The New York herald., 1844-08-31

talns making my way against all the bitterness OF
| the north wind. have slept in SHOWS, and endu-
red for whoe moons the beating rain Of the winter;
but can declare this strange sort of vanity has
| never once assailed my imagination. What did
was Tor the good OF my nation, and in that found
my reward.
ing down upon me from the walls of every house /
enterl
Can the great white men do nothing for their
country but the little people must be compelled TO
faces, the length Of their noses, the rotundity Of
their cheeks, the depression OF their chins, the
elevation Of their forehesds!
But this makes only half the evil Of which l
complain. The white squaws must also, 1t seems,
have their resemblances engraved on copper, or
painted on canvass. Each OF the three men spoke
Of before have favored the world with the pictures
of their squaws Also But for what2 The squaw
Of the first has published no systems Of theology.
That OF the second has written not a word on the
laws OF the country. The companion of the third
has had no battles, no fights, except, l am told,
some Insignificant squabbles with her servants in
the kitchen, in which the broomstick was the
only offensive weapon made use Of. Aud
yet in this matter, she enjoys an equal honor
with her husband who made his great guns
lightning to put out the eye eight OF his enemies.
have been thinking that if wise man, man
o. council, or a big captain had done any great
thing for the service Of his tribe or nation, the
honor paid him by the people, and the thought that
he had dene well. should be his great reward
Why would he force them to gaze also on his emp
ty image, little paint laid by the hand OF inge.
nious cunning on a bit Of canvass or morsel Of
paper!
Were he, indeed, different in the form Of his
body from the common race Of men; had he a
strange and unnatural face, of the shape of pine
knot were his nose the length Of two palmst
were bis eyes as big as a saucer, and his ears as
broad those of the bualoe, there might be some
reason for drawing fictitious resemblance 10 graf
ify the inqusitive at distance, those Of future
ages But conscious that he has no other than the
features of a common man, why will he obtrude
his resemblance upon US
Vanity! / find thee existing here in every
shape, and under every disguise. Thou art found
alike in the council heuse and in the cottage !;
among the great chiefsand the small artists; among
the men Of the law, and the students of the cees-
tial science
Thou art found even in our own tribes beyond
the mountains of the west; otherwise why did
you my Hopiniyahie, persuade me to hang these
trnkets my nose and suspend these little foolish
drops Of glassfrom my ears? why did Iput on these
mokls0ns OF many c0lors, and bear on my arm
dies9 They have added nothing to the native dig
nifty Of the man and the skin Of a bear or deer
would have gained me more esteem from the wise
and discerning than all the foppery and all the
splendid figures that you have lavished upon the
blanket, which you gave me to put on!
Butt can forgive you, because Nature herself ls
female, and fond Of finery and gewgaws. Hence
II is that she produced those gay flowers in y0ndeI
garden, which are Of no use that know of but to
delight the eye OF the lover Of fanastical attire.