Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-12-01

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words, when swarihy hand, reaching oser his
shoulder, clu'cued the child from hts arms, and
brained II against The dnor-pos,. IN the SINE mo-
menl that the tomahlwk Of another savage >irufk
hlu 10 the floor dozen painted demons Sprarg
over hts PROSTATE body into the centre of ih'
room. The simple scene OF domestic JOY, but
moment before 50 sheltered and home-i,Ac, WAS
changed on the instant. The mummed uurseiag
vas flung upon the embers near the feet OF Il,
frantic mother, Who slipped and t,ll IN the 81 cd
Of her husband, as She plucked her ch'd from Tho
Goals. and ran towards the door. II was
blow Of mercy, though ma, meant as such, which
dismissed her spIrit, as she Struggled TO rise WIN
her liieless burhen The cmbers Of the tire soon
srewed the apartment, while the saFases danced
among them with the mad glee Of the devils own
children, until the smoke aud blaze, ascending to
the rool-tree, drove them from the scene Of their
! internal orgies.
| The next days sun shoue upon that noulder |
! inr rum as brightly a. It unconscious ct the hor- |
| rors which his hight revealed. So complete had !
been the devastation OF The flames that I'tle bur
ashes now remalned and the blue smoke tuued
IN among the empowering Trees as gently as 1t u
rose only from a cottage,'s hospuahIe tire. The
onoe. perched upon cedlr-top, whtsIled as usu-
al to his mate, swinging in hs nestnpon the pend
ont branches of willow which had been planted
hy the Inflated settler near spring not tar from
his door, while the ca-bud from the bucr-imckci
renGed IN mocklng notes bmher and clearer Than
those he aimed to initiate. The swallow only
driven from her nest IN the caves, and vhrrhng III
disordered flight around the place, seemed ~ sharp
cres TO symnahse with the desoIatlou Witch had
come over it,
There was no human muymur, however, amid
I'M, scene. Ayoujh of sixteen sat with bis head
hurled m MS hands upon fallen tree hard by
So .t,lI and meaoeess be seemed, that ms form
mluht almost have be en- thought to have been car
we'd out of the grey wood, sun Whleh nis 'adeo
garments assmla,ed in color. Z would not be
difficult to supuise what passed IN the noSon' o'
the young forester, as at last, after nslng wa an
> effort, he advanced TO the frneral pyre OF Gls
household and turning over the day embers, dIscn-
gagged q hafburncd cloven skull from among
ttem. He threw himself upon the gass, and but
the ground with fierce agony that showed self
reproach must be mingled with his sorrow.
? " Nv Glher my mthcl (" he cued, wuthng in
anguish "why- why did not come home at
once, when heard that the Black Wolf had gone
north with bis band" burst Of teas seemed
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greater bitterness Than ever, he resumed, 3" Fool
: three accurscd fool that | was---l might have
5 known that he would have struck tor these noun
y tans, instead Of taking the sacoudaea route,
where the Palallne yHaars were out and on the
u watch for HIM. To die SO like a brute in the
hands of butcher, without one word OF warn.
y ing-to be burned like wood chuck in shold
e stricken to death without chance Of dealing
n one blow lo his defence Ny father my poo
Y father! On, God cannot bear i =
N But the youth knew not the seftenoyatng spi
IL ri Of HES sprlng-tlme when he thought that h:
y fst SORROW, bitter as it was, would blast his taan
10 hood forever 4 first grief never bHghts tht
;, heart oil man. The sapng hickory may be
ID bowed-may be shattered NY the storm, but it ha,
" all elasticity and oughness Of fibre that keep i
I" from pershng It's only long exposure TO
y succession Of harsh and biting wind, that steal.
Il away lis vigor, drinks up ts sap of life, onC
le sends chill al last TO the root which uoutishet
o lis vitality.
y That day Of cruel woe like al others, had al
u end for the young forester and when the wanlu.
ie moon rose upon the scene Of h., ruined home
a. her yellow hight disclosed the boy kneeIhg upot
4 tn, sod vherewth he had covered up the bones o
= bis only earthly relatives. She, too, was sol,
IL witness to the vow Of undyug vengeance which
Is he swore upon the spot against The whole race 0
III red men,
Y The seasons had twice gone their rounds sine
1o destruction had come over the house o. the SCI
g tier, and his son had never yet revisited The spot
u which, with the exhuberanl growth Of an Amer
" can soil, had partly reapsed into It's native wild
~ ness, from the tangled vines and ihlCkets who
u had oyergrown the clearing Tile strong arm
IS the government bad for While driven the Ind
no ans beyond the reach Of private vengeance b.
no now they were again returning to their iayorlt
es hunting ground north Of the Mohawk, and aroun
the sources Of the Hudson. Some even ha
yentured into Albany to dispose Of their packs
~ skins, and cary back a supply Of powder an
i'm other necessatles Of the hunter Of the wilderness
Of 1t was two OF these that the orphan youth dogge
a. from the settlements, on their way through ii
en- northern forests, TO the very spot where his oa
Of vengeance had been recorded The sequ
py may best be told in the words Of an Did huuie
under whose guidance made my first aud on
py visit 10 the Dead Clearing
30 1t was about two O'Clock Of a hot Angus, a
ant ternoon, that Ben, after thus following up the
luI trial for three days, came upon the tno Iniul
Of usl where the moose-runaway makes an opc
ng in the forest and lets the light down upon V
hat willow thai still iourshes beside the old hcmnc
n !? The Ipjuns were sitting beneath The willow thin
Tor lng themselves sheltered by the rocky bank o
. poslte, and mass Of underwood which had 81
mt up round the top Of an oak, which had be-
car twisted Off in tornado in some former day, al
nv then lay lmbedded in weeds beneath the kno
,od But few yards from this bank, in that lhlel
,ol. round the roots Of yon messy old beach, b
can found SHELTER, from which, at any moment,
he could creep up aud cover either with hts fire irt
,lk. behind The knoll But a. he had only one b
roitcd mere il reoui,ed full a. cool n hand "a