The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
wild subhmity contrasts slrikingly with
the swee, beauty Of the stream and vale
below.

the swee, beauty Of the stream and vale
below.
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In the evening we examined our friend
Bearskin concerning the religion Of his
country, and he explained 10 US, without
any of that reserve to which his nation is
subject. He told us he believed there was
one supreme God, who had several subsl-
tern deities under him. And that this
master God made the world long time
ago. That he told the sun, the moon,
and stars, their business in the beginning,
which they with good looking after, have
faithfully performed ever since. That the
same power that made all things at first
has taken care TO keep them in the same
method and motion ever since. He be.
lieved that God had formed many worlds
before he formed this, but that those worlds
either grew old and ruinous, or were de-
stroyed for the dishonesty Of its inhabi-
,ants. That God is very just and very
good-ever well pleased with those men
who possess those God-like qualities.
Tina, he takes good people into his safe
protection, makes them very rich, ellis
their bellies plen,ifully, preserves them
from sickness, and fiom being surprised
or overcome by their enemies.-But all
such as tell lies, and cheat those they have
dealed with, he never fails 10 punish with
sickness, poverty and hunger. and, after
al! that, suffers them to be knocked on ths
head and scalped by those who fight
against them. He believed that after
death both good and bad people are con-
Quoted by a strong guard Into great road,
in which departed souls travel together for
some time, till certain distance this road
forks into two paths, the one extremely
level. and the other stony and moun.ain-
Gus. Here the good are parted from the
bad by flash of lightning, the first being
hurried away TO the right, the other to the
left. The right hand road leads to char
ming warm country, where the spring Is
everlasting, and every month is May; and
as the year is always in its youth, SO are
the people, and particularly the women are
bright as stars, and never scold. That in
this happy climate there are deer, turkeys.
elks, and buflaoes innumerable, perpetual,
~ Eat and gentle, while The trees are loaded
with delicious fruit quite throughout the
four seasons. That the soil brings forth
corn spontaneously, without the curse Of
labor, and SO very wholesome, that noh6
who have the happiness TO eat of it are ev-
err sick, grow old or die. Near the en-
trance into this blessed land sits seieras
BILE old man on mat richly woven. who
examines strictly all that are brought be-
fore him, and if they have behaved well,
the guards are ordered to open the crystal
gate, and let them enter into the land Of
delight.
The left hand path is very rugged and
uneven, leading to dark and barren
country. where it is always winter. The
ground is the whole year round covered
with snow, and nothing is to be seen upon
the trees but icicles. All the people are
hungry. yet have not Inorsel Of any thing
to eat, except bitter kind Of potato, .has
gives them the dry grpes, and fills their
whole body with loalhsolne ulcers, thai
stink, and are unexpectedly painful
Here all the women are old and ugly, ha-
wing claws like a panther, with which
they fly upon the men that Sigh. their
passion. they talk much, and are ex-
ceedingIy shrill, giving exquisite pain to
the drum Of the ear, which in that placs
Of torment is SO ,ender, that every sharp
note wounds il to the quick. AT the end
Of this path sits dreadful old woman on
monslrous ,oad-stool, whose head IL
covered with rattle snakes instead Of lress-
es, with glaring white eyes, that s,riks
terror unspeakaLle into all that behold her.
This bag pronounces sentence of woe
upon all the miserable wrelches thai hold
up their hands al her tribunal. After this
they are delivered over to huge Turkeys
buzzards, like harpies, and fly away with
them to the place above mentioned. Here!
after they have been tormen,ed certain
number of years, according to their sevcs
raj degrees of guilt, they are driven back
to this world, 10 try if they will mend
their manners, and merit place .he nexs
time IN the regions of bliss.
Daguereoiype and Telescope.-It Is
stated in letter read to the National In,
sli,ute n. Washington, that al Rome The
powers Of the telescope and daguerreo-
type have been so combined as 10 pro.