Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-05-23
OLD SERIES, VOL. IS, NO. "a

iaNn NNNN''''sHN'a mus "a'' N't'N hi' ss"'St
pr more. lie is truly good brother, and ho
shall have the bcs, monel of the COW have
killed. | will sit down and cut OF the hump
for him"
As be said these words, our hero can0 ia
sigh, Of his own lodge, and saw, in the dis
lance, a man riding away from 1t with wO-
man behind him. Nevertheless, he dismoun-
ted and began the operation be had modiIalei.
When be had done, he repaired homeward.
lis old woman told him, on entering, ihath
would never see his intended bride again
lie was To have married her within a week,
but now hrs hopes were ended. The secret
Of his brothers affection vas explained, aud
bis Fox had been nothing 10th 10 repay il
10 kind.
mo natter" said the wrongcd warrior,
" you will remain with me yet But won
der tia, .hc should no, love me ancr all my
Kindness
There IS nothing to wonder At, [" rciomcj
the old woman. "Thc girl had eyes, and
could no, help seeing the ddcrcncc between
you aud llakhakah Is for me. shall 60
and live with her, for love her as " sho
wcrs my own child They say you arc
siingy man, bu, surely you will not gruSso
your brother a wife n you wcre To give
your lodge and your borsc, also, the KahPo-
zhahs would think better Of you than they DO"
The proud heart swcllcd, nigh 10 bursting,
lor the plan ut happiness which had filled li
ior seven years was destroyed aia blow. but
ha did no, give his grief ven, in word. lie
struck hi, tent, bound il upon his hosc, and
pat the briJlc into the old voman's hand
Tell my brother" said be- 81 that a woman
is bu, a small gin, and that therefore hes
iow on him the means to kccP her. Even ho
shall a,Luowlcdgc lha, Shoaukah Shahpah's
heart Is as large as h.s mouth, and that Is 20,
a small one"
oar hero remained by h.s Gresidc, after tho
woman had departed, chewing toe cud Of BIT.
ter fancy. Iic though, Of what he had done
through the whole course Of biz llfc, and the
reflection was not nolagrctlhlc II has been aid
,hl, a dciomcd body always is llo cause Of
.nmc distortion Of mind, but such was not
the ease iu ih,s instance. ShoauLah shahpah
was not given 90 word, few Indians are -
and Dee had uo, been used to rc'or o. thoso
who insuliri him. Bot be lrl, their insults
krrnly " Now" though, be-, &" have no
,h..g ,o hopo from my own people. hayc
destroyed their enemies, aud they respected
mc not have relieved their necessities aud
they thanked mc not. was to have had a
wife, and my brother, my eldest brother, who
should have been To me as a father, took her
from mc. took a captive, and she heard
ualy What chose that She should hear. ShG
would have loved mc nay, she did love me
bus my younger brother turned her love aside.
Al the Kahporhahs bate mr. Il caruni ha
because am ugly 70, they honor somc who
are almo,, rs much 80 as myself They must
br tad proplc--lhcy return evil ior good.
so dpub, they wish mo dead bu, will not
d.c-tla, would please ttcm. will go to
Chppculys. It's likely ,hcy will kill me,
and il lhcy DO, su much lhe bcuct. But, per-
hlp, thry w.lI .cI mc live among them"
lls ru,e and wen, norihwau. \ few days
travel brough, him &, Sandy Lake. There,
while the CmpPcways were holiIhg Waw-
bsuo, lhc Kahpuzhah walked into the midst
of,hem.
Kill inc, Il YOU Will, % he sad, barring has
bosom. e. am HahPozlah bu, I am also
worthy Of ply
The fame Of the dclomcd warrior had
reached Sandy Lake long before. AZ his
first appearance the ChppeWays bent their
bows, but seeing that be came 10 peace, they
soon lliI ihrm aside 4 Kihpozhah prisoner
vas luckily rrcscur, Nho acted a. interpreter.
When ,hcy were informed that their cncinics
had refused To ALLOW one of their bavcsi war
uors a wife, and bad, iua manner, driven him
from amppg them, they rJo.ecd. They saw
that be- was Jciomcd. indeed, but familiarity
had no, associated his deiurmily with con.
tempt. More than an, he had thrown him.
,clf on lhcir pity, an appeal that Indians sell
dom disregard They made him a feast and
smoked with him. An old Chippevay, Who
vas almost as ugly as himself, adopted him
rs a son. and gave him his daughter to wife.
/ Shoankah ShlhPah lived on very good terms
with the Chippcways. They were a graver
people than his own tribe and, as their coun-
try was such as to o5ligc them 10 use ibeir
most strenuous cNeuions IN order to live, they
had mo- time to laugh At him, II, indeed, they
had been 10 inclined. They oneu asked him
to 90 with them against the kahgothah', bot
! be alway. refused lie had nos a Hihc and
child, he said, and fhc should BE- killed they
would s,atyc. Besides, II be should shoot an
arrow into a KahpOlhlh camp, he might
shed his own blood. These arguments were
deemed sufficient, and be was permitted to b.
What he wished to be-, good hunter.
Thus passed three years Of his lie, a, tho
end Of which he found himself in Chippe-
way encampmcnt, in the Big Woods, on the
borders Of the territory Of hi, proper tribe
Coming home one day from his daily hunt,
he found the camp deserted It had been at
tacked in his absence by the KahPolhahs.-
Among the corp,c, he saw that Of his wifo
and child. He staid not to gare on their mu-
rlated bodic. and scalpless heads, but took
the track Of the fugilvcs and soon rejoined
them. They told him how body Of KahPo-