Litchfield enquirer., 1841-07-22
AN INDIAN RAcuANALIAN PARTY.

The O1tno Indians having procured some kegs of whiskey, resolved to have a grand carousal, and aware of the fury to which theis passinns would be stimulated by in'oxicalioa, removed all weapons be- yond their reach. When the whiskey be- gan 10 work, fearful Grawl commenced, and in the frenzy of the moment brother bit of part of the chieftain's nose. The lotan was sobered in moment; he paused, looked intently in the fire, without utterine a word; then drawing his blanket over his head, walked out the building and hid him- self in his own lodge. On the following morning be sought his brother, and told him he had disisured him for life 'to-night,' said he, 'l will will go to my lodge and sleep; if can forgive you when the sun rises. you are safe, if not you die.' He krp, his word he slept upon his purpose, but sleep brought no mercy. He sent word to his brother that he had resolved upon his death, that there was no further hope for him; at the same time he be- sought him to make no resistance, but to | meet his fate as warrior should. His brother received the message and fled from the village. An Indian is untiring in his pursuit of revenge, and though years may elapse, yet ho will obtain i, in the end. From the time that it became the fixed purpose of the Io.an to slay his brother, his assiduity never slept j, he hunt ed him for months. He pursued his trail over the prairies he followed his track from one thicket to another, he traced him through the friendly villages, but without success for although he was untirng, his brother was wa,chfnl, and kept out of the way. The old warrior then changed his plan of action. He laid in wait for him in the forest, crouehine like tiger, in the paths which he might frequent in hunting, but he was for a long time unsuceesstul.- At length, one day when seated on a dead tree, he heard the crackling noise of a lwig breaking beneath cautious footstep. He instantly crouched behind the log, and watched the opposite thicket. Presently an Indian emerged from it, and gazed car nestly around The Iotan recognized his brother instantly. His care worn face, and omaciated form, evinced the anxiely and privations that he had suffered. Bu, this was nothing to the Iotan as yet his revenge was unsatiated, and the miserable appearance of his brother touched nc chord of his heart. He waited until he was with in few feet of him, then sprang from his lurking place and met him face to face. His brother was nnarnled but he met his 6e- , ry look with calmness, and without Ainch- ing. Hn, ha brother,' cried the Iotan, cooking his rife, have followed you long in van-now have you-you mast die. The other made no reply, but throwing of his blanket, stepped before him, and pre- scented his breast. The lo,an raised his rifle, and shot him through the heart.
 Temptations of Young Men" can hard
 ly name temptation so great, so fearful tc a young man, as that of handling money which is not his own: and if were to offer a special prayer for my son, it would be that he might not be tempted in this way Few, very few can withstand it. And al l the present time it has become so common, had almost said so fashionable, for men and boys to spend what is not their own, that the moral sense of the community has received a shock from which, am afraid, il will not soon recover. Ifyou steal an over- coat, to shield you from the blast, the watch mans rattle will soon make you sensible that you have disgraced yourself, and you are thief But if you have taken and used tens of thousands of money not your own lyou are not thief! You are only a-de faulter! And so common has it become that the sense of shame is almost gone-anC the sense of guilt seems entirely gone.
 Oh that those young men just coming upon the stage of action, might take warn
 ing from the fearful disclosures now SC common! l would have them remember that no man becomes a monster in any crime, at once-that there is hardly such U thing as the first crime in dishoncsty-that he who allows himself to borrow shilling out of his masters drawer, with the secre
 determination to repay it, has begun { downward course from which he will bt very likely never to recover-for he that i! unjust in that which is least, is unjust in tha
 which is much-and the same heart whicf to-day prompts you to become defaultel for the shilling which you hope to pay, bu
 but hope in vain, will hereafter, if you have the opportunity, lead you to take tens oi thousands which are not your own. How fearfully common is if, to see it announced that such man, supposed to be pattern of integrity, of morality, of religion even who was supposed even by his wife to be upright, and honorable, and affluent, has turned out to have been knave for years Oh! never did understand, till lately, how awfully great is the temptationy when we have the handling of money not our own
 Most tenderly do I warn these young men of the danger; most earnestly do beseech them not to desire to sec money not theil own; not to handle it; and above all, nev. CT, never, nerer, borrow farthing unknown to the lender, with the secret promise of re. AZ