The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-26

.--v-rzHv--rrszz--ss assggz1 tell Chief who it seemed, had denied his signature 10 the treaty al Payne's Landing, that ne "hed ell hin, from me Gudioe, that he iies. The Indian piled his nine. the while and seemed cooy 10 puff away the insult with the smoke He was, we believe, bad fel- low still this language scarcely justlfable; and 1t was used, too, who could not resent tfor so of course the Agent beliesed-but it was not forgotten and poor ThonIPsons scalp, few months afler, made atonement not alone to Oceola.
 The Indians, however, showed that they were not to be iniimidaed by the menaces ofther Great Father at Washington wasin vain that General Clinch look ed daagers to them--hey had not yet had taste of h squalityl and vain was General Thompsons argument tiff. sd hoa.iaen-a snlep dogged ar peryaded those whom he addressed, who made long, eyasYe speeches in repy-it was hopeless business. the 0enefah the Agent and the officers, all tired out and Cndloe was directed to say to the Indians that two days further would be granted them to make Up Raat aassge9.-- when, if they still persisted in refusing 10 comply with the terms Of the treaty, they would be forced to it. With this threat the meeting broke up-the whites man. ifesy perplexed at the resuwhile the Indians exhi- bited the air of people entirely satisfied with themselves and so ended the first days "Talk."
 All now began to speculate as to the nature of the fnal answer' to be given at the end Of the allotted ime if given at al and most of anticipated scene when that lime should come.
 WONDERFUL SPRING.
 The next morning our friend and self-attended by two of the fort soldiers whom the General politely al- lowed to accompany us to s.manv boat-repaned to Spring about three miles from the Agency, and of which we had heard great deafor the purpose ofat once seeing and bathing n 1t. It was an obong piece of water, probably two miles in length calm and se- auestered with the breeze just ruling its surface as it spored seemingly charmed, along It's far cxpanse, that mirrored the green and eafy worldthat hung up-
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 s'The lllv's flowers in the waves unwet : That seemed as freshly from the heavenly bowers,
 By the star scattering hand of night there she'd" The traveller who, in. passing, sees woody trail leading down. as he would suppose to comman pond for watering his horse, would imagine that be- hind those lofty and thick woods, if curained from human ken, there lived a scene so dream-lke and so witching!
 ssYet solemn was that lovely solitude,
 Gorgeous and silent, pensive and still,
 As Eden, when man first was eSiled thence.
 We pushed of n our boat, and soon found ourselves floating upon clear ransparence of water to the depti of forty feet. Below the appearance that presented itself was one of singular and striking beauty It was that of spacious floor nlaid with gold and precious stones of every variety of hue-giving sort of bole relief to the large black fish that foated azy along 1T that far depth, like gonii of the place, to whom alone were known the secrets of it's wonderful abyss! As we lay, startled, yet still upon the surface of the magic water scarcely realizing tho wrapt scenei we almos fancied that some eachery lurked beneath the noise- less element-all was so wild and uierdi To bathe to lave our limbs n those silver waters, tempta tion we could not resist. The thought too, that per haps we were the first to break the virgin beau of its crystal surface, had it's secret and exciting charm Yet 1t seemed almost sin !-for was 1t not Il
 ssIoo iaif to worship, too divine to oye'
 Nevertheless, in we plunged and, whether fact o fancy, we certainly thought it the most delicious batf we had ever reveled in The water was, in truth soft as iady's hand and we seemed to drink in new life with its touch! Presently, however. to otr horror large alligator made it's sudden appearance within not many yards of us--swimmng to point near ht shore where, it occurred to us, that he going tt fake his stand, and watch his tme The appearance of creature so rude in such scene, dispeled oul dreanl--and then thought the water just like any other water So much for the minds sorcery Lit Is that that colors all obects--gvlng to them theii power to curse, or bless and signal is the doom n- ficed by the hand that breaks inc spell without de- stroying the memory of its charm!
 Our friend, who had been accustomed to eesalhga. tors and fortunately too, to things, not as they might be, but they continued his gambols II the Spring, until fairly tired, when he got out and returned to the fort.
 (7o De coniinuedA