Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-22
Mltstell0neolls.
Old Sabel.
THE INDIAN OF A CENTURY.

"Summer Geanings or Sketches and Incl
dents of Pastors Vacation by John Todd,
D. D., collected and arranged by his daughter"
is the title Of neatly printed volume just pub
lishcd at Northampton Ms, by Hopkins, Bridge
man & Co. From this book, which contains
twenty three highly entertaining sketches and
incidents, we select the following sketch;
As the traveller leaves Lake George and goes
north, he finds the country very hilly and rough,
the population few and scattered and everything
having an air of wlldness. Following the
lordy Hudson upward he arrives at a point
where the townships are called No. II, l3, Ia
&c, instead of having names, and where the
road stops Beyond this, far into the wilderness,
the enterprising lumberman has penetrated, and
all along the river are seen scattered saw
logs whose birthplace was far up among the
wlds, and which were left the last spring,
the true log-drivng season-on their way
down to the place where the saw-mlll is ready
to destroy their shape forever At one place,
far far up the Hudson we found nest of mag
nifcent logs, stranded there the last spring BY
the sudden fall of the water. They completely
choke up the river, piled and wedged up from
four to eight feet high, completely filling the
river and that for more than a mile in length.
From the poin, where the road seems to stop is
path fifteen or twenty miles through the woods
TO Indian Lake, and through this, summer or
winter, it is the best way to walk, having your
luggage carried on sled by oxen. This we
. found the best way even in summer. The
miles are marked on trees, but they seem fear
fully long. At the end Of terribly rough path
you come to Indian Llke--a long, wild and not
very pleasant lake--emptying into Indian River
and thence into the Hudson.
;, Indian Lake received its name from an old
Indian, who came to it many years ago, bring
ing an only son, and who have lived there in
q their rude wigwarm up 10 the present time.
:, The old mans name is Slbasl; born on the
= penobscot, more than century ago, and after
:, wards joining the Canada Abenaquis Indians
- When in our last war with Great Britain the
!. Abenaqus were induced to fight against the
United States, he, being u Penobscot, left his
ID tribe and reIinquished the yearly stipend which
n ilhe Canada Indians received from the Brilisl
ct Government, and came off through the wilder
4 ness and settled on this lonely lake. Al tha
Of time the country was we'll stocked with moose
ID beaver, otter and deer. The two former ar
n mostly gone, while the deer, the otter and th'
bear remain in abundance.
r This old Indian was in the battle of Quebec
is when General Wolf fell and the city was taken
lie, His father was kind of chief or brave, and hi
p, was his fathers cook. He knows that he wa
n then IL years old. The battle took place i
of 1859, consequently he must now be hundre
n, and one years old, He speaks the Englis
N, language, but not Auently, His son, "Lige,
e, contraction for Elijah,) is towards sixty year
is old He was our guide in the wilderness, as b
nd was also of Prof Emmons, when making b
h, geological survey Of the State-a faithful, goo
m hearted Indian kind, gentle and true,-a RET
is, Indian however They keep pretty, bac
ed horse, for which they have, and can have, n
IRE possible use and four hungry dogs, of whc
ng Wan. pa .ye.tah seemed to be the favorite, w