The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-08-31

have it on liberal terms. IF such be the
will of the Shawanees,' he continued, let
some wise men speak,
A chief arose, drew up his tall person to
its full height, and assuming naughty atti-
tude, threw his eye contemptously over the
commissioners and their small retinue, as il
to measure their nsignifcanee in campari-
son with his own numerous train, and then
stalking TO the sable, threw upon it two belts
Of wampum. of different colors, the war and
the peace belt.
'We came,' he exclaimed, 'to offer to you
two pieces of wampum; they are of diferen,
colors; you know what they mean, take
which oulikep And turning upon his heel,
resumed his seat.
The chiefs drew themselves up in the
consciousness having hurled defiance in
the teeth of the white men. They had Of;
cred an insult 10 the renowned leader of ME
Lcng Knives, to which they knew it would
be hard for him to submit while they did net
suppose he would not dare to reject it,
The councilpipe was laid aside. Those
fierce wild men, gazed intently at Clarke,
the Americans saw that the crisis had ar.
rived; they could no longer doubt the Indi-
ans understood the advantage they possessed,
and were disposed to use it; and q common
sense ofdanger caused each eye to turn up
on the leading commissioner. He sat undis-
turbed, and apparently careless, until the
chief, who had thrown the belts upon the Ia
BILE, had taken his seat; then, with 4 small
cane which he held in his hand, he reached,
as if playfully, towards the war belt, entang-
ling the end Of the stick in it, drew it to-
wards him, and then with twich Of the cane.
threw the belt in the midst Of the Chiefs
The effect waa electric. Every man in
the council, Of each party, sprang TO their
leet--the savages with loud exclamation
of establishment, 'hugh'-the Americans in
expectation of hopeless conflict against
overwhelming numbers. Every hand gras-
ped weapon.
Clarke alone was unawed. The express
sion of his countenance changed to fero.
cods 6rmness, and his eyes flashed, but 9TH
erwlse he was unmoved.
A bitter smile was slightly percsptible on
Ills compressed lips, Us he gazed on the saw
age band, whose hundred eyes were bent
6ercely in horrid exultation upon him as
!, they stood like pack of wolves at bay thirst
ting for blood, and ready to rush upon him,
whenever one bolder than the rest should
make the attack. 1t was one Of those mo-
ments of indecission, when tho slightest
weight thrown into either scale will make it
preponderate; 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 a man was The intrepid Virginan. He
spoke, and there was not a man bold enough
10 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 CO." The In
d ans hesitated for moment, then they
rushed tumultuousy oul Of the council
room.
The decis on of Clarke on that occasion,
saved himself and comrades from massacre.
The plan of the savages had been artfully
laid; he had read it in their features and
conduct, az plain as if it had been written
on scroll before them. He met itn man.
ner unexpected: the crisis was brought on
sooner than il was intended; and on princi.
pie similar 10 that, which when line of bat
tic is broken. the dismayed troops dy before
order can be restored. The new and sud-
den turn given 10 these proceedings by the
energy of Clarke, confounded the Indians.
and before the broken thread, Of their treach-
cry could be reunited, they were panic struck.
They had come prepared TO browbeat, 10
humble, and then to destroy; they looked
for remonsrance and alteration; for the
luxury of drawing their tolls gradually around
their victims, of beholding their agony and
degradation and bringing on the fatal catas-
trophe by an appointed signal, when The
scheme should be ripe. They had expected
TO see on our part great caution; skillful
playing off, an unwillngness TO take offence,
which were gradually goaded int alarm, irri-
tation and submission. The cool contempt
with which their first insult was thrown back
into their teeth surprised them, and they
were foiled by the self possession Of one
man. They had no Tecumseh among them,
no master spiri, to change their plan SO as to
ADOPT new exigency; and those braves, who
in many battle had shown themselves to be
men of true valor, qualed before the moral
superiority which assumed the vantage
grond of a position they could not compre'
bend and therefore feared to assail.
When molasses is used in cooking, it is a
prodgious improvement TO boil and skim it
before yeu use it. 1t takes out the unpleas-
ant raw taste and makes it almost as good as
sugar. Where molasses is used for cooking,
it IS we'll to prepare one or two gallons in
this way, at time.
i It's good plan TO put new earthen ware
;.o o,lJ uatar and let IL heat gradually un-