Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-22

asked old Sabael if he could see "Mo sho
so better as my son )" i. Q. he could still bet
his son with the gun. He is straight, and
powerful man; unable to read or wlite poo
ignorant Catholic in religion, and his know
edge is bounded by his experience in hunting
Even now he vii take his canoe, and gun, an,
traps, and 60 off alone, SIX weeks at time, OF
hunting expedition asked him if he wa
never afraid while thus alone. His answe
was " Me sometimes 'fraid of Chepi GHOSTS
and once 'traid bear. Me got into great cave,-
all dark, no gun n-creep in and look round, ant
great bear stand rightup on his hind legs ant
gro"led at me Then my flesh feel cold say
nothing; creep back slow; get out quick as
can. Then me set birch bark fire, throw him
in, see bear, pint in gun and shoot. Bear
growl and stop, and then dead.'
But are you never afraid of the panthers
Ehieifafe in this wNdsrnessa" F. 1
"No me no 'frad; government no more
belong TO beast
" | don't understand you Sabae."
"Me tell you what Indians say" Ii. e. an
Indian tradition, "One time, long ogo, wild
ebasts all come together to make government
When get there Lion say.'I be government ;
strongest Then all beasts say nothing all
fraid. Then wolf say, I know one stronger
than you'-'W Who he p say lion. Iis name
man, and he strong as you, say wolf. Me don't
fraid of him be government STILL Let me see
him. Come long with me, say wolf So
wolf lead him way through woods, long way,
and tell him to sit down by his path, and by-by
see man coming long. So lion sit down great
while, and then see little child coming, and be
speak out, You man? ? No; shall be one
day. Then see old man coming on staff very
slow, and he cry out, You man?' mo; was
once; aint now never shall be again By and
by see one riding on horse, look like devil, and
lion speak out, You man !? Yes You
government p 'Yes' mo. no; me govern
ment. So lion spring at him, and man take
one hees ribs (sword) and strike him and make
him bleed. Then they spit at him pstol] and
wound him bad. Lion very sick, creep back to
woods; no government any more. Men govern
ment ever since, and me never 'fraid to be all
alone in the woods"
The wigwarm of Sabael is about as uncom-
Portable as dwelling place could well be; the
furniture few deer skins, pot, spider, frying
nan md tho lilo M Aoor NJ, t,hIo obo;, -.
bed; but there, on the bare ground, he sits, eats
and sleeps, in summer ard in winter. He told
US he had discovered two silver mines probably
mcaceous rocks], but he could not find them.
Last year he spent more than month in trying
to find one of them, but 10 no purpose. He
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human heart do without something to hope for
He says he first discovered the valuable iron
nine at Keesvlle, AMI sold the knowledge OF 1t
o a white man for bushel of corn and dollar
n money. He is bigoted Catholic, though he
las not seen priest Tor many years. tie has
4 string of beads which a priest gave him many
years ago, and which he superstitiously regards
as possessing great virtue.
"What use are they, Sabael?"
"Spose me out on lake, wind blow hard, lax e
all too high for canoe; me drop one bead into
lake, all calm and still in moment. Spose me
in woods, thunder bang strike tree, me 'fraid;
hang these upon limb of tree, thunder all go
way, no hurt mc.-Sposp woods all full of
chepi (ghosls), take these beads out all chepi
run way"
And yet he dared not say he had seen any
such miracle performed by using his beads.
His son is Protestant. SO far as he las any
religious views, and when he is out of the reach,
of ardent spirits, is u charming man. But
neither has the power to resist on this point when
tempted -
Poor old Sabael hid heard much of him,
but never expected to see him; forest tree
more than a century old He will soon be NO
more. But OF what use is such lite, or scores
of such, to the world or to the possessor? How
poor creature is man, though he live to be o
hundred years old, if he lives not under the
light, the hope, the motives and the influences
of the Gospe2 With these, the little chile
may die hundred years old, and without them
the man of a century is less than child