Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-06-20

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heroine, but only warm-hearted girl, who
could naitcr herself sometimes with her own
image in the mirror, and in the moment of
her lovers peril, lose all thought of self in
fearless disinteresied affection.
The warning she so unexpectedly gave
the white men that morning nearly cost her
her life More hatcbets than one had been
raised over her head, and il was fortunate
that the chief of the party was man OF au-
thori,y, feared and admired by his tribes
men. Nothing but his prompt interference
saved her. As il was he who had taken her
prisoner with his own hand, she was, aCcor-
ding TO the Indian usage, his exclusive prop
erty. Though he had at first intended to
sell her to the French IN Canada, her beauty
soon made him change his mind, and resolve
to take her 10 Caughnawaga as his squaw.-
This ilattering destination preserved her
from immolation, when the frOntiersmen
made their rash attack her savage lover,
if he deserved the name, placed her for safe
keeping in the old hollow oak, round which
the Indians made their last stand. Here she
listened in terror to the sounds Of the fight
aud the pattering of bullets on the tough
rind of her prison and when the struggle
had passed away aud all was quiet, she crept
out and explored the scene of Violence
There lay her lover among the fallen At
first, she clasped her arms around him in des-
pair, but feeling his heart still beating, she
arranged the soft boughs of spruce beneath
him, and brought water from the brook to
battle his face and temples.
When Endicott could stand, and had re-
covered his faculties, evening had already
approached, as could be seen by the rudy
light that Frightened at intervals the thick
canopy Of leaves above them, and richly H.
lumined the foliage that screened the lake
from their view. They wandered down 20
the shore: the bright and glorious landscape
Of mountains aud crimsoifed waters, sprink-
led with their numberless islands, brought
new life to their spirits by contrast with the
sombre forest The fresh breeze of the
summer evening, too, was very unlike the
heavy atmosphere OF the wood.
Their situation was still very perilous. -
Endicou sought out a place in which to
pass the night, and chose deep sheltered
nook among rocks and bushes, not far from
the shore. Here he ventured to kindle a
fire. and preparing bed Of the young
shoots of the spruce, he built over it litre
hut Of boughs sufficient to ward off the
night wind. Sarah entered it and lay down
| He took his gun, and seated himself on
stone near by, TO keep watch against PROV
ling beasts or men. As the night grew
dark, the wind freshened the waves rose
high, and spashed with monotonons sounc
upon the rocks ofthe shore. The trees ovel
his head, too, rustled their leaves with mys
terious whispering sound, as the breeze
passed through them; and patch of lon!
grass near the shore bent aud rose mourn
fully Endicott watched the dark restless
waters, and the stars that shone family be
tween the tree-tops, till, about the middle o
the night, overcome with fatigue, he fell in
to doze 1t was disturbed by hdeou
dreams: loud voices at length struck on hi
sleeping car too distinctly to be any thin
but reality. He started from sIumber i
bewiderment. Hoarse, impatient voices
were indeed sounding close at hand; rhe
were those of his comrades, returned fror
canoes. He joyfully shouted in reply, an
: was welcomed as one from the dead.
Not to protract my tale, | viii leave I'll
adventures to return TO the settlement
without following them. The Indians ha
been completely beaten, A small body {
them, who held together, had been drive
over the back Of the mountains as far as tn
swamps around Wood Creek, where the
scattered like a flock Of partridges throug
the woods. Their cructies were bitterl
5 expiated But TO avoid wearying the reade
I with a loye-story, will only remark tina
many years after, when the War ofthe Re-
Y olution broke out my ancestor and Sara
were living. surrounded by a Dumeror
progeny, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in
. large house that month ago might be see
e standing near the bank of Charles Rive
close behind Mount Auburn Cemetery.
: regret to say that it has since been burr
d down, after having weathered a century,
f How fortunate that my ancestors pape
e were rescued and placed in my hands J.
e Here he dwelt till his ifiieth birthday, whe
e he was uans6xed with three bayonets, as
i brought up the retreat OH Bunker Hill ar
If as the steel entered his gallant breast,
= struck so fierce blow at one of his Gag
e slayers, that he severed his arm at the elbo'
e His descendants have scattered far al
J. wide over the country, and over the worl
e Three of them are now in Texas one is
u Oregon; one is captain in the Russii
l. service; another is seeking his fortune
y India besides many more, too numerous
d mention. Six hourshing new towns in d
West, TO say nothing Of new species of p
d tent rifles, and eight steam-boals-several
= which have lately burst their boilers-ha
d derived their name from our illustrio
D. house. All of our race, my relative Il
e; Brigadier, and my humble self alone exec
u