The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-01-30

I Who has moi been startled many a morn.
ing. by The low roire. II the rhsmbel
door. exrlsiming-. CAEnspa!g'
| The sloicsl demrsnor OF these chocfaw
maidens has ihe natural srnsihiInies and
sentiments Of the sex. They have bright
flashing eyes. well developed, symmelri.
cal flexible forms. beautiful small hands
and feet. and show. in their love for bril-.
liant article Of dress. rings. beads. and OH
er personal decorations. The i,sie and va
nifty Of their civilized sisters. Is IL posi-
bic iaal ihsy are destitute Of those delicate
sympaihies and lender affections which
have marked women in all other classes
and conditions Of life! This question has
no doubt suggested itself 10 many. a. an
interesting problem Of character. In one
insiance. 81 least. an siiempl-- perhaps q
hearl.ess one-was made 10 solve il, and
Il is 10 that the story which have TO tell
ru(ers. II came 20 my knowledge in all
is details. bul ] will attempt 10 narrsie IL
in zach . manner ne not 10 deiain the rea.
der with particulars which be can imagine
Tor himself.
Among the Choclaw gipsies. who visit
ed Mobile in the winter of ls46, was one
Of unusual beauty and siiracliveness. AL.
though scarcely developed into woman
hood-nel more Than seventeen "suns"
having kissed the rich bronze OF her cheek
--she was yet tall. round-limbed. straight
and graceful-a very model OF feminine
form. Her features. more prominent and
regular than is usual with her tribe. were
delicalfiy scblpIured. and the erect aili.
iude OF her head. with her large. fawn like
eyes, and abundant coal black hair. al.
ways neatly plated IN massive folds. gave
10 her appearance an air of superiority
such as The youthful Pocahonias is said
to have possessed. Her dress was ex-
iremely neat, though with large number
OF silver and wampum ornaments, and her
small feet, which an, Of the fair promena-
ders on Dauphin might have envied, were
invariably dressed in moccasins ornament.
ed in the most fanciful style. with many
colored beads. As she walked about the
streets of Mobile, srrayed 10 this way,
with her parcel of pine swung across her
shoulders, she attracted the attention Of
all spectators for her beauty, though she
would hold converse with none except in
The words by which she endeayored TO dis.
POGO of her burden.
Much interest was naturally fell in this
young gill, and many efforts were made
TO learn something of her character and
history. Nothing further could be CLEAN.
ed (and this was told by Capt. Billy. a
drunken Chociaw, frequently seen in gar.
rulous moods in our s,reeis,) than that she
was the daughter Of an Indian chief of
much note. who died many years before,
leaving her. an only child. with her moth.
er, in their cabin upon The Psscagoula.
Her singular beauty had made her quite
belle with The Chociaw warriors, but she
was very shy, and was called in the Indian
tongue, the Wild Fawn Of Pascagoula.
She supported her mother. who was very
old, and herself, by her traffic in berries
and "lightwood." Her personal charms
made her one OF the most successful dea.
lers in these articles, and every one, par
ticularly the young men Of Mobile. were
glad 10 give the preference, in their patron.
age. TO this young and attentive creature.
Many were the efforts made 10 gain her
smiles and enlist her in conversation, but
they were all in vain. She would go her
daily round. enter with entire unreserve
the rooms or offices OF her patrons, de.
posi-, her little load Of pine. receive her
dime, and then quickly retire with The
sticks in her hand 10 procure another par
Gel.
Things gllded on this way for some
months. during The winter Of which !
speak. AT last an event occurred which
tested the stoicism and character Of the
young Fawn of Pascagoula. Among those
whom she daily supplied with lightwood
was young lawyer residing in an office
in The second s.ory Of building on one
of our principal streets. Admiring the
beauty Of his ,imid visitor. and feeling a
strong interest in her, he determined to dis
cover if he could NOT BY kindness OF man
ner, defereniial notice and elegant little
presents, win The heart Of this simple child
Of the woods. Though his motive was
mainly curiosity, his purposes were not
bad. and he had no idea Of doing any in
jury to the object Of his experiment-by
paying her ihuse attentions which he had
found potent to enchant the admiration
and win the love Of more enlightened and
accomplished maidens. He was man
Of uncommon personal beauty and singu-
lsrly fascinating manners, and all these ne
brought TO bear as well as he could. to ef.
feet his innocen, and, as he thought, harm.
less frtaiion.
|, is needless to detail The arts resorted
to by Henry Howard to win the heart Of
the Fawn Of Pascagonla. He began in
the most modest and deierenlial man.
ner. He purchased from her. much
more frequently than he needed, sup
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