The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-01-15

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Of the Mornin., and he became her slave
Nor vas his love Untsiurned. The white
warrior vas handsome, and many times. du.
ring bis captivity, il vas proved the; his hear,
knew no fear. The heart OF the linden maid.
en- ~ss therefore given 10 exchange. b., %
PIN. pa moo confessed her love, her beautiful
features we're clouded with sorrow, and FROM
her soft, dark eyes, there started two glisten.
ing drops that rolled slowly down her smooth
cheek, as ,f reluctant to quit a pathway 90
soft and full Of beauty. Aod ~hst caused the
sweet maijsn's tears Alas. she ~s. desun.
ed for one Of her o~n race; and she kne~
TO be removed from bis purpose. She was
TO become the bride Of q neighboring cLiei
when the snow had passed away, and the bud.
again began 10 sing among tho greea trees !;
and nothing, save death, could change her
destiny. And death che would ssek sooner
than become the wife aud the slave Of one she
hated.
ltrquued bu, little psrssssion from the
hunter to induce Pm. pa moo TO consent to fly
with him towards the homes Of his brethren,
though both scknowl ICED tina, The a,tsmp,
would be slmos, hopeless.
One night, then, IN the month Of February,
they mounted two Of her fathers Hce,sst hors.
e., and commenced their flight. The nigh,
vas dark. else they nigh, have escaped. Bu
beng unable to see their way, they 90, los.
in the forest. and when they reached the pre-
cipice, before mentioned, they heard the Wild
~hoop Of Ou.wa.nie and he warriors; and
ere they had time to determine on any course,
they we're surrounded By the demon father
and his Warriors.
The story says, that in spite Of the prayers
Of PIN. pa moo, and he enlresties OF the hun.
ter, that he would spare he child and sscri-
nee him, the unfssling Ou-wa.nle bound them
together, aud with his own hands hurled the O
from he cliff TO rocks below. Folding each
other in last but sffec'io embrace, they
disappeared into the dark abyss before Them,
leaving the cruel father and his wfetched min.
IONS TO the bitter pangs Of unrelent,ng remorse.
Add. 'lis snid, that Ou.~a.n,e became sons Bile
oftbe snormisy and cruelty Of the crime he had
committed, Immediately after II IVES done and
from that hour he became The victim Of Re
morse and Despair. And ere one moon bad
passed, hs msng,d corpse Vas found one day,
on the sane rocks where q little while before
he had thrown his daughter and her lover
During tho previous night, it is supposed, ,hs,
be vent TO the preciPce TO be~a,l bis poor
daug hter's fate. and tia. il the desperation Of
the moment he had thrown himself from the
cliff.
Many srs supers.itlous enough 10 believe
that the spirits Of the i'll fated lovers aud cruel
father haunt these rocks; and Shen the he
sh,ed traveller passes The spot, he often f4n.
cies that be hears IN the wind, az II mosns
through the tree tops, the dcspsirlng woils oil
Gu. wa.nie, aud the voices Of VIC tins, a. they
tell him they forgive him.
My brother and had paused, While he 70.
lated TO me the above story and - looked
around a, the rugged rocks, and raised my
eyes to the immense pile towering high above
Us. unconscious'y dropped tear, as though!
Of poor P,m.ps .noo's fate. Perceiving it. my
brother chded me for my credulmy 10 belev.
ins that tho legend was oil true; and without,
further delay, We resumed GU. journey.