Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-10-22


strong and happy, until good old age,
and then glided peacefully into the grave,
and sank to rest as sinks the summers s
sun beneath the western sky"
"But the Ka-ma-was are gone, they are
not here"
"Son of the pale-face, listen! The
spirit of revenge came, and the Kama
was fell. The good old chief Wal-lal-lah
had departed to the spirits bright hunting
ground, where the chase wearies not, and
the golden arrow never misses its aim,
leaving two children, the young chief
Moween, and his sister, the beauteous
Wi-no-na. Mow-een was but boy in
wears, but in stature and bravery he was a
man. With the cunning of the red fox,
he had the strength and daring of the wild
catamount. His young and tender hand
had taken trophies from the enemy, and
proud were the Ka-ma-was to to hail him
chief. Kind was his nature, but his pas
sions were like the quick, hot flames Of the
piue-wood fire. Wi-no-na was beautiful
as the rose tint that stains the the sky be-
fore the rising sun; her eye was gentle as
the soft gaze Of the turtle, her step light
as the feet fawn. She was the delight of
the Ka-ma-was, they all loved her, for she
was worthy to be loved.
"Sixteen summers had spread their
flowers for her bounding feet, when Now
cen and his warriors returned from fight
with distant tribe, who had encroached
on their hunting grounds, bringing spoils
and prisoners. Among the prisoners was
the son of the chief of the Wah-pe-tons,
the mortal enemies Of the Ka-ma-was.
i. When Mow-een found his foe in his power,
his heart whisperered for revenge, but the
fear of the great Spirits curse stayed his
hand from violence, yet his heart was bit
ter within his bosom. The prisoner, We
hence, or the Eagle-Gazer, was young
brave of noble stature and nobler heart.
Stately, proud and naughty in the presence
of his enemy, he pined in secret Now
cen saw it, and his heart exulted, for he
longed to humble the proud son OF his
fathers deadly foe. But when the gentle
Wi-no-na stole visit to the young prison
er, to carry to him the dainties which her
own hand had prepared, and he cast his
/, admiring gaze upon her, his proud nature
|, Welded, and he ceased to think himself a
, captive. At the dawn and sunset she
sought him, but Mow-een knew it not, and
, soon she heard We-he-mee's tale Of love,
and her heart responded to its call; they
met in the wild retreats of the forest, for
We hence roamed free. The red man
will not break his trust; We-he-mee was
prisoner, but his own honor kept him so.
"Fierce was the anger Of Mow-een
when he learned that We-he-mee had
dared to love Wi-no-na, but his passion
amounted to phrensy when he knew that
his love was returned. His enemy was
worthy his sisters love, but Moween's
vengeance reasoned not The old braves
entreated him in vain, and with his moth
er clung around him; he dashed away
their detaining hands, and seizing his bow
and quiver, rushed into the forest. We
/ he-mee and Wi-no-na we're seated side by
, side on rock near where the great lime
stone spring, gushcs from the hill; her
l head rested on his.
5 "sBeauteous Winona,' said the lover,
'Gy with me to nay own tribe; there shall
our lives be like the days Of never ending
summer, our joys shall know no end, Wi.
, mona shall be queen, and my nation shall
s delight
e "But the sentence was unfinished; an
: arrow from an unseen hand pierced his
J, heart, and bounding into the air he fell
y corpse at the maiden's feet! With wilc
cry she sprang up, but it was only to fal
= upon her lovers body, for from the gast
i of another arrow from her brothers bow
$ vellcd the warm tide and mingled will
: her lovers blood.
: "With his deed of revenge, the angr.
l. spirit of Mow-een fled, and with agony b
saw his crime in its hideous light, ant
= frantic with grief and horror as he ha'
!, been before with passion, he rushad for
S ward and fell on his knees at his sister
: side, and raised her dying head.
e "sWi-no-na,' he shrieked, 'oh, my sis
e ter, my beautiful, my only one, do not die
IS Oh! Great Spirit! listen to Mow-een''
e prayer, forgive his crime, and let Wi'n0-n'
is live.'
d "with joy he thought Of the enchanted
|. spring, and with the speed Of the wind, hi
l. brought some of its water and held it t.
g his sisters lips. But the covenant wa
l. broken, and the spring had lost its power
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