Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-04-05

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faction.
My emotions during this time feel it would
be useless to attempt to describe. Horror,in-
dignation, dread, were the unweleome yisitans
of my soul.
When these preliminaries had been satisfac-
torily settled, Vanburton went on as follows
shall not give his exact words, but merely
the substance af them.
But this is not all,' he added. i have
other business to attend TO as soon as this is
despatched, and l shall want your help
Th ere is Pawnee village near Conncil Bluffs
A white trapper lives there with his family
Th at white trapper married a French woman
who, in her younger days, was very pretty
Well to be brief about the matter they have
daughter about seventeen years of age, as
handsome a creature as ever saw, and
have seen many of that sex in my time
In my travels among the numerous Indian
tribes, have seen good looking squaws and
half-breeds, but none Of them would compare
with the trapper's daughter.
Her complexion is clear and beautiful, and
such eyes you never saw in human head;
for they are full of life and FIRE, and all that
you could expect to find in the eye OF woman.
Her. hair continued the rufian, though in Ian
guage much less refined, which she allows to
fall loose, reaches TO her krees and is black than
anything you can conceive of
When she sports on the prairies, it floats
out like dark streamers., Her figure I wont
speak about, because haven't the power
to describe it as it is. She's neither too large
nor too small, and it's impossible to say where
there should, or could be, any improvement
in her person.
Her fathers name is Willet, and her name
is Janet; the Indians call her the West Wind
because she is gentlelike and sweet in temper.
like this Janet, and Pm resolved to make
her mistress of my LODGE
But does the gal like you?' asked Nick,
with significant wink of the eye
There's the rub; there was never one per-
son disliked another more than that girl dis
likes me. And it is just so with the whole
family. The old man looks upon me with sus-
picion; and his wife shudders whenever l cross
her path, or look at Janet. But that makes no
| difference; it's neither here nor there. Ny
minds made up Janet goes into my lodge,
whereverit may be, as its lawful mistress.
willing or unwilling
"How can that be growled Nick, with a
scowl.
How can it be? why, I shall watch my
chance and carry her away. Am l child,
to give up in despair, or to sit down and cry q
You forget that her father is trapper, and
can follow trail as well as any man between
here and the Rocky Mountains" replied Nick
4 care nothing about that: rife ball will
settle his account and send him on a longer
| trail than ever he went on yet
Then there's his wife, regular Frenchwo-
man: she" stir up all the Indians on the pra-
ries to hunt you up
Let her do it; I'll settle her accounts also
All / want is the girl; / care nothing for
having father-in-aw, or a mother-iu-la l
want wife, or whatever you please TO call her
Don't you see what I'm driving at?'
Yes, l see plain enough, and it my opin-
ion a precious wife you'll have. Will she care
anything about you? No VIII she rear
your lodge when you move from place to
place? No! Will she gather sticks to make
the FIRE? MOI Will she cook flesh for you to
eat? No! But III tell you what she'll do;
the gal will sit down and cry, till she pines
herself 10 death. That will be the sum Of the
whole affair"
well, let il be So What care |? She
viii please me for a time, then can leave
her as / have others
J
be off fast enough, give her chance. Such
delicate BIRDS don't like to mate with such
rough chaps as we are But have your own
way. and live the longer There'll be some
fine sport. no doubt, and Pm your man. I'll
lend hand at the business, and when it comes
right you shall do the fair thing by me-
God! we shall get on very well together.
Now for this mighty fine gentleman! Let US
ofI yrin hull
IA fire, and leave him to tend it, while we 60
away on the pretence of shooting "A deer fol
dinner When short distance from him we
will turn about and--you know the rest;
the first FIRE will fix him.
1 To all this /, of course, was an interested
listener. As it was really time to land and
cook dinner,I could make no reasonable objec-
tions without exciting suspicion; so l gently
Submitted
The "birch" was hauled up, and the fire
built as agreed upon.
During the time, busted myself in putting
my revolvcrs and rifle in first rate order.
When the fire sent ont cheerful blaze
1 Vanburton turued to me and said, in English
Nick and are going out to bring in deer
you are tired, and can stay here and take
some rest
There was diabolical lear upon his face
while he spoke, and Nick affected to comply
with some reluctance.
l summoned up all my resolution, and said
in as calm and Indifferent a tone as possible
yes, am tired butL am tired only of
sitting in the birch l need exercise.
will 60 forth and hunt with you, and Nick
may remain behind. Come am all ready
) Nick, keep the fire bright and blazing till we
getback. Vanburton. you may lead the way
shouldered my rife with all the noncha.
lance could muster, and stood prepared tc
Igo.
The countenance Of the two scoundrels fell
, Their disappointment was but too evident te
f me, but there was no attempt at remonstrance
!, Vanburton moved slowly away, and follow
ed, leaving Nick standing by the blazing logs
Il think we had better separate" said Van
burton, after we had walked some distance il
silence