South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-11-28

account Of the manner ia which tha
aboriginal monarch was killed, with
which we are proud to enrich our col
umns.]
| Such was the fate of PHILIr, which
was Immediately followed by termi
nation OF the war, in evry quarter, ex-
cept the eastern frontier. 1t was a
war Of determination between his fol
lowers and the whites ; happy, il the
kindred tribes had learned wisdom
from the fatal lesson. Thus fell King
PHILIP The ground, on which we
stand, is wet with the blood which
flowed beneath the tomakawk Of his
young men and the darkness of night
in these peaceful wales was often light
ed up, in days of yore, by the flames
OF burning villages, kindIed by his
ruthless warriors. But tina, blood has
sunk, not forgotten, but forgiven, into
the ground. Havoc & dismay no Ion.
ger stalk through these happy fields !;
and as we meet to-day TO perform the
simple and affecting rites of commem
grafton over the grave Of the gallant
victims of the struggle, let US drop o
compassionate tear also for these the
oenighted children of the forest-ihe
orphans of Providence whose crusl-
ties have long since been expiated by
their fate. Il could no, be expected Of
them, to enter into the high counsels
Of Heaven. 1t was not for them, dark
and uninstructed even 10 the wisdom
Of man--to comprehend the great de-
sign Of Providence, Of which their viii
derness was the appointed theatre.
II may well have exceeded their sa.
| gaciiy, as it battles ours, that this be-
nign work should 50 often have moved
forward through pathways dripping
with blood. Yes! the savage fought
relentless war but he fought for his
native land, for the mound that cover.
ed the bones Of his parents, he fought
for his squaw and pappoose +; no, !
will not defraud them of the sacred
names, which our hearts understand !;
he fought for his aife and children.
He would have been not savage, he
would have been thing, for which
language has no nams-for which mel.
Their human nor brute existence has a
parallel-ifhe had not fought for them
Why, the very wildcat, the wolf, will
spring at the throat of the hunter that
enters his den-the bear, the cata
mount, will fight for his hollow tree.
The Indian was a mana degraded,
ignorant savage, but human creature
-ay, and he had the feelings Of a
man. President Mather, in relating
the encounter of the first OF August,
1876, the las. buto Of the war, says
"Philip hardly escaped with his life
also. He had fled and left his PEACE
behind him, also his squaw aud his
son were taken captive, and are now
prisoners at Plymouth. Thus hath
God brought that grand enemy into
great misery, before he quite destroy
him. 1t must needs be bitter as death,
10 him, to lose his wife and only son,
(for the Indians are marvellous fond
and affec'.onate towards their chill
dren,) besides other relations, and al
most all his subjects, and country also"
| And what was the fate of Philips
wife and his son s-This is tale for
husbands and wives, for parents and
children. Young men and women,
you cannot understand il. What was
the fate of Philips wife and child
She is woman, he is lad. They
did not surely hang them. No, that
would have been mercy. The boy is
the grandson, his mother the daughter
in-law Of good old Massassoit, the first
and the best friend the English ever
had, in New England. Perhaps
perhaps, now Philip is slain and his
warriors scattered to the four winds,
they will allow his wife and son to 90
back-the widow and the orphan-to
finish their days and sorrows ia their
native wilderness. They were sold
into slavery West Indian slavery i
an Indian princess and her child, sold
from the cool breezes Of Mount Hope,
from the wild freedom Of new En-
gland forest, TO gasp under the lash,
beneath the blazing sun of the tro-
pics i" "Bit.er as DEATH" ay, bitter
as hell
! Is there any thing, do not say in
the range of humani.y-is there any
thing animated, that would not strug-
gle against this : Is there, L do not
say man, who has ever looked 10
the face OF bis sleeping child woman,