The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-23

small leathern ammunition bag in front, n
little axe or Ratchet hanging in his grdle be-
hind, green cap ON his head, aud rifle,
long and of snlnll bore, in his band. His
eye WINS mild, but n certain glance that nc
conlpunied compressed mouth showed That
the spirit that looked out Of that eye was n
stranger 10 fenr or 10 INDIGESTION.
~ will give you rife" said The young man
whether we succeed or not, you will only
mike the attempt"
"Iomo will not wnnt rifle to keep if young
Sarnunc Hawk he dend."
"But shant he killed; OF IT, AM, us no
more than would wish TO do" These last
words were spoken to himself
"Can't young Hawk find many white squaw
so better MS this one"
"No, my good Tomu,the isIlone like this.
We were children together, aud we huve
been betrotLcd II long Time" .' r
"Umph! How foolish you white folks are!
When Indian want squaw, he nodo so.
White man court and court, and court great
wlile--nlnybe years. When Indian want
wife lie go TO young squnw--sit down by her
then he hold up Two forefngers-Ihcn
squnw lie laugh-then they already lie mar
ried. Much better wuy"
at may be so" said The young man impu-
tiently; "but what will Tomo do? viii he
help me?'
AS quick as snid, the young man had his
flint aud steel out, and Ills we'll filed tobacco
pouch Ut his friends service. The other two
Indians were then brought in TO help smoke
and think. Among them all there were not
provisions enough for sihglc meal. The
first thing WIS to procure something To eat,
aud the next was 10 devise how 10 cook il
without making II fire. After long season
OF silence, which seemed interniinnhle 10 The
4 Ill
TO help young Snraunc Hawk to get his bird,
but ARE few. We only four, aud Mohawk
thirteen, aud much dogs 10 smell and bark y
ave must do head work" said the young
man. "since our arms ure too short TO reach
them. Let me speak my thoughts into To-
mos ears. We must 90 otfut once cross o.
yer the carry ing pluce-pass through Stony
ponds and Stony brook-go up the Raquclte
cross Moore mountain, 60 up 10 incaIacho
inipus, (I4ong Lake, there kill deer aud dry
meat. They can't hear our guns so far, nor
see our fires. We will then come back and
make them think Chcpi GHOSTS have cone.
We can do all this III TWO nigls,nnd by Mat
time they will be done hunting in Fish Ponds
and come on this hike, md then we have
good place 10 lac Chepi." r ..-EE.. .
"Eouug Hawk say WE'LL ..r. .a..
Each one then drew the girde tighter a.
round the lotus, and stood ready TO start. eau
tiously,w without stepping on u single dry STICK,
did old Torno 20 to The best point Of ubser-
vntion aud look out over the hike. Fur III
the distance, miles uwny lie snwa sJCck,
which ut first lac thought was loon; but n
further look convinced him that il was ca
noe crossing the lake towards Fish creek
+.rhny have been into The lake fishing,
thought he,''and are now going TO their hunt
ing ground for the night" .. ..
From Eagle Island was distance of a.
bout three miles when lley came 10 The "car-
ryiug place." On landing, the young man
with his rifle went forward in the little palh,
10 he seen only by the practised eye. Be
hind him came the canoe carried on the head
of an Indian; and then followed The others, ali
! in silence. In u time almost incredible they
had passed through the woods about mile,
when they came TO n small pond. What n
beautiful place! II was about hnlfn mile in
diameter, perfectly round,a and its clear bedti-
liiul waters seemed TO reflect back The trees
that stood round it, md tie heavens which
hung over il. Ii was indeed the jewel Of the
desert. On its grassy shores were more than
one deer timidly feeding, while here and
there the huge trout threw out his forked tail
| in sheer ecstusy. A single loon sat in the
middle ofthe pond, and raised his clear shrill
notes OH seeing The new comers. As ;his was
in The travelled way Of the Mohnwks, the
company hurried on silently. The very rifle
in the hands of the youth seemed to ache TO
shoot one Of the deer, but prudence told him
better. They slackened not their efforts till
they had passed through those beautiful ponds
and down Stony brook into TIE RaqueltG
river They then turned up the river and
felt sufer, because now out Of track of any
new band Of Molluwks who might be coming
up the Raquelte. BY great and almost SUI
perhuman labors,they were over and beyond
The upper falls 10y sunset. Here they might
safely hunt; for The ronr of the falls, full one
aud huff miles of rocks and roar preeluded
the possibility ofrheir being heard. Not n
morsel of food had they eaten during all The
journey of one day. Two of the Indians
now made II camp fire, aud having smoked
their pipe, coied up under the smoke,a in
"a few minutes were fast asleep. The chief
pealed snail spruce, and with its bark and
n stick of yard in length soon made'a jack,
or half lantern-open in front and dark be-
! hind. He next got some dry roots of pine,
full of gum and highly mfammabe. Then
some dry outside bark of the cedar, which
he pounded very fine, and tied with green
bark which was the '1ndian candle" by
midnight the jack was in tie bow ofIhe ca
noe. tie pitchy roots in the jack ready TO lie
llghted up in an instant, aud the Indian can
die lighted and slowly burning, like The end
ofa dry rope. Tley were gong 10 hunt
deer in the Indian way In the bow of the
canoe sat the young man just behind the jack,
while the old Indian sat IN the stern TO pad
die. In perfect silence and darkness the ca
coe moved up the river towards the outlet
of Long Lake. The plunge ofthe musk rat
and the !unge of the otter MS he ganIbolled
aud slid offtleti Steep bank into the water,
were frequent: hut no deer was heard AT
length noise like calf walking in the wa
ter was heard and the young man raised the
Indian candle and swung il in the mir a lew