The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-08-11

and an honorable statien-a thing he had
learned to prize as equal to life itself, and
without which the latter was not worth pos
sesslng. To Oe honorable, Of pure birth,
and respected parentage, was, in his esti-
nation, to be born heir to the right to rule,
and to lack these requisites was to hold a
place among the common multitude, earth's
crowd, which great minds live to control,
scourge when, n,-they rebel, and which they
drive to toll like the cattle Of the fields
The turbulent mob of the city, the rank
and file Of the army, or the telling husband
men of the fields, were, to him, alike slaves,
in worse bondage than he who labors be-
meath visible lash. The hidden gates 0
society, though but air-aye, but the breath
Of folly-.shut out such as him from pow
er as effectually as If they were of ada
mant. While bitterly Illuminating on these
things, and forming in his mind some scheme
of revenge upon his rival and the faithless
Julia, heencoumtered Harmer, who, on. learn
ing all; soothed his tempest.tossed mind in
to comparative calm.
"Don't give way to this parfect rush Of
bad feelin'," said Harry;"I'll tell you what
we'lF do, Ka-am-we'll go together to the
mountains, whar I'll larn you to trap, and
when you've got rid of these bad feelins,
you kin cum back Julia, by that time,
will be eoifsarned glad to see you, for
she'll git tired Of hevin' this juicy headed
young feller fiskin' round herr
81 will gladly accompany you," answer
ed Ka-am mournfully, "for can no longer
live here-everything around me is turned
to gall and bitterness. | am scorned as an
outcast thing, whose love is a reproach, and
whose wounded feelings are subject for
mirth. Come, then, let US to the wilder
ness where | may hide me among the
hills"
The young Arapahoe, filled with inward
grief, avoided society that he might brood
over his bitter thoughts alone. The good
old Padre sought him out, and learning his
sorrows, and his intention to fly to the
mountains for relief, tried to pour the OF
of comfort upon his troubled spirit, while
at the same time he la5oFed to dissuade
him from his purpose of joining the trap
pers.
"Seek peace within the quiet bosom o.
the church, my son." advised the good ole
priest.
Now, for the first time, did he perceive
that his good lessons had been lost upon his
pupil, for he answered him
"No!-no cowl for me, holy father; my
spirit can never be content within priestly
robes--I am better calculated to make
hearts sad than to pour into their wounds
the balm Of consolation.
"Fast and pray, my son" said the priest
"and it will humble that rebellious spir
it," -.. ...
Il would rather give it woy, father" an
swered he; 81 W ould rather fight now thar
pray, and such feelings being unbecoming
in u priest, it is better that shun the of.
fice-I would bring reproach upon the sane
tuary. As for fasting, in the mountains
will do that per.force, and even when
may have plenty, there will be sorrow
here, within my heart, that will be sure te
check the Appetite"
"Ah, my poor boy" cried the old priest
in tone of pity, "ere love for this maider
took possession ofyour heart, you was gen
tie as dove; but, this passion once aroused
yotir whole nature is stirred like volcano.
The good priest little thought that the
fuel which had fed this volcano was partly
gathered from the old romanccs in mis- owl
quiet library. They first erected in Ka-aa'
heart a holy altar to beauty, and it becamt
natural that he should next seek an lido
for the new-found shrine. His love fol
Julia became q wild uncolquerable passion
"a flame which death alone could extin
guish, and which threatened in its raging t
consume both him and those who crosset
his path. Looking upon Adolph as one o.
white race, not only hostile to hts native
people, but to himself, individually, hi
swore to compass his JUN. The though
that hss white father, whose blood ran h
his own veins, had contemplated selling hin
into hopeless slavery; but strengthened ai
| hate towards his half brother, as we'll as. Gre
ated a feeling Of dislike to the whole system
| of civilization under which such dstinc
tions could exist, or wrongs be perpetrated
The Indian in his nature was fully awak
ened. .Kneeling to the old priest, he re
celved his blessing; and then, witt. b
adopted father, Harry Rarmer., kea tut ne
. his face towards the west, and sought relit
for his troubled spirit, amid the wild Scene
of grandeur hid in the desert wastes whic
lay towards the Pacific. .tq s-s, :.
i CHAPTER Ill, 7.- .,g.f
Amid the wild scenery Of the great Mi
sissippi, and far away from the spot whcl
his, spirit had been SO humbled, Ka-an1 b
gan to breathe freer and deeper-its savss
grandeur seized upon the enthusiasm Of \
nature, and his heart began to shape out
congenial home:ih the. e.indisstinct beyond
HE talked but little, and then general
something in relation to the wild territol