Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-14

bu! vha, 81 thar II was II IN fIu"
10 fan and pray whit may thu, mean T.
asked the IudIsn.
Why II means" SAID Ella, careleuly.
" that did GOT mean what | .aid, That's
oil.
That's al, Is h7' SAID Kamara bitter,
Iy Its o. bnvo suspected You have
said enough, Ella CotNio now listen e.
the Chiehain's OATH, by yonler sun that
is about TO st over the graves Of my la,hers
by the Wild iorc's which the whlc nan
has ru,hlcs,y torn from the red indian
by The grass which nature has spread pro
ms'IY undA' INV iett--bV the red blood
which courses freely the veins Of my lrtbr,
swear on this spot, aud in your presence
that the lie Of other your future husband
or voIr GIslborn shalI BE- the forfeit Of your
broken huh.-- Now vlll Kamaro 90 to his
Tribe, curslng, scouog, hating the wht
man and hls iauhless blood" Kamata was
gone
O, I'll risk it," said ELL, pccvshly--
I'll warrant h. will forget oil about it
in less than a.wcek"
An Indian never forgcr'," replied An,
ne,le earnestly
We'll. l shall brgc', il he DON'T" an.
swercd Ella
=
Five years passed awny Ike a dream,
and ia the interim, Ella Corwin had be
come a wife md mother
She had Icil her home for Engmnd q Short
time subsequent to he occurrence, above
4 a. 4
physitiau, to whom, through the agency Of
her parents. she had been previously be,
/ trothed
/ Fave years passed away, and then Ella
/ Corwn, or rather Elm Mason, accompn>
MED by her husband and infant boy, rr,urn.
ed TO Nasnkeng. aud became located IN a
small neat cottage nc"r the Point before
tuennoned which had been bud! for them
on their arrival.
1t vas n bright moonlight, night, in The
month Of August 1876, when as the old
house clock toll The hour Of eleven, Doctor
Mason was called from The side Of his much,
loved wife ond chlll, to attend upon dy
ny patient.
No sooner had he got clear Of the house
Than the tall form Of an Indian warrior
emerged from The conccalmen, which had
been afforded by the dark shadow of III,
building upon the grass mo the moonIlgh,
and sIralthlly approached Tho cottage, H.
tried the latch, mud found that The d0or has
bcen leil unfaslened Smiling triumphant.
ly, The Indian with light and wary foo,step
entered the house. The next moment b,
stood nj The bedside of her whom he hal
once known as Ella Corwin.
Her frsl-boin nestled by her side. The,
both slept soundIy, quietly, and swcetly. -
! l(nmnra stopped over them. Gently, YER
gently, did he Iill thc infant ~ his arms
me next momcnl the Indian was gone Sui
the mother slept on, a. did the inrunt il
Kamara's arms
/ Two hours passed away, aad then tn
husband md father returned to his home
5 Ella sui slept, AMI rs be eozcd almirIog
upon her beautiful features he whisPcfc
, her name
She nwoke, looked lendery up, and .mil
ed.
5 Where is our child, EiInl' asked ii
father a, he missed it from It's accu.Iome
, pacc
! The child IS here, my love, answcre
Ella, a. she confidently reached out he
her hand to clasp It to her bosom.
My God, Hetbeu!" she ,xclaime
e after few moments ofIeribIe silence Oh
p ch,id Is gomez
- " Where ~
81 know not" exclaimed tie franti
h mother, as she jnmrel from The bed, mn
eagerly tore of The covering. IT'S M
p hrrc us not here; o God, ms child, m
boy7 Where il be come o me- my H.
q bert; LIT your mother hear you. All
g light flashes on my mind, recollection
a horrii remembrancc---Iho Indians He
% bert, the lndilns have got our child
% The borcayed plrcus ran 10 the poIr
- which looked out upon the calm waters
4 the balbor Aboul iory rods from the Ian
a n dark object mel thor view
e The dark Object vas an Indian canoe. -
The form that rose proudly from ils mds
b WAS that Of kamara. the chieitnln Of III
o Naraganseus. Lifting The uay form
d ID. iuhn, boy high above bis head, in
loud ciear voice K1mlfa shou;eI--
Is Tue rs no, luu'
A hgh, splash disturbed the calm SER
:. My Of he winters rs The ligh, dnPery
a lhc ulul bow SINK beneath their Ity-.i