New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-03

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Having selected position where, unseen nm
self, he could command view Of the whole VA
+ ley, and thus provide against danger or sarpnse'
lie set abou, making himself ss oornioriao.e -
possible
For the first few days the pain OF bis WOUNDS
rendered him almost hopeless, and he came Wen
nigh perishing Of hunger. Providenna-'y' ne
found In his close neighborhood, plentiful supply
of wild fruit. such as ssrvice-berres, hips, Wild
cherries. and the little spiky mountain gooseoerry,
which enabled him 70 sustain life, and support, by
their rough but wholesome cheer. bis natural buoy
ancy and bopefulGess Of heart.
In far shorter space Of time than he could rea-
sonably have expected, the pain and swelling IN
bis wounded limb began 70 sabside, although the
ball was still lodged ia his thigh, leaving him able
- shift ior himself, 50 that be rapidly recovered
his wouted strength and ygor It is Incredible
wba. wounds man viii survive in the pure air
Of the mountain re- goDs, where constant exercise
and the utmost simplicity Of diet render the hu-
man system an but invulnerab.e TO the shafts Of
disease.
One dav about this time, Fontsineile bad wan.
dered out upon the mountains, aud tempted by
illness Of the prospect, he prolonged his wax TO
an unusual distance. The scenery around MN
was Of character TO awaken sentiment and re-
Election in any bosom not dead to the influence OF
external nature. Above him scared in savage and
inaccessible grandeur the Three Tetons, Ike IT,
,anic watch-;owers, their cloud-capped SUBMITS
piercing the ethereal vault beneath him. and
stretching away to the distance OF some thirty
miles lay the beautiful valley covered with the
richest emerald verdure, a silver stream meander-
ing through its midst whose cool, diaphanous wa
tiers reflected, as in mirror, the lofty cottonwood
and ash, which gracefully shaded its banks and
far on the eastern horizon doomed up cloud-lke
and huge. Fremonts Peak Of Wind River Noun
tain, $40 feet above the level oithe ocean sci
dom has the eye ofpoet or painter luxuriated upon
loveier terrestrial paradise Here might the sage
or anchorite delight 10 fix his abode, far removed
from the gnawing cares and troublOus passions Of
the world, where the beauty and sublimity of Ma
ture are constantly appealing 70 the soul for its
highest manifestations of sympathy and power
Fontainee returned TO camp some two hours al
ter the sun had passed the meridian, and, being IA
tigued by his long walk, he fell fast asleep He
was startled from his sumbers by the whinnying
OF his horse and jumping up, rifle in hand, eau
tiously stepped out from the thcket of willows
in which he had made his temporary resting place
10 discover the cause of this, under the circum-
stances alarming noise. This sound was almost
instantly replied to by another horse which with
its rider bounded lightly from the willows into the
open prairie, at the distance of about fifty yards
from where the hunter stood. He had raised his
rife to his shoulder bat i, dropped suddenly there
from, as if stricken down 10y an invisible hand,
upon beholding, not the blood thirsty and savage
foes which he had confidently expected, bat the
graceful form and the mild and beseechDg eyes
Of the beautiful Indian maiden, Catharine Coqun
An exclamation of joyful surprise escaped from
the hunter as be rushed forw ard, and in the next
instant he had lifted Showena from the saddle and
pressed her 10 his heart.
The poor girl was greatly emaciated. Anxiety
of mind, exposure and privation had done their
work upon her delicate frame. Her mental aud
ply steal powers, which had been stretched to
their utmost tension. during her perilous aud most
extraordinary journey, gave way, when the ext
gencies had passed, which had called them into
too intense and violent action, aud she sank into
the helplessness Of infancy. Never did mother
watch over her sick child, with greater assiduity
and tenderness than did Fontsiuelle over the In
dian maiden. But her prostration though COM
pete, was happily of short duration, the unim-
paired ygor of perfectly sound constitution soon
triumphing over mere physical exhaustion.
Ii was during these few days Of languor on the
part Of Catharine when her lover ahsctioaaiey
miuistered TO her weakness that their ong-cher
ished passion for each other was iondly and freely
uubosomed. Never were hours more propitiou.
t. the fullest confidence and security Of love-
Alone with each other, surrounded on every side
by the beauty and magnifcence of nature, in the
very depths Of her primeval sohtudes, with no.
thing to distract the bright waveless current o
their all absorbing love for each other the hearts
of FontRinele and Showene We're unclangeably
. united
The history Of her sudden and mysterious dis
; appearance from camp, was here related By Cath
d ariue 10 her lover, and it, previous TO his know
ledge OF the heroic and disinterested devotion
which that simple narrative disclosed be ha,
deemed his love for the beautiful Indian girl a.
incapable OF increase or diminution, how was i
consecrated and ennobled, when the surprisin.
y circumstances of that heart adven,ure-so full O
unspeakable pathos and sfection-were mad
= known to him
= MI.
e These were in substance as follows:
when by the retarn OF Carson from bis met
Y feciua search after Fontsinelle, which has bee
d before mentioned and his report upon the subject
n the impression Of Fontaineles death was beoom
e general Mark Head, now that his hated rival " a
r he hoped forever out Of the way, determined Il
x bring matters to an issue. BY means only known
e to himself aud the father of Catharine-bat whic
g were doubtless OF menacing and sinister ma