The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-03-06

iirmness, and not cry and whmpcr like an old
woman. You know. bear, that our tribes are nj
war with each other, and that yours was the
sggre.sor. You have found the Indians too
powerful for you, and you have gone sneaking
about the woods stealing their hogs; perhaps al
this time you have hogs flesh in your belly.
Had you conquered me, would have borne il
with iirnDcss, and died like brave warrior; bu,
YOU, bear, sill here and cry, and disgrace your
tribe by your cowardly conduct"
was present says Mr.. Heckcwcder, at the
delivery ofthis curious invectivc, aud when he
had despatched the bear, asked him, If he
thought that poor animal could understand what
he said to ii! sob! said he, the hear under
stood me very we'll DID no, you observe how
ashamed he looked, while | was upbradng
himl"
in many parts of Cecil county there are relics
of the Indian tribes who once dwell here.
recollcct Of going. when hoy to field on the
farm where Mrs. Lowry now resides, about 3
miles northwest Of Elklon, to gather gun Aints,
which WIRE nothing more than pieces of fin,
split off the darts which the Indians had manu-
faclured there, ofa kind Of stone HAT is no, now
found in that nrighbnrhood. These darts are
frequently found lying about; some of dark
color and some white. They were nicely point
ed, and shoulicred q, the butt, where they were
To he inserted in the end of the arrow.
ln.lian axes are sometimes found. | have one
ofthese ofdark colored stone, with a furrow or
groove very neatly made around the middle fol
the purpose CT holding the wthe which they
used for handle. This axe was in the posses
sion Of my great grand mother who died about
the year 1878. AMI whom | distinctly rcco!lect.
In her time there were indians in this county.
! When she was Young woman she lived in the
ncighborhood ofGravcly Hill, and between tha,
place and Gilpin's Falls, there were Il number
Of Indian huts or Wigwams. An Indian sqnaw
u ed to come 10 her fathers house and bring her
infant child which was fastened on boari, and
she would lean the board against the side OF the
house. Sometimes they suspend the board from
the limb Of tree, and set ii in motion like q
pendulum
In the upper part of this county, in the neigh
borhood Of Conowngo, there are found the re.
mains q! pots made Of soap stone, BY the Indians
When we consider that these people, previous
TO the comm. OF the whites among them. had
neither iron nor steel tor tools, we must accnrl
to them Il considerable degree Of mechanlcnl
skill. They are all gone. Civilization wns
destructive 10 their pursuits, and they n"i b-icrc
il. A more powerful race occupies thcir places
The land whcI was Tho blrth.ri2tt oi tl,n
falhpr'. toIlalr i9ht. Will Srriny.
...O .wrr', and Tie cont act by w!'
,ney rcInqnIshed their lands, for few pieces
of copper, or brass beads. is one Of the mos
glazing cases of over-rcachinc on the one baud
and conii,'in. ignorance on the other, that his
tory has even recorded.
There is something painful in the reflection
when we contemplate the total extinction OF a
race--a race that lourishrd for many GENERA
tion. all passed away. The chiefs, and the
prophets, and the warriors all gone. The or.
gies, and the dance, and the war song are hcar,
no more Change after change has marked the
history Of man, and an important inq ury pre-.
sen!s itself; by what race more wise and power
full will the present occupants of the soil be sup
planted in thcrturn! RAMBLER.