New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-13
Summer ON the Lakes

cultivated readss desire OF Perusins II not pos
zessing the WORK We know that II was frequently
inquired Tor q, The bookstores, anu inef-ctuaily-
Il was published in Boston, out OF lie usual chan
neis OF rapid literary circulation, was very spanngiy
submitted 10 the Judgment OF the Press, and has
scarcely 10 this daY been seen out OF the Athens
Of America whose publishers have hitherto "a
bored under most unwlse but obdurate pteJucice
against suffering their works 10 De seen OF men Re
Gently, however so much as remains OF the EDITION
has come into the possession OF Nj VIM Il Ora
ham CT this City. who * not al all unwilling ihal
his books shall be bought; and We suspect tnoSe
who would secure COPY OF the tour hundred IN
sold must apply Tor ii soon.
The artistic and spiritual beauty of ;hls book viii
cause many 10 overlook It's more substantial ana
homeiy worth The summer tourist, shcirs from
Lebanon or Catskill 10 Saratoga and thence 10
Niagara. will finger admirssly over It's graceful
graphic pictures Of the Lakes. the PralneS, the
Great Cataract Chicago, Mackinac, &c impelIed
oy their very perfection 10 disregard OF s!ish' INC
equally truthful and lar more useful dehnea''o'7 OF
human life in the new settlements, as presented 10
the eye OF keen and sympathetic observer. N
these delinea,ions the genuine worih-the HlaiNe'
value. so TO speak-of lofty intellect and thorough
culture Is all unconsciously evinced. woman oi
New.England Is visiting and noting the rude
Western homes OF women no longer OF New--ng-
land. but the wives of squaters' on the Pfanes OF
Illinois. with the leaky roofs OF log cabins above
them. few dollars worth of the rudest inple-
ments of house wifery within, and dreary waste
of wood and heritage all around These women
are quite often urhappy-dIsconten'ed-sIshIns toy
The convrnences or the elegance (real or tancledl
OF their abandoned former homes
A savage or a simpleton would say, see mere
the effects of your boosted Education "a squaw
would be perfectly happy here. But Miss RULER
clearly proves that it is not Intellectual Culture
bur The want of i;-not real knowledge but super
fetal and decisive smarterlnz-,hat renders SO
many of the women OF the West, and OF all new
settlements. dlscontented and unhappy. She does
this without preaching or seeming 10 be aware OF
her Inora-it is the reader, not she, who Is Insen-
sby led 10 Just conclusions. But she does more
than this Every page of her notes on the PraIrles Is
rep'ere with hints for the better ordering o! lie IN
pioneers hut; the pining, fr-ttul mistress OF that
ruds lodge is not rebuke against; she
Is gently. insensiby led 10 contemplate the lar
brighter ASPECT of the scene, and TO remedy OF smile
a, the inconvenience and Prlvations she has
! hitherto deemed so appalling The matches
beauty of the surrounding Pralres-an ocean OF
verdure and flowers-the paEk-!Ike statehneSs and
! grace of the open iorests-the gliding rlver, the
boundiess prospect the glad sunshine, all aelt INTO
the soul OF the intent peruser, and she awakes TO
brighter and happier existence. II seems mean
ness and shame as well as a folly 10 SIT brood
ing over petty wants and vexalIoas, so easily rene
died or disregarded, when Nature is so genial and
SO bouniul
have said more than we had intended with
out auding to but single portion OF the book
before us The following extract, descriptive oil the
Indians encountered at Mackinac by the writer,
! will indicate her quick perception and ready sym
pa,hy with whatever Is human
ION the other side, along the fair, curving
beach. below the white houses scattered on The
decliyity clustered the Indian lodges, with their
amber brown mating, so soil, ana orlsht OF nue.;
m the late afternoon sun. The inst afternoon ]
was here, looking down from near hight, telt
| that never wished 10 Il more fascinating PIC
ture. 1t was an hour u the deepest serenity
| bright blue and gold, rich shadows Every mo-
mrnt the sunlight fell more mellow. The Indians
-. ---~...4d o"d scattered among the lodges
pan, the many small fires the children hait.
naked, wild as lltle COLLINS, were playing both in
and out OF the waller Here and there lourged a
young girl, with baby at her back, whose bright
eyes glanced, as born into a world OF courage
| and Of JOY, instead OF lsnominlous Servltud. and
slow decay Some grlS were cutting wood, a
little way from me, talking and laughing, in the
| low musical tone, so charming IN the Indian wO-
! men. Many bark canoes were upiufn, upon The
beach, and, by that light, OF almost the same am.
Der as the lodges. Others. cOmag in, their square
sails set, and with almost aTowy speed. though
heavily laden with dusky forms, and all the appa-
| raus OF ther household Here and there a sail
boat elided b.. with different, but scarce less
/ pleasing motion.
Ii was scene OF ideal loneliness, and these
wild forms adorned II, looking SO al home in IT,
All seemed happy, and they were happy that day,
for they had no hrewater TO madden them, as II
was Sunday, and the shops were shut.
From nv window, at The boarding house. my
eye was constantly attracted by these picturesque
groups was never tired oil sseag the canoes
come in, and the new arrivals set UP their tempo
rary dwellings, The women ran 10 SET Up the tent
poles and spread the mats on The ground. The
men brought The chests, kettles, NC. The mats
were then land on the outside, the cedar boushs
srewcd on the ground. the blanket hung up Tor d
door aud all was completed IN less than twenty
minutes Then they began 10 prepare the night
meal and 10 learn OF their neshbors the news Of
the day.
The habi, of preparing food out of doors gave all
the gypsy charm and variety 10 their conduct. Con-
tlnually wanted Sir Walter Scott 10 have been
there II such romantic sketches were suggested
TO him, by the sight of few sip>ies, not group
near one oi these fires but would have furnished
him material Tor separate canvas was so taken
up with the spirit oi the scene, that could not FOL
low out the stories suggested BY these weather.
beaten, suilrn, but eloquent hsrr'
They talked a great deal, and with much variety
Of gesture, so that offer had good guess al the
meaning Of their discourse. saw that, whatever
the Indian NAV be among the whites, he Is any
thing but taciiurn with his own people. And he
often would ercalm, or narTate aticnsih, indeed
il Is obvious that these tribes possess great power
that way, # only from the fables taken from their
stores by Alr Schoolcratt.
liked very much 10 walk or ST among them
With the women | held much communication by
signs They are almost invariably coarse AID ugly,
with the exception OF their eyes. with peculiarly
awkward gait, and forms bent by burthens. This
gait so different from the steady and NOBLE step OF
the men. marks the inferior position they occupy.
had ArArd much eloquent contradiction OF this.
Mrs Schoocrait had maintained 10 trend, that
they were in fact as nearly on par with Their nus
bands as The white woman wlthhers :" Although
SAID she. on account OF inevitable causes, The
Indian woman is subjected 10 many hardsblps OF
peculiar nature yet her position, compared with that
of IN, Inan X hieher and irser than that OF The Z