The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-26

is never extrayagant Thegeis something decidedly rational philosophy in their manner, with which t is I impossible not to be struck; and yet il is but
 ssFhe torrents smoothness, ere t dash belowr' lThere IS, however, absent air about lhet even at those moments, when you would suppose their thoughts were most coliected-ttal ls, when quietly ehatting among themselves The smile, or the laugh, Is ike the fire from the flint ihai straight Is cold again. Would could say much for theil anger, them yengel
 Ifs, doubtless, inc wild uncertain life they lead that has mprest this character Of care upon ther rigid lea ures There Is something of unhappness in the eye Of the Indiana repose that is not resta sadness, as T refected from the dark shadow o his destiny that sets
 ties upon every line of the countenance. See him lean- ing agalnst tree, reclining under 1t aldhe appears always as fresolyng n his soul some e.ange onchance of faesomelhng that claims his thought alasi for the poor Indian, does he indeed not live "a man forbid P s
 When night came on, the scene, for miles on either. hand, that would present iisef was one of wild and fearful beauty! An hundred camp fires would light tup the surrounding woods, against which you saw hected the shadows ofa many forms moving to andro in the distance, but without lending asound to breahe silence ot that peopled solitude In walking through their encampment, at that hour, il not without ceraia thrilling ef tie biieaa-=sa ioisaioss 7as 5tr scene,lt seemed mystery to the sense! It not until you go near, that you were made sensible of be- ing Ill the midst of living bengs-and yet all was still! SdVe HOW u@en the Sduuen movement Ol ainlD-- an unclad, brawny lmb--or the breathing, thick and heavy, ofthe sleepers; andsofaeimes sound, like Hong drawn sigh swelling almost into groan, deep and hollow, from the breast of who slept not. Ii was scarcely possible to repress shudder past, l for to Us, al least The scene was new.
 I The tent or shantee, ofthe "Governorp Mcanopy) pitched at truly royal distance, not only from those of his people, but from the quarters of General Clihch it was two miles of! Nor did this savage head of his people deign to make his experiences until within day two of the approaching talk This was now at handas most, not all, Of the nation who to be- present, hadgradually come in.
 It was the night Immediately preceding the first grand consultation that received invitation to be pre- sent at
 AWAR DANCE,
 To be givenzin compliment to General Glinch and his officers. The latter get pefmission of the General (who did not himselfgo be present onhe occasoni and about seven o'clock in the evening we sat out, headed by Capt of the artillery, perfect lerer of man and gallant and agreeable as he IS muscRtGr We got into trail, though none of knew ex- lactly where the exhibition was to take place. The might was very dark although asstar light Pre- senilY however, nnumerabe torches suddenly bazed forth upon our right and Jeff, succeeded by as many voices chanting io chorus wild song, te which they gave that emphasis inc Indian is to mpart to an occasion. And now the very air and surrounding woods were vocal! and, as the various parties came eareering down upon the trail, distance ahead of us--the hdring of the numerous lightwood tofchcs- the dark almost naked, and sonew what frantic looking forms upon which they fell, (for the spirit of the mar tia dance up) together with inc concord, ex1 actly of sweet sounds, bu, of oud rude voices that greeted our ears--gaye to the scene truly savage grandeur; and recalled to the fnpd the image of the Furies, with their fatal ashes, hastenipg to the grove of the ayenger--N Nemesis
 I On we wentn Ia6d0E fife, treading close upon each others heels and observing that silence which IS sure 10 grow out of fasense of insecurtyor secures some how or other We soon began to fancy we were not. Here were 10 or l2 of ns only-all officers, sayetwo
 yet all unarmed following after night some hundred Indians deep into the woods, and at a time when dis content rife among them--to be present at a sDVar Dapce! We affected to joke each other occa- sonaly, but in truth began to think It joke
 flor wefe:now nearly 2 miles from the fort--while far ahead of us the torches still wafed onward At length we thought of stopping short and consulting as 10 the prudence of following savage guides any fur ther--when we fanced could discover that there was a halt We now qaiciened our steps, and soon found our conjecture right. Ongeting upto the spot we felt ourselves repaid for long walk, the wild beauty of the scene that prcseEted itself; aud also learned why 1t that they had carried so far from tle for--it te he the "Gogernors" gaartersi Mcanopy was hard by; and the dance to be honor ed by his presance The place selected did credit to the taste ofthe Indian sand showed that he had eye 1 for the beautiful in nature. 1t was under canopy of green and graceful boughs falling i'll circular array aroand the spot, and nearly meeting i'll the centre, where the pendant leaves, adewy with natufes tear drops appeared each to kiss the other, as f in sad sympathy for that inspired e4eaarselses with an involuntary feeling Of mournfuness. t had been
 got up as by way of prep;tiating those whose fortune 1t was to be permitted to come here not with the awe which, under the prord auspices Of the Seminole, such spectacle had not failed to impress upon their minds. It seemed to say,-Behold! 1t was thus that the red man had been won't to celebrate the deeds of daring of his people, The voices that sent ap their martial hymns in the dance, were those that rose