The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
WRITTEN FOR THE CALEDoNIAN.)
II f. G. u nj S T. II IS r L. V f. N G e.

Il &c u NJ e ii S REV EN- G e.
1t was at the close OF one of those cold and
dismal days in November, the sun was sinking
below the western horizon, and casting its length
ed shadows far DER the Praria Du Chen, that
war party to emerge from the forest
and wind their way slowly around winding
point Of land where few fires were kindleG,
the party taking the precaution to intercept the
light lest some Struggling band ofSioux warriors
oud linger on the pralria and thus be attracted
towards there encampment. The night was
cold and dari-the fires, around which anumer
groups OF savages were lying, were suffered to
burn down, and the encainlment was in slum-
her,--now and then dismal cry would shoot
far over the waste. discovering to the sentinel
the Vegetable desolntion Of the prairia The rain
came from the north accompanied with snow
and s.eet which swept over the encampment, but
disturbed not the siumbering saYages, who, I'M
concous Of danger, slept quietly wrapped in their
blankets, and the encanpment was STILL Per-
haps designs medtate'l 10y any Indian Chief
were better calculated for exciting the jealousieS
nrousipg The passions, and uniting the tribes in
one rash and extensive league for the massacre
and determination of the whites, than the rnedi
tafed designs Of Tecurnseh, the warke Chief Of
the tribes of the north. The Injustice of the
whites, the desolatiOn and destruction OF his red
hrethern continued to harrow mp the passions of
his tribe, and TO excite that deep and deadly lla-
tered and desire for revenge which is the charac-
ieris;ic ofthe American Indian. Added to these
insults the invasion of their boundaries, the DIES
trlction and determination of their tribes, their
forests and hunting grounds whitening ut The
touch of the white man, and their nations and
tribes dissolving before the tide OF civilization,
called loudly for one united and vigorous eXcr
ton by the alliance of all the tribes from the
gulf of Mexico to lake Superior to check the
encroachmens and destroy the whites Ivy one u
nited and vigorous effort at their total extermi-
nation. The difficulties AND embarrassnents of
such an undertaking, the I,ractised eye of Te-
cunlseh at once perceived the pipe of peace had
been smoked between the Sioux tribe of War
riors, the most powerful Of all the north eastern
nations and the whites and the hatched, which
had oft been buried in the white mans bosom,
was now raised in their support lly destruction
OF their ncghhoring tribes. Tecumseh deter
mined to check the power and repel the lnYa-
sons OF that powerful tribe secretly sent embas-
sailors to lie distant as well as neighborlng ma
tons to consult upon the most expeditions means
Of humbling their naughty and treacherous
neighhors. a counsel of the Chiefs assembled
with Tecumseh at their head-he boldly and
earlessly discovered 10 them their danger Of the
advance of civilization ofthe encronchment upon
their boundaries, and with wild and thrilling en-
ergy, told them that their prosperity depended
upon this last eXertion-that It they tailed IN me
reduction of the Sioux ana extermnation OF the
whites--that before many moons had rose ana
set, the blood Of the last Indian would 'ninS'e
" h the waters of the Pacific. The last ac-
cents of Tecumseh's were broken by the
shouts Of revenge for the capture of Wlami,
the Indian Fripcess--the daughter of Tecum-
seh Previous 10 those preparations Tor nm at
tack upon the SonX, which WAS the result o.
deadly felId. subsiSting between the two nations
Wiami, the lovely daughter Of Tecunseh, who
was destined for Il Princess Of the ChipeWas,
when hut a child had been captured ny a Sioux
band of warriors Exasperated beyond in
dnrance that fire y hr!l had long been burning
i'm Tecunisch'S bosom--a rharnrier uniting all
tl,oh ball az th.fi m
erge,c mighty mind, was destined 10 burst
forth upon the heads Of the Sioux for their ALI
ance with the whites, and treaties broken with
the neighboring nations. The settlement OF the
S oux was but few leagues distant, and the stu
alton of the village, while the protection 1t at
forhed, guarded, as it was by strong palisades,
easily enabled them to repcl every attack
and thwart every design neditated ny their
enemies. Great precautions were necessary
therefore to he taken by Tecunsel, whom the
reader will recognize to be the leader encainped
upon the Prairie to avoid any discovery that they
might chance to make, aud thus discomfort their
efforts against them, aided by the impenitrable
darkness which rested upon the prairie, fecum-
sch and his warriors felt, but the unweary seni-
mel, atigued by long march, fell asleep upon his
watch, and the fire having accidentally caught,
reached a blanket and in q moment the encamp-
ment was. in flames. The savages awakened from
their sumber succeeded in extinguishing the
flames. AS might he supposed, this slight Incl
dent remained not unobserved by the Sioux,
whose situation on rising ennence command
ed, although at a great distance, view of the
whole prairie. Dispatching two horsemep to
bring the intelligence in the event Of danger,
they hastily made preparations for the defence of
the town. The Chiefs immediately commenced
collecting their followers together--one by one,
the dusky forms Of the savages stole silently aud
cautiously from their huts to guard the passes
10 the town and render them donby imperiyous
to the attack of their enemies. In the meantime
the two horsemen arrived bearing the informal,
ton that a great number of Warriors were en-
camped upon the Prairie. It determined by
the Chiefs that deta chment should be sent to
intercept any division that might chance to stray
from the main body. We will now return to
the Prairie. Before daylight had tinged the east
ern horizon, the camp was in motion, and the
SUMS broad disk as it lighted up the prairie, saw
file after file nlnnu into tba forest in the dlrec