther. | am alone on earth; lo here is a ran
SOM
The features of the son OF the Pole showed
some feeling i am the only son of nay ia
ther,' be replied. The ransom is little, but
you are old and need some one to make your
clothes and moceasins, and 10 take care of
you. larry and partake Of our cheer before
kah Nahzhee, (5) and begone, and no one
shall modest YOU
Fearful to irritate the Indian, by any align
Of impotence, the heart stricken old man en-
tered the lodge, and sat Down with his daugh-
ter TO dish Of boiled bstfaloe meat While
at this repast, young savage who had as
sisted al the massacre OF his family entered,
: and holding out bis bow and arrows TO Hess,
said, here, Tahtunkah Nahzhec, used this
: encs to yeur sorrow. DO you understand the
use of it2'
His anger for the moment boiled over. He
sprang to his feet, seized the weapons, and
: drawing the arrow to the head, replied
Stand of little, and viii show you For
On Instant the life Of the Indian was in great
: danger But the elder interlered. You are
fool Said he. Go away, and let Tahtsn-
kah Nshxhse depart in peace
Hass found bis way back to Lao AN Ira
vsrs in safety, and the daughter thus redeem
ed was afterwards married TO an Indian ira
= der. In the year eighteen hundred and TWEEN
0 ~ -, he went to Washington with Majoi
= 'falaierro, in the capacity Of interpreter to Q
q deputatisn of Indians He had not dwelt il
any thing like town before. he WAS tai
u and thin to emaciation, but life OF constan
~ exercise had influrated his muscles almost (,
0 the hardness of iron. He was straight anc
strong, and, for his age, active. His eye hae
. lost none of its quickasss or brillisney, ane
I as he stole along the streets with the noselesl
9 !, Indian step be had acquired, If earriag'
ratified behind him, he would start and fee
IS for his knife, as hc used to do In the wilder
. ness. lie would cast sudden fsrtive glance'
c arsusd him, as If he expected on attack, anc
0 was clearly out ofhis element On his returs
< TO the north west he died or a compile alton
of disorders, and his bones lie on the bank o.
ths ST Peters river. Peace to his names.
% The Rising Buffalo, g nans the SIOUX
!, had given to Hess.
d IFrrn Wheeton's ISoreb u Esglandl
Is Mr. PEEL is young man, who by his swr
d lmerits asd lucky cenjuncture of cireum
IS stances, has gaiasd his present seat en- tn.
V treasury beach. His father, Sir Robert Peel
"a lis wealthy cotton manufactures. The sec
e rotary is rather tab and slender in his person
o with earoty hair, light eomplexicsed, snc
D. lizard featured. lie spoke with considerable
k energy, particularly when indicating thu
Il lcharaetsr OF his noble and learned friend,
" the lord chancellor, frsm the imputatieni
.e thrown cut in the attack. His manner ha'
" jnothing graceful ia it. Hs stepped forwards
b and backwards, slappsng .isaeatly, and witl
.. measured strokes, the dssk en- the tabie be
G fore hiu, and wheeling often suddenly Il
ID 1.-THE right and left 10 address the house.
rsl BROUGHAMi is in all respects a most ex
.. Itra nary noaa In maroon ha ia tall ieaa