The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-01-08
., saIs INDIAN JUSTICE;
OR, THE CAYUGA's REVENGE
!, A TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY,

.se ATALE OF THE LAST CENTURY, X.
Shortly after the Declaration of the In
dependence Of the United States, a sur
veyor's party plunged boldly into the
depths of the primeval forest, bent on sur.
veying and marking out a new settlement
II boots not now to point out the precise
spot. Sufficlentfor our purposes, to locate
IN the vicinity Of Cayuga Lake. Strange
as 1t may. and does appear, they were in.
extrlcably lost, notwithstanding that there
were several expert woodmen in the party.
For several days they wandered about in
their endeayors to extrioate themselves,
each succeeding day only making the con-
fusion in their brains worse confounded
How often do we find the coolest heads in
moments Of difficulty, lose their self.pos-
sessions there are times when, by an over
Powerlng lnf1uence-one cannot call it
fear, though gradually and Enthusiastically
it assumes that type-all our, knowledge
OF past events, all our forethought of the
future, is one dim, hazy blank, which, by
disease, assume darker cast, unless a
master mind is there, calmly and deliber-
ately to rend the evil asunder, to restore the
fast fading confidence, without which all
human energy is nought. saa9aa ta
IT'S passing strange how the mind of
one man in time Of darkness and dread,
undismayed by danger, and uninfuenced
by imminent peril, can SO animate the mass
that they would face greater danger than
that which totally unnamed them scarce
five minutes previously. There was a
master with the party commenced to tell
you about, but the mind there was not;
hence their total loss and consequent be.
wilderment. yg 3 s,aq4nrsb vieor. .
Many of our readers may not have had
the extreme felicity Of losing themselves
in the bush, and consequently cannot for
a moment picture to their minds the SEN
sations likely to be experienced there;
there may be many again, who, without
being absolutely lost, have fancied them.
selves so, the feeling being barely second
tosthe reality. Old woodman, though we
be, this fancy in our hunting excursions,
has more than once crossed our mind,
family and obviously as it were, and ever
have we afound that, unless the bugbear
was eradicated, there and then effectually,
thata total shipwreck would infallibly be
the result. In one particular instance, we
especiallyl!recollect following for several
hours fasting, Ito which we attributed the
disorderI q deer in all manner of direc.
tions, ill we gave up the chase, unable
any longer, from want of snow, to track.
The bush we were in we had traversed
many a time; we knew that N. e. course
would bring us out from any part of it,
somewhere near where we wanted 10 20,
and yet when we did see about returning
our compass lied, the moss on the trees
lied,e everything lied but our fancies, which
pointed out quite contrary direction. -
We sat down to urge the point, bring rea-
sonto combatprejudice, and yetthen every
argument failed to convince the wander.
ing mind. We had to walk back seven
miles for letting the mind overcome rea-
son. But even after that, we have been
sensibleP thatit is not possible at all times
to controlihe mind. We were nervous,
irritable, and fancied ourselves half lost
why we cannot tell-and when we got out
ofsthe bush we were totally lost, for we did
not recognize building which we had
scen'for years, and yet we were not afraid
insaliis particular instance, though in all
probability in another hour's time we
should have been that also. aigod b4tti
EIfthena at times vague fears will seize the
mind, spiteiof better judgment, in an al
most well known iall bush! 'tis Jeasv Ia