The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-03-17
Affecting Indian Incidents.

A pair of incidents hnvt come 10 our hnowl.
"dpe respecting tie Chippewa fnt,aps, 40 "
FoIourniug ~ Washington Cry, which nrc -
charncirllsllc of the rlcC that we cannot re.
lrln from presenting ihcju to our readers.
'Phe first of these Inns reference 10 one ct the
wumen, whose nnnu liz Pdm.m .icau ge. one.
ma. qua, ar " Woman of tho Murmuring
Slrcnul.' she ls the wife of The orator of the
pnrty, and when she left Lake Superior ia
October last, she brought along her only IN.
! FAINT, aged about siN months. On The arrival
-ofhe purity in PHILADELPHIA the child was
suddenly taken sick aud died Thc'rrjef OF
the nluiher knew no bounds, md for scvcrpl
entire days did she lang over The child, ever
aud anon giving utIerRnce 80 n mOnOioHuus
wall, aud decking ils hcnd wi'h the ori,a-
mcnis in her possession. All this was no
Iiced 10y Major Marlcll, who conceived the
idrn Of having dngucrreoUpe likeness Ia
-ks', of the child, mud, this having hccu ncrnr.
plishcd, the child Mas deposited ia II vault
and the likeness given to the mother.
On Monday night lasr. willie Que Of the
elii'i- composing ihc Chippewa delegation
wAs relating II s,ory Ia the writer OF this ar.
ticlc, in The presence ollhc entire party, an
nllusion was mnde to tie nature of death
which cnascd the ehilllcsA nlnll.rr .l... I..l,.
husband, as they sal together upon tie floor
To bow their shends aud weep. The story
proceeded, but wo watched with Intense IN
tcrcst tlTc -ITruvrmeW of the berenyed mother
Iheu II WIS Tint we saw her tnke from her
bosom tns II unconscious Of the campnny
prcsrui) the portrait alluded to. aud, MS she
linssed it cobvulsively 10 her lips a number
ut times, she accompanied pRcii moVeiuont
10y the exclamation, "Oh my poor ehiidi any
poor ehddr' She thon handed the picture 20
her husband, mud, as his keen black eye sui.
"A. tt.lt Hal s.Itt hg al. L..
picture u auln6cr ofIimes, audi returning it
To his wife, he turned his ihcc towards the
stury-teller, us IL cudenvoring Ia follow him,
while the wife Immediately dropped hGE
/ needle mud hul he. lnce ia The lap of her
husband,
MnJnr MRrtell tells uS tint what we saw Is
only repetition ofwhat he has seen II great
! mnnv Times since he left Philadelphia. The
| unhappy rorchta, he tells ms are always The
! ilret 10 Wake IN The inurniug .sliI thas ,,ss.t,
resiirne ilicir daily duties mithaut Gsst ,i,ing
/ their bends together over the urrrioi,s Mo
| lure Tor The purpose or uitering an mcuhe-
rent prayer. The one idea when. seems to
absorb the uiud Of the beuigllrd Indian,
Iuothe5 Is, that she may yet reittn tn Phln.
ldclphin, hud upon her own back, cprry the
remains Of her Offspring to the lurn plncr
Other fathers in the remote wilderness.
! The secondinC,deIit to which we have AZ
] ludrh is ofn very different chnrnctcr from
the above Five members oflhe Indian pnr-
/ ~ lntcly went out IN tue afternoon 10 enjoy
an nirug. They stroycd over The Lung
Bridge across the Poiomsc, and, hnving hecn
treated with glass of liquor hy some kind
/ fliead they continued their walk until they
/ reached n pleasant wnud on one OF the hills
lookup down upon the Potomac. They Ind
their bows ard arrows with them, aud sue
cceded in killing rabbit aud two or three
small birds. Night came on, but instead of