Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-04
lLgNUMBER 81.
:An.Fndfasl Dnsli.

Long as the cefs fselesSz ever >TDffinP tide
otthe pale faced q Ghe.,no<lse-E Easar kaAsMeEs
away. from homes anasheHghunting
grounds the Har-lka. tribe of. the Mias.ais.
While their humer roais amp. fires .llumined
the hills and valleys .ef the. West. whento
battle along the war Path, Min-ge.-ne-ks.
aw. the big MN. one Of The gallant chiefs
of the nation, ,gfeh his ire excited at the re.
putation which snember of histribes a half
breed, called Francois Godfrey, had obtain
ed for courage and personal strenth.-I
/ Mln-ge-ne-ke-aw claimed to be the bra.
vest, as well as the strongest man of his
people, and endure ne rival. He chafed
hike the wlld boar, when he heard the braves
and red beauties extol the manlysbeafing
OF his competitor; and he resolved to test
the courage and physical power of Frank,
IN single combat He gave no chalfanee
to mortal combat with your humble seryant'
at the bottom, but meeting Frank one. day.
he accosted him with. sAre- Won brave
man?" eyes" was the reply ssThen NEE,
me here to- morrow morning at sunrise With
your scalPing knife in your right hand: NE
viii join our left hands, and he who kills
the other is the best and the bravest warrior
of the Miamis.,' -
Frank, though man of dauntless courage
and herculeansss nssstrenth,,.. saw no good reason
| to test seither in that way, but nosa1iingS but
blood would satisfy the chief, and Fiark
replied, "ID meet you.".1 bags-.Yi.i.11r3s
At the appointed hour the great chief
strode along the battle ground. He, relied
not only on his personal strength, but ON
this great dexterity in the use of the scal1ine
knife, which he had tried on theepalefaces
at ~Harmer St. Glars defeat and along
our frontier. His dark eye flashed, .as,.with
the deep groWa Of a tiger, he, advanced to
anticipated victory. He brandished hi.
knife andealled on his antagonist to sff,n1pa1iis
death song ere his spirit was dismissed sbv
the great chief, TO tbs distant hunting ground
of the dead warriors of their race, who had
fallen in battle, and gone to the Far West.
beyond the great rivers. -sss}a-z "a
Frank saw there was no. avoiding the
deadly strife. To refuse, was to be brand.
ed as coward aud a sqaw. The only al.
tentative was victory or sudden death: so
he hourished his keen blade. gave shrilI
whoop of defiance and aaTanced. Thav
Joined their left hands, and there they stood
face to face. and, like szJames and Rod
,lis...I eiie Dnu VI oio, ,rssr s. L .ssrass5 sSs
| Each looked to sun and sky and plain
y As what they ne'er might see again"
Thsy mustered all their strength for tho
deadly thrust, raised their keen kniye aloft.
but ere they fell, Frank, the grip of his hand
was like an iron vice, wrung the left hand
of M1n-ge ge-ne-ek-aw with such tremendous
force as nearly crushed the bones together.
The chief, with yell of anguish, dropped
his knife, and called out ne Yod are brayefr
and stronger warrior thanH am :. let as
shake, hands and be friends forever. s.,-4
SHAwNEE AIss1oN, April 6slte55.
AT meeting of q portion ofthe citizens
Of Kansas Territory, held atithes Shawi1ss
Mission On the 6th. .inst.s tos1take intocon-
/ sidcration the course tobe pursued by then
IN the event Of a new election being called
for the purpose OF eleeting members to the
Kansas legislature to fill the pIacszof
[those who have been refused certificates of
: election by Coy. Reeder, committee was
appointed fcrsthe purpose cof presenting
some plan for the consideration of the.
meeting. The. committee retired, and af.;
ter short deliberations, presented the fol-
: lowing resolutions. which were unaminoas.
'ily,adopted: gr:.3sszss al3 rstv .s.eep5a
WHEREAS. There are elected, and to
whom certificates have been granted, =
majority of both Houses; and whereas. the
right of ordering new election IS not DEL
! l1egatedto Goy. Reeder by the Kansas bill.
1except in case of a tie, or where vacancy
is caused by death or resignation; and
q whereas, the right to decide all cases OF
contested elections, for the Legislature is
clearly recognised in the Kansas biif and
/ by the Gov himself, as belonging to thar
I body alone. Therefore. $3.50 sssss.s.s.
4 ResoiUed, That IN the event new elco-
i ton shall be ordered by, fhe Gov. in any
district, we recommend 10 every law abid-
! ing andorder loving citizen of Kansas Ter.
fritoryi net to sttendsaid selections, but re-
I ily upon, the returns already made TO sus-
! tain the, claims of those returned hereto.
iforc, totheir seats in each House.
sResoiyed, That the Secretary of this
meeting hduA these proceedings published
in all the public journals of tins Territory
(which advocate and defend the rights eli
Ethe citizens of Kansas Territory sgaiuss
liExesutise j usurpatidns.
| The meetin. then adjourned
saRllsv : 3 j. W-zF'oRSfAS,C ca a. -.
+ JeHS .MARrtx, Sec -
NxvEa, DEsroN Pill nsis:esmnss hare
befallen you by your. .owllmiscoaaact, lise
and, Be, wiser foI the future. II things
have befallen you by the faulls of oshcrs,e
liye;; YOU have nothing wheewith 10 sressss
-proaclr yourself II another has Injured
You, live; his own: crime will be his paa-
ishmept II yons Lase injurca nnoIhef,
live; and reeompensr il BY your good OFF,.
ICES fsrnil kss,.. .,snif,.lul rnemirs lives