The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
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and the west. Time had benumed the iron sin /.
-ews Of the rangers-untaniable by anyother ell
eniy-o" they were sleeping each in his narrow
cell forever laid Where the red man once
roamed after the moose, prowed upon the scout,
or lighted the council fre--now stood the in FAINT
village and the peaceful neighhorhood. The
water fall lat whose foan1ing foot the Indian ono e
'dartcd his rude spear into the salmon, or hook
ed tho trout upon his curued bit Of bone, now
,urned'the wheel of the clumsy grst mil, width
err the jogging farmer brought his rye and In.
dan,' over moors and hill, through bush and
swamp, in safety. The congregations as they
gdtket together 'at meeting no longer brought
their charged guns 10 their house Of worship, or
feared that the prayers Of their minister would
he interrupted by the war whoop-of Lovewell's
men scarcely q survivor remained, of the few
that lived through the desperate fight at Pig
wacket, Chamberlain was yet alive. lie was
an old grey headed man. He bad long G ven
over hunting, and peace had changed his war
spear into an implement Of husbandry; of all
his hunting and fighting gears nothing rcma ined
TO him but the gun that shot old Paugus at Love.
wells pond, and the bullet pouch and yellow
powder horn, covered over with Iudian devices,
which were the spoil of the fallen savage in that
terrible encounter These he had preserved
with an old mans His cottage, from
which went the solitary smoke that caught the
eye of Capt. Loyewell and his men, now was
the centre of considerable hamlet. wild
stream run past it, and, little way below it,
tnmbled down fall, on which stood one of
the rude mills of that day. Old Chamber
lain, once the swift hunter and the strong and
Hrounu warrior, was now its humble owner, and
more humble tender. He had survived bis
wife and his children. Few of his neighbors
veniured to he familiar with him, on account of
the stern peculiarly of his character, and he
passed his days i'm solitude, excepting such
socatons as men had with him i'll his humble
vOcations.
of #
those fair days in autumn, which make up the
"1a End sanH%naee 9ar 05 hs s y 6Rs ao
tavern, 10 talk over the affairs OF the little pup
lie ms was their wont--when they were sur
pri sed and startled 10y the entrance OF young
Indian among them. An Indian at that time
had got TO be rarity in P------. lie was
tnll over six feet, and finely formed after the
fashion of the forest. lie had oe't OF wuIll-
mum around his waist and from it hung his tom
nhawk. A long gun was in his hand, and he
stood in his moccasins with the grace and dIgnl-
" Of the son of chief. He placed his gun be-
hind the door and silently took his seat ny Nun
self. A little before sunset, the farmers ie't the
1om o,,l ra,,rneL to their homes One old hun
ter remained with the landlord and The young
SAVAGE. The hunter eyed the Indian with keen
o,tention-his suspicious were awakened ut 'ne
sight of this warrior armed, so remote from me
residence of the nearest tribe, and IN tilne OF
nence. He was acquainted with the Indian
character in old wars, and his suspicious We're
heohtend and confirmed, when he heard the
vonnus chief ask the landlord in loto and an
different tone if zone Chamberlain dIoeH IN Me
VILLAGE Z? The landlord pointed out to hIm the
mill where the old man labored, and the village
where he dwelt The Indian took his gun and
went out. A.,
some of the blood Of old Paugus,' said the
hunter. land I'll venture my life, come to aVenge
the death of that chief upon Chamberlain. ~,
give the old man warning lie hasti'y s'epPe',,
out, and followed winding foot path that leu
down to the saw mill, where the OLD man was
still at his tolls He reached the mill and tod
Chamberlain, that vo,ng Paugus from Cdnaad,
had conne ,cith his rifle and his tomdhdUk, TO a.
venge upon hin, the death of that ch.ei Chathoer'
lain's cheek turned ashy pale, and ne stormy re.
piled, tell young Paugus have the gun 'n ie
slew his father and he had better return 10 Inc
forests than modest me in my old age ana as
he spoke he pointed to the long gun. us IL huhe
upon prongs of the moose horn, driven IN the
saw mill plate, and near it was suspended the
bullet pouch and powder horn OF P'gwackel.II
The hunter had given his warning ana reIIca
The sun was setting at the south OF Mooseh'i'ock
Chamberlain took down his gun--trled us nm
charged it-took the pouch and the morn
flung them upon his side, hung up, near Inc Sd"
gate the old garments he had worn at WORK
through the day, hoisted the gate OF the mn aho
set it rapidly agong, looked keeh'y "r"u'u III.
IN every direction, and retired TO an enimehCe' ,
few rods distant crowned with cump OF thick
bushes, and crouched down TO await the aP
proach of his mysterious enemy. lie was nor
however, mysterious to Chamberlain: Inc OF.
man remembered every trai, of the Indian char
acter, and calculated with great accuracy as u
the time and manner of young fangus a" ,s1
Just as it was gro wing dusky to ulsthsus"
human form, except towards the west, tne OH
man deserted him creeping cautiously Ire, from IT.
branch of bushes eight or ten rods ABOVE vi
null by the side OF the torrent, with his co; IKE
rifle before, and his hand upon the LOCK. IN
young savage heard the noise of the saw gaze
and could discern i, in rapid motion, and shrnnl
back in the thicket He came out again n nln
distant from where he went in, and WIN wa van
motions Of the ambush, reconnoitered the 'nn'
Chamberluin eyed him all the while as the cut