The Arkansas advocate., 1834-02-28

l ioohtig mousse could see. threw nayseI from my horse, and entered inc porch. Or
 hearing the ciatter of the hoise's heels. m
 indian girl made her appearance, indu1ted
 me into the house, and by means of var;- ous ejacuiations and expostplatory cries succeeded in raising big, awkward fellow to take care of my horse.
 on entering the little roomIat the extre- mlty ot the Sala-or long bllI--I found the only inmates to be two wonen-one old and sour, the other young and pretty. I mad entered tie house wifh particular pre- possession against the whole county. the village and the house, and wiI's a most de tefniaed resolution 10 be inveterately cross and sullxy. The sight of clear. black eve, and beautiful foot and ancle, overturned ali my resolves, and thawed all ny per FeTseness. 1 attempted to render myself very especially amiable, and we had long eoniab. together, while the aionesaid indan girl was getting my supper. The conyer- satioh vas, at inst, managed entirely by ihehi-iof never try to sop woman,s tongue, any more than 10 drive q pig a cer- tam way and consisted entirely of ejacu- iations of astonishment, in the shriI tones of the mother and the liquid music of the daughter. At length intloduced a theme winch IS always close to the New Mexi- can's heart. l asked them, when would there be fandango.
 = omorfow night" was the reply Of the old woman. s'.4s Dios! v hat a iandan- go! IsFsslma .Hadfa de Lssosi-and so many beautiful girls !;'
 "And the Pnest!n said !.
 "0h yes.-Our Tala Padre is good Pncst-he loves to dance. Yes, he will go." It cetera. 1t Is not worth while to detail the conversation.
 The room was oInamented with roses. images, Sc. as is common; but there was iong cord extending across t, ta wi.iei, was appended a great number of little tufts ot wool. did not exactly understand their Use, but ] made DO queries touching the matter
 We all slept in the same room. had placed my pistols under my pillow when lay down. fer had learned by experience to dlstrust the people: had slept awhile, and on waking, saw that the young wo- man was stil sitting at the fire, engaged in cooking. Her mother was on her pallet. " hat was she cooking for,' thought to iiiYssh' avt tevers lsesssA s.-.-a ! sessar- ed over to sleep again. Just then, heard a heavy step. outside of the house, and the girl rose and Jeff inc room. ] thrust my hand under the pillow. drew out pistol, and again covered myself with the blanket, and pletended to be asleep. Ina moment, sine entered ihe room with man, whom immediately recognised for the Wolf hun- ter. He was dressed as when I met him. lie walked to the corner of the room and there deposited his gun, which was an old American rife, and his bow and arrows and lance, for he seemed to go fully armed He then drew from his belt three wolf scalps, and hung them on the line, with the other bits of wool, with the nature of which l was now perfectly acquainted. During all this he said nothing, but as he returned towards the fire, his eye fell upon me, and he inquired fiercely;
 "Qa1en 1seaes !' Vino have you here? Why don't you answer2 Oh see. Some favored lover. .Mol rayo o6rasal It is for fhis that bear storm, wind, and fre.'
 He had drawn his long knife from his gir- dle, and was about throwing himself upon me. Had lie done so, should certainly have slain him, but the girl caught him by the arm, and whispered the single word, ssAmericano.o II acted ike q talisman.- He dropped his knife and became apparent ly calm. For two or three hours he sate there with her-cold, quiet, and stern in fiianner-hut when he spoke in answer to some affectionate question of hers, it was with an abrupt, startling incoherenco of manner, which took to proceed from the jealousy excited by my presence, though strangely enough, it did not appear to cause the girl any surprise or uneasiness. Al
 length he took light, and retired to anoth- CT apartment, and his mistress took her place by the side of her mother. Che room answers as a sleeping apartment in that country for dozen, If necessary, of both sexes. I lay awake long while, and had come to d firm determination not to close my eyes during the night-but .weariness prevailed against wisdom. l fell asleep, and only awoke when the sun was shining brightly in at the little square window, and the whole family was up and busy. saw nothing of the Wolf hunter. After little time I obtained my breakfast, and prepared to start, but on bringing out my horse, ] discovered that some mluclSy slip or jar, the evening before, had so famed him as to render him unfit to travel. So. consollna myself with the reflection, "La Proyidencia es erande,, sent for horse doctor, and made up my mind to lay by a day or two and to eke out my time as well as could with the scanty amusements of a Mexican village. 1 do not pretend to say, that the promise of the fandango did not in some measure tend to reconcile me to my lot.
 Tn short time the Doctor made his ap. pearance, and while he commenced opera tiars e,,, fhe hanfs and inints of my horse