Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-19

, r - ,,,d frt induce Wish,oya 10 submit herself
TO III. r,c of baptism How easy qua Jules nn :. w
hrr u, beieye that which he said was Soou anu ue
M, ~. tho spnu oprncc Tie ice mccd and was
u.n a,.ay nv the wlI rapids, the pines TOOK p'eh''
e1 green and sent forth that es'!' 1ahy se e ,hi
ciyeJ can never be forgotten The laoahs opened .e
s and prepared their canocs the next day they vert
IL, fish in distant part of Inc 'ake. cou n
Mnckwa unable leave without a word oil larcwc '"
,h,ova look hi. way her fathers wigwam. II was
clear moonlight night and as he approached me ",ae ~,
ii lc sk"ne like snow between The DARK Vac m Hr
nm pine l,rrs the sand before the door s"oa O.. ,
ne dressed all The imposing magnilicenGe nc hodinn
mund By his side stood two young lhuian uhil
torches around him all his newly mduc Ca csv. The
before him kncl, Wishloya, her head po"eu md With
water of baptism. Muckwa knew Inc celeio. Jr.S him
nu,tcred ejaculation Of surprise ana 'as inc feeling
self under The shade OF the Trees ,nun rose and
~ '',, ',rd and stood beside her "ha' uiu ''lis
ceremony mean what those soiein" 49, go MIN his
na1 - onc p,omenl their import hashea upon nun M
.'"'s ~ Wv" ceremony al the whllcs and Nshoyn
- I, 70 Nm forever. No thought OF vtnSean.e iUs. ~
, o;nd che lost, partly by his own la"' MS o' -
Silently he left the spo-scny, and win haH "e" VIII ~
i MIR seated himself in his canoe, conscious ol pu. ou
nnse 10 90 as far possible from all he mao ever hn"
I iyrd heiure lie Piled almost antcaiY ior
hour after hour with the enduring senS'n :" ui i''a
warrior. Al last exhausted hcy a"ppth io,, ms ."It
"a tho ho, hoatrd on while he sal unlnnVcf Nhee "ouo
IN. rurr.nl bear him He knew not an' cared not. bu
suddenly he was reused from his leihargy "ha was '
dark object that doomed up with .m on'''ns before MN :
lie glanced arouud and, with an Indians ucKn'Ss Oh per
nn,;on kn,w nj once how far his mad fury had carried
him. ,,;, ro,,o ,hi,
Ito n, the mouth OF the ST. Mac and are invested BY
the Indians with all The horrors OF gloomy suers'l"n-
No Indian willingly touches their sholes ny dayiighn'ht
were .per known tn approach them at night They wcr.
sacred 10 the Nanlunhie own peculiar RESIDENCE anu 50
nowerfuI Is the force OF tradition mat even now "hen
hundr,-pey Two numbered years ilav" passed away =
when he white man has claimed the country for himself
where IN. rev Indians that ingcr round are and nave beci
for many penrra0ns converts Ia The CathOhc eleioh
red man was never known pass the night on one OF hos'
islands Ind this the spot To which Mnckwa was "a
ptIy approaching his gone, hia strength exhausted
and his heart dead within him. few moments ana me ca
noe struck thu beach. -;
DAYS passed. and nothing was seen al MucSwa. III:
father sought tor him. his young companions ih"n tue Mou
and stream echo With their shouts and sgnai Giles. WIS.,
iowa whose marriage kept secret from ire troe "ac
I'd for him with q nervous anxiety and sccTc SENSE
ure(-but he Weeks alcrWard some ol MS com
nanons recognized with and dread the shattered re
mains of his canoe the shore oi the lanlon Satia
They londcd and dragged il off, but dared not search e
| island scarcely dare lit their VOICES to call hlH
| He had persisted whether from Tear or from gIie-"he
thrr yicn 10 The dark and gloomy iah To when Tic n"'
cuuu so earnestly The shock OF @rtl Which 5aeIe'
his henri was mover known, Perhaps his tcvcrcd fancy
made real the dark tales u hs tribe anu he lcll victim
tho nstcd spirit whose most sacred retreat lie au oate
to inrude. ;, 40
| And Wshtoya, what became OF hcrf DO not ask I
Whnl but misery could lie before her? Even while jules
love lasted The OF MuCkwa was heavy weight upnt
her heart and when The time That he told her he con
not take an Indian 10 the land 0l The @it men
she felt that Muck indeed avenged.