Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-31

u would be hard for him 10 submit. while
they did no. suppose he would dare 10 re.
sen, IL. The Council pipe was laid aside,
and those fierce wild men gazed inten,ly
on Clarke. The Americans saw tina. the
crisis had arrived: they could no longer
doubt that the Indians understood the adj
vantage they possessed and were dispos-
e9 to use il; and common sense Of dan.
ger caused each eve to be turned on the
leading commissioner. lie sat undislurb
ed and apparently careless, until The chief
who had thrown the belts on the table had
taken his seal; then. with a small cane
which he held in his hand. he reached as
if play fully, towards the war.bet. en.an-
ged The end Of the stick in it, drew j, to-
ward him, and then with witch Of The
cane. threw the bel, into the mids. of the
chiefs. The effect was electric Every
man IN The council. Of each party, sprang
to his feet; the savapes, with loud ex-
clamatIon OF asionshment. .Ush!'-,he
Americans in expectation Of hopeless
conflict against overwhelming numbers.
Every hand grasped weapon!
Clarke alone was unawed. The ex
| preston OF his counienahce changed to
teroelous sternness, and his eve flashed,
but otherwise he was unmoved. A bitter
smile was slightly percepuble npon his
compressed lips. as he gazed upon tina.
savage band, whose hundred eyes we're
| bent fiercely and in horrid exultalon up
on him, as they stood like pack of
wolves at bay, thirs,ng for blood. and
ready to rush upon him. when ever one
| holder than the rest should commence the
attack. Ii was one of those moments of
indecision, when the slightest weight
thrown into either scale will make it pre-
| ponderaie-a moment in which a bold
man, conversant with the secret springs
OF human action. may seize upon the
minds of all around him, and sway them
at his will. Such man was the intrepid
Vrgnian. He spoke. and there was no
man bold enough TO gainsay him-none
that could return the fierce glance of his
eye. Raising his arm, and waving his
hand towards the door. he exclaimed;
Dogs! you may go" The Indians hesi-
taied for a moment. and then rushed tu-
mulaneously out Of the council room.
The decision of Clarke, on that occa-
sion, saved himself and his companions
from massacre. The plan of the savages.
had been arilully laid: he had read il in
their features and conduct, as plainly as
II il had been written upon scroll before
him. He met il in a manner which was
unexpecied the crisis was brought on
sooner than was intended; and upon a
principle similar to that by which. when
line of battle is broken. the dismayed
troops fy. before order can be restored,
The new and sudden turn given TO these
proceedings by the energy Of Clarke con
founded the Indians; and before the bro
ken streams of treachery could be reunl-
ted. they were panicsiruck. They had
come prepared 10 browbeat. TO humble
and then destroy; they looked for remon
STRANGE and altercation; for the luxury oI
drawing the tolls gradually around their
victims; of bringing on the final ca,asiro-
phe by an appointed signal, when the
scheme should be ripe. They expected
to see on our part great caution, skillful
playing off. an unwlllingness to take Of
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into alarm. irritation, and subnlssion.-
The cool contempt with which their frs,
in :ult was thrown back in their teeth sur.
prlsed them. and they were foiled by the
self passion Of one man. They had no
Tecumseh among them, no master spirit
to change the plan, so as to adapt IL to a
new exigency: and those braves, who in
| IL
be men Of true valor, quaied before the
moral superiority which assumed the
vantage ground Of position they could
not comprehend, and therefore feared TO
assai.
The Indians me. Immediately around
their own conncil-fire, and engaged in an
animated discussion. Accustomed to a
cautious warfare. they did NOT suppose a
man Of Colonel Clarke's known sagacily
would venture upon display ef ."o,u
gasconade, or assume any ground That ne
was no. able TO maintain; and therefore
attributed his conduc, to consciousness
of strength. They knew him to be con,
summate warrior. gave him the credit OF
having iudiciously measured his own
power Win tndt VI Ills du'eiS"'y' ""N
suspected that powerful reinforcement
was a, hand. Perhaps at that moment
when in,en, upon their own scheme, ant
,hra,gn- eF. their guard by imagined ysff'ip'
cautions that form a prominent feature II
their system of tactics; they might be sur
rounded by concealed force ready tc
rush upon them a, signal from The fort
In their eagerness TO entrap foe. they
, might have blindly become entangled ii
a snare Sci for themselves. So fully wer'
. they convinced that such was the relativ
position of the Two parties, and so urgen
/ did they consider the necessity for imme
, date Cancellation. that they appointed
: delegation to wait on Clarke, and expires
their willingness TO accept peace on sue
terms as might be agreeable to him. Th
: council reassembled. and treaty wa
, signed under the dictation of The AmerI
can commissioners. Such was the re
! markable result Of the inTepidty and pre-
sence Of mind of George Rogers Clarke
Distress.-'rhe people Of Marblehea
are in mourning on account OF the loss
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