Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-06-21

AN EXPOSED lNDlAN.-Nly attention was
directed by Major S,ut,rl the Indian Agent. 10 one
of the most miserable and helpless looking objects
that ever had seen IN my hic-a very aged and
cmaciaicd man of the tribe who told me he was 10
bc exposed.
The Tube were going where hunger and dire ne.
cess.iy compelled Them to 60; aud this pitiablc OBJ
Jcci' who had once been chief and a man Of dis.
junction ia las tribe who was now too old 10 travel.
being reduced 90 mlse skin anI bones, was % DC
lcit 20 Siarvc, and meet with such death as risht
Jail Ia his lot fingered around this poor old for
saSeu patriarch hr hours before We started: 10 In.
dulge the Tears ofsympathy which were lowing Tor
the sake OF t.is poor hcughtoJ, AMI dccr,pd old
man, whose worn out limbs were no longer ablc 10
support ham; their kind and faithful Offices having
hong since been Performed; and has body and h.y
mind doomed 10 liugcr into the whitening a-aIy Of
decay, nHd gradual solitary death. / went aud n
vas pleasure 10 weep, for The painful looks aud
d5cary prospects OF this old veteran whose q, O. were
diam, q. whose yeLerahlc locks were uhitcncd by
an hundred years--NhpSc limbs were almost mixed:
| aud trembling, as he sat by small fire which III,
friends had iei, hlm, with few sticks OF v,o3d
within hS reach, aHl a bufflo's skin stretched M.
on some crrlches over his head. Sach was 10 De
his only dwelling. and such The chances for hi, lio.
"nh only few hall picked bones that were lai :
within las reach, aud dish OF wafer, without w,a.
puus or means Of any kind TO repicnIsh th,rn ar
strength % move his body from its llcal.Iy Ia This
sad plight mpumlu.ly contemplated ibis miserable
remnant O.! existence, WIN had unlucki.y ouiliVed
Tie ilies aud accidents q! 90 die alone at death 3
leisure. Ills friends and his children had all !en
num- aud were preparing 90 llilc tim. u be on the
march lie had Tod them o. leave him, "he VA.
tlo 90 he saH land io1 feeble TO march. Nv
'hildrsh,' sld he, "oCr nation Is po,r. and IL -
necessary that yoa should all go 10 tie country
Were you can get mea'my eyes are dimmed a pd
my Strength Is no more -uy lays are nearly an
Numbered, and am q burden o. nv children
r'Hroi 60, and Ni,h 10 die. Keep your bcs-,s
Stout an tnink no, of w ara I'D longer good r
any Tins la This way they hal finished Tho core.
in'uY oi exposing him, aul iaken their final leave
oil hfn. advanced 20 the old man uni was un-
dou6iediy the last human being that held converse
W'ii ham. sat by she sids OihIu; aud Enough he
c'"ld not dnncily sec mo, h3 shook me hen riIly by
The hand aud sn.led, evidently aware ihat / vnt n
while nan. and that sympathiz.d win his newt.
able misfortune. shook hand. again wiih HIM
turning my course towards the steamer. which WIS
miIc or m1ro from nae, and ready to resume her
voyage up The Missouri
Ihi' cruel custom Of exposing their agcl neople.
belongs. think To all the tribes who roam abop,
The praIries making severe marches, when such de.
crepd parsons are totally unable 10 60, ride or 10
walk when They have no means ofcarrying them
IL Oilen becomes Absolutely necessary in such coses
That they should be len aud they uniformly insis f,
upon q.
When passing by the site OF tho Puncah village.
lew months after this, Ia my canoe / went ashore
with my men, nnd found he poles. and The buiT,lo
skin, standing They were Left over The old mans
head. The lire brands were lying nearly as had
lei, men, AMI iound few yards distant, The skull
aad others Of hIs bones. which had been picked and
cleaTei by the wolves; which is probably all That
any human being can ever know OF his final and
melancholy iaie.--CGHtH'S Letteys