Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-13

subside, before he gave uterancc TO his thoughts.
MY brother has travelled very fst,'--he said al
length and his legs weak like a little child -
lie, him res, awhile that his hear, may be strong TO
meet his enemy
Sachem, painted forth the exhausted fugiiive-
'deiain me no, the foe is hard upon my track, the
avenger Of blood is behind me, my use
less, and mine enemies an host
Has the pale chief taken the life OF a warrior OF
his tribe, tina, his people hunt him like wolf from
the clesrngs Let my brother be just, and give his
blood for the blood he has split
Not so, Sachcm,' interrupted the other, with an
sagersess far different from the deliberate, aud al
most scornfuf manner ofthe chehain, IN fair com
bat, in selfpreservation have slain the prosecutor
Of my fathers house it was my life his and
praise be to the God Of Battles that gave strength to
my arm, the carnal and self-seekiug oppressor Of
his people has been sen, TO his just account, by the
hand of him whom he had made orphan.
1T is very good, my white brother is grea, brave
he has taken tn: scalp Of a mighty warrior Of his
color
While he was yet speaking, faint shou, echoed
from the distant forest, and again the youth was
starting his hopeless race, when the red warrior
sgaln arrested the movement, by touch Of his pow
erful arm.
The deer, he said, leaps far, vet the dogs OF the
hunter overtake him but the cunning fox escapes
the snare. Is my brother bird to fly through the
brush, and leave trail behind, are his enemies
blind that they should not follow it See and he
pointed TO the deep footprints in the bank OF the
muddy rvulet-the women Of the pale faces might
run, where the young brave Of their Tribes has gone
before. Let my brother travel in a blind path and
the eyes of those that chase him will be in cloud.
Let him take the moccasins Of Maintonimoh and
travel up the winnings o: the crooked river till the
two waters make Jet him lie in the hollow
stone and after the sun is gone, the Narraganse,
will meet him in council
AS he spoke, he had Invested bis feet Of their
namental moccasins, and was sncumbering them in
the heavy boots Of the fugitive, when the cry Of the
pursuer so clearly on the air, that il seemed
but few rods distance from the spo, on which they
stood Now let the pale face CO., he said, pointing
with his mus kei towards the course Of the stream.
'They will slsy thee, Sachem,' cried the astonish-
ed YOUTH even if escape, thee will they slaughter
for the deed
lie, the pale face CO. was the calm reply, though
the fierce CLEAN discern and hate that flashed
his dark features, belied the quiet in which he
Observation-Disclosures is great chief, his heart is
veiy hard, and the g. ass grows no, under his feet
A shout, yet nearer than the last, and the APP
preaching tread Of armed men, operated more pow
erfully on the mind Of the young European than all
the arguments Of his red ally. With recruited
strength, and invgorated spirits, he darted away on
the indicated course and intercepted from the
view Of the Sachem by the frs, winding of the rug
ged dale, before he dreamed of consulting for his
own safety. Hastily, but deliberately covering the
prints Of their feet the place where they had held
their brief conference, with dry boughs and wither
ed leaves, jus, as the foremost enemy was rusling
in the opposite brake, leaving track as obvious as
possible to the less perfect vision OF the Yengeese
runners with speed but little inferior to that Of the
hunted stag, and ere long had left the hue and cry
Of the pursuit far in his rear.
After an hours flight, sustained with unexhausted
power, the warrior paused, where the lururant veg
citation and fat loan Of the Forest in which his loa
ed fee, sunk almost ANGLE deep, were exchanged FOL
a tract Of hard and hungry sand, bearing stuntec
growth Of pine, which indicated by their meagfe 70
laze, the poverty OF the soil from which they sprung
Hating few seconds to mark the progress Of the
chase, he drew the deceItful buskins from his limbs
and with unlalering breath, and step that left NJ
trace behind, he sped his way to the appointed coun
Gil.
! Edmund DE Roosy, the youth so generously pre-
served by the friendship Of the heroic Indian, wa
the son Of one Of those selfconstued judges, whc
pronounced sentence on that fase-hearled monarch
who, though perhaps deserving rather contempt To-
his olles than punishment for his faults, has beer
almost unanimously pronounced unfit to govern, /
not unfit 10 live. Shortly after that unworthy sol
OF that unworthy sovereign had been restored to tn,
dominion OF his ancestors, the veteran DE Roosy
was compelled to fly 10 order TO save his life ffon
the vengeance Of the youthful king; and, ere man
, years had elapsed, by the united influence Of hi
wealth and talents had become the patrisrchal rnl
!, er of one among the many settlements, which Ser
at that period fast rising on the wild New Enelsn
, shore For time the youthful colonies we're no
deemed worthy of royal notice, interference; bu
a, length as they increased in power ans prosperity
governor was sen, 10 provide over the nav state
and 10 assert the prerogaive Of his masters crown
Haughiy and ,indicliye himself, the minister va
not long in learning The secret cause Of DE hoosy
alienation from lie land Of lis fahers, and, backe
by the royal mandate, proceeded to enforce The sta
ute for The seizure OF the outlswsd re2icides. tn
stern old Puritan, confident tina, strenuous assis
/. auce would be Lent to the Executive by bis aneer
comrades and present neighbors, feslslei the of
q GERS OF the law with tue same weapon which ha
y glitered Of yore o, Aaseby and Dunbar, and fell
/. the hand Of The proud official, who was, almost
the instant smcn Ia the earth by the indignant 70
: of CromweIrs veteran. This bold, though meriis
violence, was Of character too fsgrant 10 be owe
!, looked the aven2er Of his fathers blood was pr
claimed an outlaw. Iis life 3oreii W TIE las" ar