The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-11-19

to change. What was done has never
been said, but See-wise disappeared.
1t was whispered that he had gone down
among the fish he loved to take out of
season. There is one tradition, that he
speared an enormous salmon, rnd the
fish in its struggles drew him oul of his
canoe, and that his hands could not lei
90 of the handle of his spear. Let this
be as i, may, no one ever saw See-wise
any more, in the form in which he had
been known to his people.
AT length, the trunk Of tree was
seen floating about the Seneca, and one
of the oldest of the chiefs, pointing 10
it, pronounced the name of" Sce-wise."
lie would fish out of season, and his |
spirit is condemned, they say, 10 float
among the salmon, and trout, and GELS,
for thousand winters. 1t was not long
after this, that the lake began to speak
in voice loud as the thunder from the
clouds. The Seneca traditions say this
is the Manitou calling TO See>wise,
when he goes down after the fish, ou,
Of season.
"And do you, an educated man, be-
leve in this tale p asked Fuller.
II cannot say. The things learned
in childhood remain the longest on the
memory. They make the deepest marks.
have seen the evil that demagogue
can do among the pale-iaces why
should not believe the same among my
own people 7"
"That is well enough, a, respects
the curse on the demagogue but lakes
do no usually"
, Fuller had gone thus far, when the
Seneca, as if in mockery, emitted the
sound that has obtained the name OF
the Lake Gun" among those who
, have lived on its banks in these late
times. Perhaps it was, in pa,,, the in>
1 nuenee Of the Seneca, legend, united
to the opinions and statements Of the
= inhabitants Of that region, which con-
t spired TO make our traveller start. in
a awe and surprise; for certainly. the
= deep mouthed cannon never gave forth
d a more impressive aud sudden eoncus-
). sion on the ear.
o "It does, indeed, sound very like 4
:. gunl" said Fuller, after long pause
D had enabled him to speak.
+, "It is the voice Of the Great Spirit
c forbidding See>wse to fish," answered
1, the Seneca. "For a time, the dema
e gogue has oil the talking TO himself, bY
sooner or later, the voice Of truth i
e heard, which is the voice OF the Mani
n tou. But must go nearer 10 the tre'
-ha! what has become Of it 7"
II Fuller looked, and sure enough, thu
y speck on the water had vanished. Thi
IT might have been by an unobscrve'
Is movement in the current or it nigh
at havo been owing TO a sudden varIato
in in the light; certain it was, no ire
lie could now be seen. Fuller then pro
Of posed 10 use his boat, in endeavorng I
lie get near to the Jew" The Senec
III gave a very cheerful assent aud throw
m ing his light summer blanket, with a
he air of manly grace, over his shoulde
all he followed TO the water side.
an Most red men," resumed the youn
d. warrior, as he took his place in the boa
at "would see something marvellous
en- this appearance and disappearance
", the swimming Seneca. and would hes
ms tate about going any nearer TO him; b'
ey this is not my ieeling-eiror is strength
he ened by negIec,ing to look into trut
,e hope yet 10 90 near See-wse.u
p. Fuller hardly knew what to think
he his companions credui,y. Al time
ed he appeared to defer to the mnrvello'
mr. and the traditions Of his tribe; the
th again, the lights of education would see
GO TO CLEAN upon the darkness of his 81
an perstition, and leave him a man Of II
oll ductive reason. As for himself, he WI
r. probably no, altogether as much of ti
N. last as his pride of race would have lie
ID. him 10 hope.
Tx Peter had seen nothing. but he hn
he heard the "Gun."
Fe. "'Twas a mere flash in the pan
,ir what have heard, when the lake is
ii, arnesl," said the old fellow, with II
no love of cxaggeralon so common vii
is. the vulgar. Still it was gun"
ID. "a signal that the "Wandering Je"
ey is near by; so. haul aft the sheets, an
be lei us depart"
an In quarter Of an hour, the boat WI
ed living with her ioresheel hauled owe
10. and her helm down. within a hundre
yards of the object of the long scare
nd of the whole party. II was deep wate
ny and slight ripple under what we lerm'
ed the cut.waler Of the tree indicated
X movement Perhaps lower currel
ed forced forward the roots, which, IN the
turn urged the trunk ahead. As oi''