Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-05-01

DI,Bo1lcAL AcT.-Late Boston papers
give the particulars Of a fiendlsll crime re-
Gently committed at Cambridge Port, near
that city, by a young man named Tappan,,
1t seems that he profossed great love and
Was paying his addresses to a young girl
named Nancy Felton,. He called tpont
her On the evening Of the 18th inst. and
invited her TO take a walk, which she &C.
cepted. During tle walk he observed that
he had some excellent figs, whichhad been
sent to him by an uncleso or some friend at
a d~isance, and Offered her one which sha,
took and commenced eating it. She soon
noticed that it tasted very peculiarly, and
remarked 50 to Tappan, who replied that
the fruit was a new and very find kind
she had eaten about half Of the fig; the
other half she preserved. During the walk
she began to feel i'll, and on her return
home was taken violently sick. A physi-
clan was sent for, who, from the symptoms
manifested, declared she had been POI
soned. Half of the fig WIS produced, and
On examination it was found to contain a
large quantity of Spanish flies. =
At last accounts the poor girl was still
alarminly i'll. The scoundrel who commit.
ten this act, whether with the intent to
murder or for the more hellish purpose of
running the character of one whom he
professed to love, has been arrested, but
admitted to bail. to answer the Charge
He is the son of a clergyman and is him.
self member of a Presbyterian church
The girl is the daughter of poor but fe.
spectacle parents at Cambridge Port.
The POOR Indian.-In the splendid re-
glons Of the Far West, " which lie be-
tween Missouri aud the Rocky Mountains,
there arc living at this moment on the prai.
ries, various tribes, who, if left to them
selves, would continue for ages to live on
the Buffaioo which cover the plains. The
skins of these animals, however, have be-
come valuable to the whites, and accor-
dinghy, this beautiful yerdant country, and
these brave and Independent people have
been invaded by the white traders, who, by
paying them a pint of whiskey for each
skin, for robe as they are termed in Ameri.
ca,) which sells at New York for ten or
twelve dollars, induce them to slaughter
these animals in immense numbers leaving
their flesh, the food of the Indians, to rot
and purify on the ground. No admoni-
tioa or caution can arrest for a moment the
propelling power of whiskey. According
y in all directions these poor thoughtless
beings are seen furiously riding under iss
influence in pursuance of their game, or in
other words, in the fatal exchange of food.
for poison. 1t has been very attentisedy
calculated by the traders who, manage to-
collect per annum, from 15O,000sto 5000
buffalo skins, at the rate which, these ami
mails are disposed of, in ten years they will
be killed off. Whenever that event hap
pens, Mr.. Catlin very justly prophecies
that 100000 Indians, now living in a plain
Of nearly three thousand miles in extent,
must die of starvation, and become a prey
to the wolves, or that they must attack the
powerful n~eighboring tribes Of the Rocky
Mountains, or in utter phrenzy Of despair
rush upon the white population In the for
lorn hope of dislodging it. In the two alter
natives there exists no chance; and we have
therefore the appalling reflection before us,
that 100000 Indians must soon be added
to the dismal list of those who have already
withered and disappeared, leaving their
country to bloom and flourish in the pos
session of the progeny Of another world
Quarterly r Uiep. ~ =