The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-08-15
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GIDEON, THE SON OF JAMES TO
WILLIAM, THE INTERPRETER OF
DREAMS. PEACE AND PLENTY.
| have dreamed a dream, and there is none
can interpret it; and | have heard say o
thee that thou canst understand a dream TO
interpret it.
In my dream, behold stood upon the
bank of the river: And behold, there came
up out of the wilderness which is beyond the
%canal,on the Northside thereof,se ven and forty
men upon seven & fortyHorses. And thirteen
of the horses were fat ieshed and well fav-
ored; for they had fed in a meadow. And
the other thirty-four horses were pool and
very i'll favored, and lean fieshed, such as
never saw in all the land of Vanderbugh for
badness.
And he that was on a black horse rode
before, and in his hand he carried a banner,
white as snow, and like unto the sun was the
glory there OF. And upon the banner was writ
Ten in letters of gold many words, which no
man could look upon TO read them, for the
brilliancy thereof. But there were also on
the banner, which many did look upon in great
wonder, (for they knew not what was the
Specification thereby these letters: Polkan-
dallas's.
And the other six and forty men carried
in their hands things having the appearance
Q lflthy weeds; over their heads carried they
them. And they were withefed in the sun ;
and they stank thick stencil, which, being
mingled with the dust in The air, became, as
it were, a blue mist too thick 10 breathe and
nauceous even unto wretching unto all them
that were round about, And while they
were yet alar off they lifted up their voices
shouted a mighty shout, that woke up the
hills, and caused the trees of the valleys TO
tremble. And they sang songs, speaking in
a strange tongue.
And as they came near where | stood they
passed n standing by the way side, tall and
aged, whose hair was grown thin and drawn
across his crown like unto a cap made OF
cloth of fine silver, and he was slender and
lean feshed, as one who had been sick, and
was not yei quite healed. And | enquired
of one Standing near me, saying, Who is he =?
and he said, he is of the tribe locofoco, an
elder in the city.
And there stood conversing with the aged
man, a young man with brown hair and au-
burn beard, tall, straight and we'll favored,
who was a scribe. And he enquired of the
aS0o mum, oay rn5, s+tsowO THUSe on Tue
horses? and he answered and said: They
are strangers come from a far county across
the waters of the great sea. They left theil
own country, fleeing from the scourge ofthe
%tyrant, and came into our land seeking free
dom, food and raimnent, which they have
found In abundance. They have been "tak,
en- in" by one of the chiefmen of our tribe.
who loves them dearly, now that they heark-
en- unto his words to obey them; but woe
unto them that disobey him and are stiff:
necked: He has given them TO drink abund.
antly, and has sent them in unto us that we
may lead them up and down in the city, ane
in the streets thereof, as a show great anc
wonderful, to astonish and confound the
Wings, whom the Lord will drive out of thi:
land before these strangers with a mighty
destruction, giving them their land TO posses.
it. They are they, of whom it is said: The
Wings would tax them, and lay upon then
burthens heavy and g~revious 10 be borne
and would not allow them any voice in thu
councils of the nation. (But this saying i
a lie, invented by the chiefs of GU tribe
TO. be told by them that serve and ODE,
& them, unto the strangers, that they may b.
} made TO fear and hate the wings, and cleay,
unto US and obey u.s. This saying has BEEF
$ taught unto William, the keeper Of the
3 prison, whose chief business it is TO 90 u
anu uo"u dilu pIOCldtn III unto Inc Sltdn ger
8 upon the corners, and at the crossings of fh
T Streets, aud in the by-paths, and on th,
bridges, and in the highways, and in secre
places: Saying, d-n the Wings! The
are enemies of their own country, whic.
thou, being a stranger, lowest So dearly
They hate you, and would not let you vote
therefore, hate you also them and despis
them. Now this William is moi one of tb