Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-06-15


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rcuss over ihe uncten surface 81 the rude sbyss.-
Pfcseaiiv his eve. oaughi sEtt Of something that
AROUSED him the recollection OF the upper world
high on PROJECTING tocA lighted by the torch OF
The lndan, be bchel5 u were, two globes OF hre,
rolling IN their orbits vet inieniy fixed on him
H.. NE raised IN an instant. but the lndiaR
withheld his hand
Fool " he exclaimed. rush not on destruction
One riHe soond above would Prove our ruin Ttust
90 ne And he scattered the spnicrs OF his pitch
Jsno torch with lvGiciOus hand, tina, the start
led animal shfunk back from his position aud.
trczainr on a fsnhless clnnlp Of earth was pterip-
lated into the bubblnc torrent below while his ter
rho howl echoed through the cavern like distant
pesis OF heavy thunder Crippled by the fall, vet
struggling, by i,s inherent disgust Of water the pan.
ihei bounded from erae to etsg and had soon again
half assembled from the chasm into which lac had
fallen, when The hunter, again levelng his piece,
exclaimed, by heavens, Indian, shall trust my life
no longer ia such rude power and the report Of his
rife reverberaled harshy along tie grim cavities OF
tbe cave, while Il mingled with the last deaiening
howl Of the animal, i, fell feess into the water
below.
Rash, rash m,n,' said o-i.chec have you for
gotten the more fearful perils tina, surround you
The psnthers howl is common 10 an Indians ears.
Its music may lull him 10 sleep; bot the sound Of
rife has such potent charm. Silence y he whis-
pered commandinCly, throwing hes ,otch down into
The stream, "let darkness hide your rash act"
The hunter, as we have heretofore called him,
mus, here be more familiarity introduced to the read
He Is tall, graceful looking man, probably OF
the age OF 80 wears; but his stern features would
have induced the belief that he possessed more
manly hmness than really allotted 10 his nature.
His early years had been passed IN the
tons OF this country, and his education had been
such that II would have Fixed him for almost any
station in its councils. He had married a, an early
age, but domestic difficulties had caused
separation from his wife, and be became ever after
a melancholy man; his spirits seemed TO have been
broken; and, when his parents removed TO the banks
OF the tumulllous Blackwaler creek, he had accom-
pstied them on their way aud for years past had
done lltile else than the woods in pursuit Of
game which infested the mountains contiguous to
his home. The gap Of the creek is well known to
many; but any individual that has tfaversed il well
knows sterll spot, where vegetation never sprung
and has probably listened with attentive ear to tie
sounds as OF rushing torrent far beneath his feet
while he stood upon base Of rocks which il would
seem had been eternal in their duration. Beneath
this massy bed OF granite the hunter and his Indian
guide bad sought security. The mornings sun mad
found the former quiet and calm in his home the
MONDAY had found tina, home sheet of flame; and
the nigh, had found his family all captives himself
little less, 10 the wild and envcnomed hatred the
Black Wolfbore toward the whites. But that night !
also found his enemy unconsciously sleeping above
the very foe he had pursued, without even fancy
that his slumbors might be startled by the unwel-
come cl,mor Of war Richard Waivers (for thus we
mus, call HIM had little idea OF the companion who
was with him, or what he was ye, he knew tina,
companion had evincsd a sagsciiy in eludine the
pursuit OF his enemies, which demanded his atten-
ZION and gratitude Indeed. il was to the shrewd-
sighedness OF O-i-chee that he was indebted for the
enjoyment Of tina, darling (even Of the most unhap-
ny beng) existence!
And who Is O.i-chee = he mentally exclaimed,
the Indian gathered together the loose fagOts of
che cavern, aud kndled up a fire for their mutual
comfort. And who IS O-i-ch-el Why tina, rest
less, meaning inquiry after the fate of my father,
my mother, my brethren aud sisters Why was it
His eye looked cain and his nerves uushaacn but
there that thrill IN his voice which startled me,
like the coriusedness Of an unwelcome echo. Who
is this incomprehehsible ! have rendered him
naught-given him naught and when, to-day he
struggled with me in my hour Of desolation, | felt
that his dwsrsh stature was a shacke that bent me
TO ts wearing. What his purposes to betray
me VIVA, are his views to assassinaie ! II can
not be. Can IL be y
lie sa, himself down gloomily upon ju,tinq
rock, and watched, with keen glance, the tregu-
spiniers around him to kindle into blaze the fuel
which he designed should cast the chill aimospher-
&c feeling from their limbs. The soul Of Richard
was wrapped up in thousand reflections, as he saw
the being before him prepare for his comfort his
form had something about it so unnatural, and his
professions had apparently been dictated so much
by Kindness vet he so much feared hypocrisy thai
his gaze was one of deep aud most intense interest
He does no, blanch before me he evinces no
surprise bu, ] know the Indian never does VIVA,
can he be y and musingly he surveyed the form of
his guide, while the fires Of the encamped Black
Volts party glsred through the gloom Of the cleft
ed rocks, and their reflection came like Pickering
flashes through the crsnnles OF the rock which was
placed as barrier TO their entrance, in case they
should discover the subierranean refuge oil the hun
ter and his guide
The dwsrfw most ire eular proportions, with /
form OF extraordinary strength aud muscle. aud /
yet his height was very little more than four feet If
above that; but be combined agility Of action with
his moyemsnD, that would have been truly surptis
ing hot even an amateur in gymnastics to witness
by this time, this strange compound Of the civil
iIed and the savage had, in dark recess of the
cave, produced glowing, comfortable looking fire
and also, from laTder, which had not been before
observed by his companion, brought forth some So
eis steaks Of venison, together with the means re-
qoisi,e for preparing a ioresler's repasi These
things being ali arranged, he approached hrs guest
'BroiAT SAID he, will you par,aks Of the In
dams repas,r
Waivers started there came q ihiill over him a,
the ejaculation Of Brother, which he had never ex
rereneed and yet that expression all Of Kind.
ness.
'Brsfhef,' he fe-echOe1 how mean YOU strange
bet less miserable icing than you seen BrotAer y
'Ay, BrofieT,' continued the Indian, and he en-