Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-10-06

certainly been slept IN, and 50 concla-
! dp.I the Old Indy and the girl had e.
sectel tier eatr,nca and exit quietly
| IN the night without disturbing oar
sluinbers.''
4 might not b. very difficult PEI
APPS, in the renlr'z that follows, 70
discover VIII New.ol1lllni should
have become 50 flmou for its q ar
rels, in poi.cs rs well as most othe.
lhiays:
cone point il the charac'er Of nost
Of the iahlb.taats OF Nexiounlland
seem; to be common to the whole o.
! Nor,h America, nfme'Y, the eager in
qi.ry ate, news, ana the propensity 10
TX z serltion an i1ve ltio1, 10 use the
. NOS, polite terms. It is re lily aston
Ishiny how news Of tie most iritIing
IN ltters, especially i il is dashed with :.
little scnId, flies about, not only in
St. Johns, bat along the coast 10 the
most distant settlements. Reports 0.
the most Iadiorous nature-lu.ticfou>
for OK 'ggerltion, even i, they have d.
ny foam lation in f4ct-gain instant
cie,lence. 1t seems to be stain on d
mans character if on coming into a
harbor be has not a badget Of news;
50 that il lie knows n ne, he 'immedi
atelY draws on his Imagination. The
seal hunters, AMI the furr,ers in the
country, make a point Of giving fii>e
inform ton as to the results Of their
ex petitions; AMI they were, once or
twice, qli'e angry with me for telling
the trlth on these points. ':Sure, ST.
whqt'5 the use Of letting them know
win we've got3' BAT WI ~ the
use Of telling a lie about it3' 'Faixi
AMI us no; what call have they be
asking about it'' The consequence
OF tbs Indifference to truth is b ID one,
AlaliciouS sayings, and tale bearings,
rcport; Of private conversations, and
remarks with lin ,turej emphasis Of
additions, AMI all the petty na'ce Ct
scandal, ere rife in all the settlements
visited; o!jen Introducing the most
bitter private disselSions into commu-
MUGS fiat might Otherwise be happy
anI united. The first society in ST.
Johns IS i.nisltel il tbs matte BY
the humble fishermen in the most re-
tired out-harbor, in 4 manner that TO
the unprejld!cel observer seems The
most severe satire upon them"
We can only take one short ancc-
dote, from several ofthe same amusing
kind to show the suPerst;ious terrofs
prevalent everywhere:
Z One Of hem, named Dick, was SC
ing down to the boat, soon a.ter dark
for something he had forgotten, when
another began story OFFS man Hv-
ing in a lonely place heaflnsa llnoca;
at his door one night, high, Oh open
ing, he found to proceed from a head
less visitor that walked in and usnrpe>
his place at the fire. Dick, who had 60
to the door, instantly returned and 80
down, and, on my asking him Why h'
did not 60, said, ooh, my God, sir
I'm feared to 70 after that' and to m,
great aStonishmeat found that, tho
an active, daring boatman, he was at
soluteIy afraid to venture fifty yards II
the dark, and that his fear did not seen
unnatural or ridiculous to the rest"
The Roman Catholic priests-wh(
have of course great influence with a
least half the native settlers OF thl
half-Irish colony OF Newfoundland
and who often Show their good sens
and freedom from small prejudices Il
when they vote seal to be fish, in com
paratiye scarcities at Leat)-haye hard
! ~ enough of the spirit Of seli-sacrifce
=. we fear, to do away with these sill,
beliefs and fancies. Orit would sure
!, y not be difficult. they prevail to
; irightlui extent.
/ Great discussions have been as Il
whether the Red Indians Of Newioand
=. land are descendants OF 'Tartars O
); Scandinavians--blt more proftab.
j ana pleasant than all such, perhaps
in this little sketch OF an Indian int
rior, as it is now often found:
"On the opposite side of the soun
: to the old mans house we found an II
/, dian wigwam, with an old Indian VIC
z MA and her two daughters, one Of III
{ 1il mans sons opposite. The o.
,a IL !, l,ioI ~ n,,nctacha ta-