The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-01-25
OCEOLA, THE INDIAN WARRIOR.
lY ". ~. COHEN.

This gifted individual 10 about 80 vrars
Of age, feet 10 inches high. rather slsn-
der thnn siout--but elegantly formea-of
remarkable lighfncss of limbs, We, capable
of iron endurance, something of the Apollo
and Hercules blended, or rather the sasy
grace, the steadily sep aud active spring Of
the tiger. His grandfather was n Scotch.
man, his grandmother and noiher were full
Indians. His fnlher was of course, half
breed aud OceoIa is therefore 4 ouar,rr-
blood, or one fourih white, which his com
pcxi"n aud ewes indicate, being much
lighter than those of The Indians generally.
When convcr'ing IN topics agreeable 10.
him, his countennncc manifsTs more the
disposition of The white than the red man.
There is great ,ivaciiy in The play Of L.s
features, aud when excited, his face is III up
as hy " thousand fires of passion, aninniior
and enrrxy.--liis nose i, Grecisn nj its base
aud would h" perfectly Phidonn, but thar i.
beconrs slightly nrch-d. There nrr in.
'om'tahlr iir,nnc" and ~iiherlng .corn in
the expression of his moulh- though The
lips arc 'remulous frnm The intense EMO.
'ions which seem ever boiling up wibin
and toll hnve traced their channels, aniici.
pairing, "n youthful face, the hsyock and
Grr"w-work ~ tbpr.
To those who hnyr known Sre6n, III,
f,ns dovs no, appear like n Sun-hur..,
but rs the rlpcning frui, of rsrly promised
blossoms. For years past, he has cniovcd
the reputation of bving the best BAH PLAYER
aud hunter nnd the most expert nt running,
wrestling ahd Ill other active exercises.
At such timc', or when nsked. his figure,
whence all suprrfluous flesh is worn dawn,
cxhl,lts The most beautiful devekpcnrnt Ut
muscle and power. lie is said to br insrI
hausiibl. from the ball play. an sxcrciss 81
violent, that The struggle for mastery la.
been known Ia cause the death Of one OF
The con,baianis. When this occurs in a
fnir contest, The survivor is not punished
for murder, rs ~ all other cases of taking
life. On one occasion, Ocrola, acird 40
gaide to pafly of forsenier, aud findinc
that, at starting, they proceeded slowly. he
inquired the Cause. On being told that i,
was on his account, with one Of those smiles
he alone cnn give. he bade them proceed
more rapidly. They put spurs to their
sleeds, md he, a-fooi, kept up with th'-,
during the entire route, nor did he rxhibi,
the slightest Smptorns Of fatigue, mt the
close of the day, but arrived at the point
proposed, MS earl ' as the mounted lmiy.
To Col. Gadsden sole Co,nn,issioner "a
the Treaty Of Psyne's Landing, OcroIs
rendered good service, nj the head of thirty
or forty warriors, posting himself nearer t'
the ColoDefs position then the other In
dams, and saying, he was more like tho
white man than they. lie did no, sign the
treaty then aud there made, nor did he re-
fuse so to do. The fac, is, he wa. never
asked To subscribe iiis name therein, beir r
at that time. but Tursteuugge aud of lit
tie note. This tre's,y must not he confoun-
lied with The subsequent ngre~men, ,la,
Oceola hnally signed, and in,o which b. il
SAID To bavc plunged his knife, when cal, 4
for the signature. The nrvoeinin,as a
Payne's laudIng were in the time of Tuck.
asee Emalha, or the Ground Mole War
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