The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-11-13

e Afiy miles. The Gre continues nniI lie
+ krzks Is ell ronsnme,l. and not Infrr,
!. hnenlly Il j. rAuied By lie Hihd into ihC
/ s..jacrni forest. sl.irh Il hlasts and deEas.
b ANS until checked By ; wsisreOuEse.
u .aIly in spring. he pFaries Frnev Iheil
4 aealsnl einihing. and long before iheir neal
D sltnmnaf burning. all sesIiges Of the pre-
: edmg eOnasgraiiOns aEe gone, uhiess per
. Laps some wOmeaien and sapless tree. in
: re Of The island-like clusters. NAV show
: y ils hlsckened trunk and lealiess branch
: = t'iai the flames have been there.
. Ia no possible condition esa ihe pra.rias
le seen, without sxrising feelings Of : Pc
} tnsiar and mvs. lively interest. They are
. l.oriO4sly beautiful or awlully terrible, ar-
aIFding 10 the times and seasons in whieh
they arr hehel!. When viewed in tie
broal glare Of day. they seem Ike large
Lake, gently Gndulaiing in the hrteze. and
lssir Variegated fnweEs fash in the sun
htePh0sphnreseenlsparkles on the surface
oflhe water. Seen By moonlight they APP
paaF calm and placid a. the lagunes Of We
nice, and the behelder almost wonders why
iisy do not reflect back The starry glories
Of the sky above them. In storms, the
clouds that hang over Them seem To come
more near the Garth than il their wont" in
other places. and the lightning sweeps
closely to their surface. as il 10 NOW them
With lisTy scylhe; while. as the blast
blows through them. the tall grass bends
and surges before IL. and ciss foGh
shrill whislling sound. as il every fibre
were a harp-slTing OF KolaS. In the
spring they put forth their rich verdure.
embossed with the early wIld-fowers of
many hues, spreading 4 gorgeous carpet
ing. which no Turkish fabric can equal. |
AT this season, in tic early dawn, while
the risss hang upon their borders. curling
IN folds like curaids. through which the
morning sheds a soliened light. half re-
yealed half concealed by HE vapory sha- !
dows that float fiifully over the scene. they /
appear light, now shaded. and present
q panorama ever VARYING. Frightening and
darkening, until the misis roll up. and the
sun reveals himself in the full
brightness a his rising. In the summer,
The long grass sloops and swells wfth eye-
~ breath oi the breeze, like the waves of
The heaying ocean. and the bright blossoms
seem 10 dance and laugh in the sunshine,
as they toss their gaudy heads to the rust.
ling music Of the passing wind. The prai-
ries are however most beautiful when .iha
irst ii"..iy flowers, in Ten thousand vari-
'Iies, are decked in their gorgeous foliage;
when the gold and purple blossoms are
with the emerald-green surface
md silver Innings Of their rich leaves, and
III the hues Of the iris, in every modifca.
ion, show themselves on all sides. TO daz. I
lie, bewilder aud amaze. Bleak, tlesolaie, d
md lonely as Siberian waste, the prai- .
lie exhibits itself in winter, painless and b
rackles; one vast expanse of snow, SEEM :
ngly spread out to infniiy, like the wind 4
ng-shea of world =
The traveller TO the Rocky Mountains c
nay rise with the early morning. from the 4
entire Olone of the great prairies, and pur- /.
ne his solitary journey until the setting u
# the sun, and yet not reach its confines, I
which recedc into the dim, distant horizon /
hat seems its only boundary. lie will &
lear, however, the busy hum of the bee, d
md mark the myriads Of parti-colored but '
critics and other insects, that fit around q
lin; he will behold tens of thousands of 8
'uflaloes grazing in the distance, and the .
ayage but now peaceful Indian intent d
lpon the hunt; and he will see troops of l.
Wild horses speeding over The plain, shak- II
ng the earth with their unshod hoofs, toss b
ng their free names like streamers in the g
Wind, and snOrting fiercely with distended i
lostrils; the fleet deer will now and then c
Tart by him; the wolf will rouse from his
air, and look askanoe and growl at him; 4
md the little praiIie-dog will run TO the .
op Of its tiny mound and bark at him be- =
ore it retreats TO lis zen within il. No 1
human being may be the companion of 1
he traveller in the immense solitude, Yet =
will he feel that ae is not alone; the wide d
is poPulous with myriads of crea-
ures; and, in the emphatic language of the q
ed man, 1.-The GREAT SPIRIT is upon the
prairie!'