The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-02-12

III a lew moments, Inc gentle JULIA was aTOu-
sed iIom her couch of leaves by the same beau
full Indian girl who had so kindly attended her
the evening previous; and dressing herself has
.tiIy, obeyed the signal, and followed her guide to
the door of the lodge, where she was received
by a young chief and conducted 10 tie Council
Tree of the tribe.
Beneath a tall and wide-spreading oak, in a
half circle, sat the mighty men of the tribe in
solemn silence; while in the centre, at the foot
OF The oak, upon the skin of a panther, rested
the old chief; and beside him the quick eve of
The maiden discovered the form of Wankinco.
The old chief pointed TO a branch of s~assairas,
and the MAIDEN seated herself in silence, for she
knew the customs of the red man, and awaited
her fate. For a half an hour not a word was
spoken.
Suddenly a savage, painted in a hideous man.
ner, with an unstrung bow and an empty culver,
sprung from his seat, and advanced 10 The chief,
left the sad mementoes of fallen brother at his
feet; then raising wild whoop, retreated as sud-
denly to his seat. A CLEAN of heIlish f%erocity
swept across the conntenances of the warriors as
the exclamation "Ugh!" burst from their lips.
Many a scalping knife was barred, and the arrows
ratified in their quivers as they suddenly changed
their positions.
The old chief arose, and stretching out his
hand towards the east, sa~id--"Children of the
Red Huron! Our brothers. bow is unstrung,
and his empty culver rests idly at the foot of the
Council Tree-where is our brother? Let the
pale face answer.
"My children! The summer sun saw our
brother go forth on the war trial with a strong
hand and eagle heart--the flash If his eye was
like the Lightning; and the wang Of his bow
string was as the note of death-the autumn
sun saw our brother stifened in death, and his
scalp dripping with blood in the cabin of the
pale face. My children! Our brothers blood
cries for revenge. Let the pale maiden die
the Great Spirit is above us-haye | spoken we'll?
| have DONE"
As he resumed his seat, the whole tribe with
the exception of Wankipco, uttered their "Ugh!"I
of assent, and partly rose TO carry the sentence
into effect, when Wankinco, who had preserved
a melancholy silence, raised his head from his
breast; and striding loftily into the space between
the chiettaTn and the tribe stretched cut his arm
and said: "Chief of the Red Hurons, and war
riorso of the tribe! The pale maiden shall not
die. Is the Huron a dog? Shall he be false TO
his word! Let the Sunny Eve bring forth the
war plume"
The maiden arose, and while a thousand wild
and astonished eyes were now fixed upon her,
she drew forth from her bosom the eagles fea-
Their, tipped with blood, and advancing to the
old chjeftain, placed the symbol of triumph in
his hand. The chief eyed it closely, and then
handed it to a warrior, who, after scanning it in
the same manner, passed it 10 his n~eighbor, and
thus it was passed and scanned, until it had
completed the round of The tribe. While the
examination WIS going on, tho maiden stood
with her eyes bent calmly upon the ground. Ali
was silent, until the feather had been returned
to the chief, who then said, "Pale face, it is the
Huron's war plume"
Then rose from the immense throng the gruff
" Ugh!" andsaIl was silent.
The chiefthen turned to Wankinco, and said:
" Son of the eagle, how came this feather afar
from lis parent bird?"
Wankinco replied, while his eye flashed fire:
"The Eagle was weary and cold, and ready TO
die, the dove gave him shelter in her nest, and
the war plume became her reward. Shall the
eagle glut his vengeance upon the innocent bird
that sheltered him! Hurons! it must not be-
The maiden shall not die. Have | spoken well?
| have done.
Z wild assent rang from the assembled warri-
ors, and the young chieftain, with an air Of pride
and majesty, led the beautiful Julia from the
presence ofthe Council, and placed her in charge
of her former Indian maiden.
Ten years passed away. and the tide Of white
population rolled like a ioam-capped blIlow over
the wesl, causing " the wilderness to blossom as
the rose" and " making the desert places glad"
At the close of a long summers day, as u more
emigrant and his family had peno-
trated far beyond the frontier, and approached
the Ohio river, they beheld, as the sun was set
ting in all its glorious splendor behind the west
ern forests, a beautiful cottage surrounded by
shrubbery and fields, under a high state of cult
walton. A group of we'll dressed children were
in The lawn, and a man and a woman
in the usual costume Of settlers in the woods,
were sitting upon the rude p%ortico before the door,
evidently witnessing with satisfaction the sports
their children.
Asthe emigrants drew near, the husband and
wife approached the cavalcade and welcomed the
TO their cottage; but nothing could ex-
coed the establishment of the emigrants, as they
cast their eyes over the cleared land around
them, and then rested on the inmates of the
They were satisfied that the man was
Of Indian extraction, but the wife and children
had the light hair and the blue eye of the Saxon
race, and the latter a little BROWNIES of com
plexion which might have been the effect of
summer sun. For some time they were in doubt.
last when the morning came, and the emf
grants were getting ready to start, their kind
and hostess with their children by their
drew near TO them, and carrying them to a
beautiful arhor, formed of the vine of the wild
grape supported by ~saplings on the banks of the
beautiful Ohio, related in turn the preceding
incidents; and when they had reached the pc
where we left them, the wife drew from her
bosom the eagles plume tipped with blood,
md throwing herself upon her husbands neck,
said.