Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-06-25

ting sun; no ripple came tn the shore fror
thy paddle; has the daughur Of the Otiaw
sAchem grown cold in thine cycr Then spok
the pale faced chief, and his voice was lik
unto the silycry tones of,he dark-cyed maidcn
The pale face loves the Ottawa maiden, bu
no, for her lands-'tis the mdidsH he wants
and he would take her from this drcary fore.
to the brigh, land of his pcople-would th
red maiden follow her pale lovcrr and h,
placed around her neck chain made from IN,
bright metal, as he drank from her CLOWN.
eyes the confession that she would be his own
In a mellow voice he badc her meet him a
the next setting sun, and then his canoe wen
noiselcSs way AMI soon disappeared; these ar,
not forked words
The eyes Of the chief flashed fire, he grit
ted his teeth. and elcncbcd his spear with a.
poser of a vice, but, with that iac, pocalial
TO him, covered the fury which ragged within
him under features which indicated nothing
more To an observer than their usual stern and
determined expression. lie suodc oil. and
the features Of the dwarf again assumed their
usual cunning aud sinister expression. Tn,
naughty Ottawa sachcm had bchcld with a
lcllous eye the daily cncroachmcnls Of the
white race upon the lands owned by his iTibc.
Ills foresight told him that the power which
a while previously Sas unlimited among the
,rhrs, was daily becoming wCakcr-and be-
already viewed, IN anticipation, the whites ..
masters of the land Of h, ancestors, unless he
adopted vigorous measures 10 drive them from
o, ere they increased TO such numbers a. would
render futile all his attempts to cSPcl them.
Already had his name ceased to create that
electric elect which It was Won, ere the whites
came TO the country, and he determined, with
one sanCuuary blow, TO regain that mighty
influence which be had lost lie was deter.
mined that his ,occ should again be heard
with reverence at the council Grc, and that,
when On hi- absence. h's belt should summon
a hest ol warriors to h.s standard, As II for
mcrly did in the DAYS ol glory !, Is seldom
We see one possessing power once, when lev
cIlcI To the common standard Of private IN
di,ilual, who Is Willing TO remain 80, but
With the nc,cr.,rin, and never luioitcd pas
sion ambition continually spurrinr him on, be-
is never satisfied, never at ease, but uncrls-
lugly engaged IN plotting and contemplating
Tor thc priz- which can never hc reached, ull
al la,i he cNpircs, a victim 10 the passion
which burns alike IN the brcas, of the savage
and the King.
Pontiac still possessed unllmIrd sway over
hls own ua,lou-yct tho influence ofthc whites
uas also icl, among his own ,rihc they did
11, obey his uislos 18th the lrmc alacut
a, previous to The appearance Of the whites
IN their soil. The dwarf, Who belonged To
the Peoria nation, whom the varllkc Oiawas
had conquered and reduced TO slavery, "a, a
,ai-5i,ag' chef bet the tate OF war had not
uuly reduced him Co a private individual, but
also To a slave, rn which capacity he served
under the Ottawa sachcm, which, after all,
was more cumpa,ibl, with h.s ialcu, than hIS
former station, which Was an hereditary c,it.
Love aud jealousy are passions Nhlch rage rn
q savage with more cucrry 'laH iu a refined
breast. ani these were At this time the two
predominant passions OF Plshalro. llc had
,ccn pouriac., beautiful daughter, and To scc
vas Ia love be- had galcd upon her tll he
vas intoxicated with hcr charms long and
ardru,ly had he watched her expanding wo-
manhood, and, Ike lhu ru,r bud, 80 beautiful
li first, now that she bad expanded To maiuu-
tv. appeared more lovely silIl This am,ablc
lover had brhcli the meeting or the preceding
evening. and mflmri with jealousy, he sough,
the chief, who's, irritable disposition bc knew
could be easily famed into a fame, particu-
llrly when the subject was the white algrcs.
surs. lis ob,,c, ior communicating this IN
trllrrncc was ,h, reverse Of what the chici
supposed 1t. who imagined he had read the
cuuutcnance ofthc dwarf