The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-11-19
From the Parthcnon.
The Lake Gun.

Saeo, said Fuller, drawing near
to the young Indian, who did not betray
surprise or emotion Of any sort, as the
strangers football came Unexpectedly
on his ear, using the salu,alion Of con-
veution, as it is so generally praciiced
between the two races. The Indian
threw forward an arm with dignity, but
maintained his eject and otherwise i'm
movable attitude.
"Oneida 7" demanded Fuller, while
he doubted if any young warrior of that
half subdued tribe could retain so COM
rletely the air and mien of the great for
csts and distant prairie.
Seneca" was the simple answer.
The word was uttered in a tone SO low
and melancholy At IT sounded like sad
dened music Nothing that Fuller had
ever before heard conveyed so much
meaning so simple, and in so few syl-
labes. 1t Illuminated the long vista Of
the past, and cast a gloomy shadow into
that of the future, aludng to people
driven from their haunts, never to find
another resting-plnce on earth. That
this young warrior so meant 10 express
himself-not in an abjcct attempt to ex-
tort sympathy, but in the noble simplic-
ty Of heart depressed by the fall Of
his race-Fuller could not doubt and
every generous feeling Of his soul was
enlisted in behalf OF this young Indian
Seneca" he repeated slowly, drop
ping his voice to something like the soft
deep tones of the other, " then you are
in your own country. here 7"
Ny country" answered the red
man, codly, emo my fathers country
yes"
His English was good, denoting more
than common education, though i
had a slightlylforeign or peculiar accent
The intonations Of his voice were dc
cidedly those OF the noble Indan.
= "You have come to visit the land O
your fathers 7"
A slight wave Of the hand was the
reply. All this time, the young Senec
kept his eye fastened in one direction
! apparently regarding some object in thc
lake. Fuller could see nothing to at
tract this nearly rivited gaze, ,hougT
f curiosity induced him 10 make the ei
i fort.
q You admire this shec, Of water, b
e the earnest manner in which you Loo
upon I" observed Fuller.
Seel" exclaimed the Indian, mo-
tioning toward point near a mile dis
=. tant. "ITe moves! may be he viii
: come here"
II Moves l see nothing but land, WI
c ter, and sky What moves 2"
The Swimming Seneca. For
If thousand winters he is TO swim IN tn
!, waters OF this lake.-Such is the trad
C ton Of my people. Five hundred win
c ters are gone by since he was throw
. into the lake; five hundred more mu.
= come before he will sink. The curse {
h the Manitou is on him. Fire will no
d burn him; water will not swallow hiI
,r up; the fsh will not 90 near him, eve
l. the accursed axe Of the settler cann'
Of cut him into chips There he float
'' and must float, until his time is finish
ed
-, You mus, mean the "Wsnderin
id Jew p"
it Z" So the pale faces call him; but h
never saw Jew. 'Tis a chief of tn
&c Senecas, thrown into the lake by III
g Great Spirit, for his bad conduc
H. Whenever he tries To get upon the lam
D. the Spirits speak to him from the cav'
- below, and he obeys."
+" That must mean the Lake Gun 2
II q" So the pale faces call ii. 1t is nj
N strange that iae names Of the red me
,e and the pale faces should diier."
Of "The races are not the same, an
s. each has its own traditions. wish
ii hear what the Senecas say about th
N floating tree but first have the goo'
u ness to point i out to me-"
~ Thu young iadian did as Fuller r'
, quested. Aided by the keener visio
=. Of the red man, our traveller at leng
of got a glimpse of distant speck on ii
pr water, which his companion assured hi
" was their mutual search. lie himse
t mad been looking for the Jew .
ID week, but had asked no assistance fro
;" others, relying on the keenness Of h
20 sight and the accuracy Of his tradition
o. That very morning he had first disco
cred the speck ON the water, which
D, now pointed out to his companion.
MI " You, think, then tina, yonder obie