Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-22

en- 20 show that they once the prime Of an
Indian wigwam- Perhaps little farther on he will
notice four large stakes yet standing about eight feet
high. and five by three apart, acrsss the tobs Of
which laid poles. which rests the coffin con-
taiaing few bones. few years iince such a
cophagus erected on the west bank OF Rock riv.
or. abput two miles below the junction Of the Pc
catonc wheien laid en- Indian girl. IL re-
NAMED till about year since, when decay and
winds swept il away and left nothing but the stakes
or which II reared which are standing yet |
The coffin made Ivy splitting a section ola h,i- |
low tree and taking half OF II. with fiat slab
for the rib
| The Rock River country was heaven for the
Indians-s high. dry prairies reaching the rivers
bank without marsh or slout hits plenty o( game
its innumerable priRts agreeable to the eye (lor an
Indian has idea that and its drv bracing and
transparent air. 6rned many attractions to the
Red Lords that they tore themselves away with the
utmost regret and when away looked back with the
most ahecionate longing; nor did numbers Of the
Wnnebngoes fail 20 visit IL every until their
final removal last year. Now AMI then strong
one. too mean frr his tribe, still fingers. one OF
whom is or was lately camped at n short dis
lance from here, whose name ia English n Cut
tongue. in ausion 10 his having lost part Of his
! tongue for snme villany. Last Spring he shot his
sister and her husband with bullet. Instances
OF mutaiion are not uncommon. most Of which how
: ever are the badges Of personal pugnacty.
|
lars they are ndoleni the distinction between meum
and ieum is hut poorly defined in their minds; arc
all bcggars. and the word soap think is found ~
y none of their vocabuarcs, and water. though
they always linger about tbs banks Of streams have
no idea they are aware Of the many uses to which
may he put. In other respects the different tribe
dirr widely; they differ in in personal beau
y, in bravery and in short in all that forms the dis
nclion between meanness aud nobeness. for though
as said, they are oil prone to mistake another ia
. their own. yet the degrees which this is carrie
differ Immensely. Their language too vary as mue
in smoolhness as the jawcracking Russ does iro'
lie the honied Italian.
r In all that constitutes the meaner traits of India
IN Oh ,racier think the Winnebagnes will yield
he few. Their average stature should judge 10
or about five feet five six. with immensely broa
faces and heals. in which phrenologst migt
~ lind all the predominance of the animal over th
e spiritual if he wished TO confirm his doctrine.
u. should think them much deficient in personal br;
oil very. They are immensely fond of cards and ]
ne love OF joke, gisge and fun, yield none. net
~ er saw two of them together. unless perhaps of III
ng chiefs or old men. who not continually cracl
" ms jokes upon each other. II one Of them took
he knife he would dart il at his fellow. point "a
gun nj him To make him wink dodge, both kcei
al ing laugh ard chatter ut the rude fun they wer
~ thus able "a manufacture
ur The PotawainInies much their superiors
m every respect. Ono only needs them be SCI
as sibe OF Ihis-l once asked young fellow who
al his form and bearing evidently Of another sol
&C. from his fellows il he Winnehago, and he pr
ne nounced his Chowin,' (no) with emphasis whi'
10 showed he thought the question about quarter
ns an insult No, in the head Of The IN 81 inellectui
ns man or The most exquisite beauty have ever see
At an eye that y ould compare with some have see
" among the PUttawaIomies-ii is positively hqui
Is lightning. The Winnebagoes 81 sensible
H. their own inferioriiy that many Of them will ca
themselves Puttawaiomies when they think The d.
he ceit will pass
w In nothing do these two tribes differ tina
TO- in their languages; that OF the Winnebagoes ] ca
IL compare 10 nothing apt than The cackling an
chatter ola flock Of hens while scratching the
" fool on n sun shIney morning, especially when sp
n ken by their sIuaws. the lighter voices of N
meI. There is the samci IndisIinsuishnl'e run
VI consonant sounds with no places either 10 put
Or vowels or liquids, the Imaginable nonchalanc
Is though they made purpose to rattle sue
noiSes. and were reduce eiih9r To written wur,
10 | would take 10 the haruyarI. Ifone WI
T. listen TO flock Of sheep as they pastn
u Of cobbe stones with now aud then n spot of wal
~ he gam some idea OF the in which
N WInnebagO's voice will run over the hard Is az
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