Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-11-16
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SQUEEZING A LARGE INDIAN
INTO A SMALL SHIRT.

travels in this country, has some very |
amusIng passages; particularly these Ia
relation TO his experience among the Paw
Inees. He carried some goods among them
and Just as he was ut0lt 10 leave he was
advised, bv the Chief IN whose wigman he
had dwcIt, to expose his goods for saIe,and
then no;ly The iockies Of the village
that he was ready to trade. THIS plan
worked admirably, an among those who
came to decker, was an o'd tai cMet, with
whom our Highlander had sport enough
to compensate him one would suppose,
most amply for his previous vexalons.-
The following is his wugsish description
| Of the scene:
Soon after dis, while was still sitting
near my packs Of goods, like an isfaeihe
lin Monmouth street, all elderly cmcl ap
preached, and siguitled his wish to trade.
Our sqnaws placed some meat before HIM,
after shich gage himthe piPc; aad ia
the meantime had desired NY s,rvani 10
search my saddIc-bags, and odd 10 his heap
of salcable articles every thIng OF every
kind beyond what was ajsfsteIy neceesa-
ry for my covering on my return. a
snare SHIRT, handkerchief, and walstcoat,
were thas drafted; and, among Other
things. was kind Of ell stic tiannel waist
coat. made for wearing next to The shin,
land 10 be drawn over the head, as II was
without buttons or any oFeulng IN front.
lit was too small Cor me, and altogether 50
tight aud uncomfortable, although elastic,
that had determined to part With IT. 10
dis last article nay new customer took II
great fancy: and he made me dtscrlhe I"
him the method Of putting il on, ana the
warmth and comfort Of it when on. lie It
Remembered that he was Il very large cor
pulent man, probably Weighing sixteen
stone; knew hiti TO be very coed ma
tured, as had hunted once with his SON.;
and, on returning to his lodge, the ia'hef
had Toasted me, chatted with ne by signs,
and taught me some Of that most ex,raor-
binary Indian method of communication.
lie said he should like TO try on The l"ck
el and as he threw The buildo robe iihls
huge shoulders, ! cod.d scarcely keep my
gravity, when compared their dnmen-
sions with the garment iuto which we were
about to attempt their in,roduclion. -
However, ty dint Of grent industry aad
care, We coulrised to get him into IT. ~
the body it was foot TOO short, and htted
him so close thatevery thread wes sretcii-
ed to the uttermos,: the sleeves reached a
very little way below his elbow. How
, ever, he onked upon his arms and person
with great compacency, aud ELECTED ma
nv smiles from the squaws At the drollery
. of his attire; bat as the weather was very
lhot, he soon began 10 find hnosell too
warm and confined, and he wished TO take
5 it off again. He moved his arms--he
lpuled the sleeves he twisted md turned
himself in every direction, bot in vain.
The woollen acket was an admirable H.
lusralion of the Inferno of Dante aud
Virgil, and of ,natrlmony, as described by
many poets-it was easy CROUCH to getln
10 it, sed repocdre gradum was different
: matter indeed. The ola man eXerIed him
self till The drops Of perspirallon tell from
' his forehead had not been there he must
> either have made sumo person cut it up
i, or have sat in it till this minute. Eol
= some time enjoyed this scene with moll
cous and deuure gravity, and then
> showed him ihat he must try and pull /
], IoA' over his head. A lad who stood by
> Ithen drew il vii II enveloped his nose,eyes
mouth, and wears; his arms were ra'ser
" above his head and for some minutes he
: remained in that melancholy plight, bin
Ided clicked and smo'hered, with his hands
rendered useless fer the time. lie rolled
: about, sneeziug, suffering and struggling
, until all around were convulsed m laogh
J ter; and our scuaws shrieked 10 their IN
2 rovernahle mirth in manner that | ha'
F" never before Witnessed A length sii
: a piece OF the edge, and released the oil
: fellow from his slaitwastcoat confinement
I he turned it round often in his hands, ant
p" made kind Of comic grave address to il
Of which could only gather few words
believe the import of them was, that
would be a''good creature in the ice-mont'
in the village.n Twas so pleased with hi
good humor, ihatI gave it to him, and toll
him to warm his squaw in The ice-month
-,seee~s-
!. Dinner in The Moorish City Of Baenc. -
IS Our dining room was asmali whlie-washet
10 chamber on one side of the entrance TO tn
IF posada. A low small table, and a few
II broken seats which could not be calle'
h chairs, composed the furniture. Loavc
Il ordnrk bread were ranged round the table