New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-11-18

Well, | II tell you, ne saiu, .0' -
saws that when Blacklist, the Indian warrior, asked
hs tbey had taken me prisoner, il Colonel
a., s,nt me TO steal their horses, that said, No,
g, (Here he looked indignant, and rose from MS
cbair6 tell you l never said Sir to an lngin in
nv life scarcely say it to white man"
Mrs. Ren,on, who was engaged in sons domes
tic occupation at the table, turned round, and re-
marked - When We were last in kentucky, some
one gave me the book to read, when came 10 that
part, he would no, let me read any more
And tell you
high respect for his talents besides, Mr. MClung
does rot give the acceun. of Rentons adventures
as narrated to himself, 10y him. but as abridged
from MSS. account, given by the veneratse Pc
neer himself, and row in the possession OF Mr..
John D. Taylor, Of kentucky. Rehton stated that
he had narrated MS adventures TO young lawyer,
Whose name | forget) and that all IN that book
was true. In answer 10 question abou; Girty,
he observed:
:" He was good to me; when he came up 10 me,
when tie IngiHs had painted black, knew
hin at first He asked me good mary questions,
but | thought it best not 10 be too forard, and ]
held back from telling HIM my name, but when
did tell him. oh he was mighty glad to see me.
He flung his arms round ME, and cried like child.
never did see lad TO see another
vet. He made u speech to the ingins-he could
speak the Ingin tongue. and knew how 10 speak
and told them if they meant to do him favor they
must do it now, and save ms life. Gir'y, after
ward, when We were at q think he said) Detroit
together, cried TO me like child, often, and told
me he was sorry for the part ne took against the
whites-that he was TOO hasty. Yes, | tell You,
Girty was good to me-
remarked. at ) a wonder he was good 10
you.
No" he replied quickly, but solennly, it is
no wonder When we see our fellow creatures
every dav, we do Ut care for them but it is diff
ferent when YOU meet man all alone in the woods
the wild, lonely woods. | tell YOU stranger,
Gir,y and met lonely men, on the Banks OF the
Ohio, and where Cincinnati nov stands, and we
pledged ourselves, one to the other, hand in hand,
for life and death, when there was nobody in tie
wilderness but God and us,'-h's very language,
end a sublime expression thought it.
He spoke kindly of the celebrated Logan, the
Indian chief, and said he fne-looSing man,
with good ceuntenance and thst Logan spoke
English US well as himself. Speaking Of the In
dians ho said
. Though they did abuse me- nightly, must say
that they are a. cute as other people-with many
great warriors among them; they are as keen
marksmen as the whites but they do not take as
good care of their rifles. Finding ones way
through the woods, is all habit Indians talk much
less than the whites when they travel, but that is
because they have less to think about
He spoke Of Boon, and said that he had been
with him great deal. He described him u.
Quaker looking man, with great honesty and sin
gencss of purpose, but very keen. We were
struck with his acuteness and delicacy of feeling
He was going to show us his hand, which had been
manned by the Indians; he half drew OFF his nit
ten, and then pulled i, again.
No." said he, - it hurts my feelings
Nv friend observed that it was mentioned in the
different accounts Of him, that when himself and
his companions arrived at the Ohio with the hoses
of the Indians they might have escaped if they had
followed his advice.
Understand, understand said he, I do not
mean to blame them. The horses would not
somehow, enter the river. knew the Indians
we're behind us, and told them so; they would not
i,ave the korses-I could not leave them, the
Indians came yelling down the hills, aud took US
observed to him. ,ha, wondered, after his
escape from the Indians, that he did not return TO
Virginia, und un no more risks in being taken by
them.
All" said he, Z" / was a changed man; they
abused me nightly. | determined after that,
never to miss chance e. meaning nj the life o
IN Indian.)
lie was very ANXIOUS lHat Cidrkc lIt sipu!u
be wriiten-Genera George Rogers Clarke-who,
he said had done more TO save Kentucky from the
Indians, than any other man. He told us that 4
gentleman from Urbana, (Ohio,) had been With
him Two or three days, aud that he had told him a
good deal about HIMSELF {" But, said he, % am
mighty anxisus to tell what know about Clarke.
You may depend he was a brave man, and did
much.
He then told us that not five miles from the
place where we were, he had been captive among
the Indians, painted black, with his hands pinioned
behind him. his body acerared with the scvercst
treatment; the bene of his arm broken, and pro-
lrc,ing through the hcsh-amd his head shockingy
bruised. | observed him that he must have
been very strong and active man, to have en-
dured many hardships, and made so many es-
copes
Yes" he said al believe | might say was
once an active man, but, continued he, taking my
cru.ch in his hand, as sat beside him, and hold
ing it. together with his stail-I could trace the
association of his IDEAS am an old man.
observed from his manner, that he wished to
ask me about my cru,ch, but that he felt a deli
cacy in doing so. | explained ii TO him after
observing the fashion OF ii for some tme-for
lad fashion of my in my cruJches-he
looked at me earnestly. and sad with emotion,
showing me his own staff
q You see have to use one too; you are young,
and | am old but tell you, we all mus, come to
il at last.
Many, in their courtesy, have tried to reconcile
my crutch, but no one ever did it with 30
bland spirit this blunt backwoodsman whs
never said sir TO ludian in his life, and scarcely
ever 10 a white man.
True poteness is from the heart and from the
abundance of the hear, it speaketh--the rest Is but
imitation, and at best, the au;omaton fashioned
20 act like
We rose twice To leave ere did SO, the old
worthy pressing US so warmly not 10 90 yet.
At last after hearty shake of the hand with him.
we departed on way to Beeton,aine We
were scarcely upon the road, before the rain de-