New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-08

struction OF them both, the recreant from her trbe
and the hated foe Of her savage kindred unless many
a mile placed between the fugitives and their
! pursuers without loss of time. - Gtr ~
| The light birch canoe was soon launched, and the
fugitive twain were in moment more speeding rapid
y towards the goal of their hopes, down the current
| Of the silently flowing stream whose bosom reflected
grimly the darkness which had settled upon the sky
| above. lighter shade appeared in the east,and
they knew it would be necessary to succeed in pass
ing the narrow portion Of the river formed by the
projection Of Eagles Cliff ere the rising moon shed
its light upon them aud revealed them to the eyes of
| those upon their track esq
! Every nerve was strained to the utmost, Neokassa
herself lending inefficient aid and the object Of
their wishes seemed almost attained, when suddenly
Otonga paused and bent his to listen in the drec
| ton whence they had come.
! A distant shout, followed by several successive
shots as signals Of alarm, from the Indian VII
! 1age and they perceived with trepdation that the
moon almost risen, and that it would be an i'm
possibility to reach the point before itwoud be she'd
ding its clear light every object near. The bark
was directed at close to the shore in hopes Of
its still remaining unperceived, at the worst of en-
abling its passengers to take to the woods as last
resource.
Full and clear above them at length shone out the
orb of night. AS it threw its food Of radiance upon
the water, and lit up the sylvan scene for miles
around the fugitives heard loud cries of exuation
behind them, giving them notice that they dis,
covered, and that the struggle to begin for
life death, and assuring them how fearful was the
race now before them. 50 sf5
Away! away! now seething through the turbid
waters, leaving snowy track Of foam behind now
leapng almost like thing of life above the heaving
bosom of the food and dashing the spray like snow
fakes as the paddles glittered with ghtningIike
rapidty in the moonlight. Away! away! with the
teeth hard set together, and the brow knit into a
frown of fierce determination the firm snews seeming
to gather strength as they became stretched to their
utmost tension. Away! away! for life or death over
the broad stream that led them to happiness would
ere long witness their terrible destruction.
-og+I r-o1 1oyrnr a1oIor
and the light canoe just sweeping past its broad
shadow when Neokassa perceived her lover all at
once cease his eyertions and gaze anxously out be-
fore him. Following his eye her heart bounded with
terror and distraction as she recognized in numer
GUS array of spread across the broad stream
and advancing towards them, the returning hunting
party of her tribe. whom Oanga had met with on his
Journey
Otonaa, with the self-possessed aIertness of the
savage dashed without loss of time towards the shore
to reach if possible the shadows of the forest, which
at some short distance from the waters side stretched
itself away for countless miles His pursuers compre
hended his drift and lent new vigor to their to
overtake him before he could accomplish his purpose
In the foremost boat and leaning forwards with his
hand upon his deadly rife and his eye fixed upon his
recreant daughter, stood the chief Miantomo. With
his teeth grating convusively together he saw that
but few feet lay between the shore and the pursued
and that their escape from his vengeance was now
almost certain. His determination was sudden and
terrible. Raising his rifle to the site his knee rested
for moment upon the PROV of the boat-a seconds
Neokassa, fell headlong forward into the boat The
fathers hand was stained with the sacrifcal life
blood Of his only child ..-".~.
The Mortified Otonga raised the PROSTATE form in
his arms and he felt the hot blood stream from her
wounded side, and the heart which had loved him SO
devoedy gradually its beating forever and the
gentle limbs stiffen in the chill embrace of death, his
eye dilated with wild garing light and groan Of
Il pentup agony burst forth from his trembling lips.
'. Springing quickly from the boat and still bearing
It the eless corpse in his arms, he dashed through the
a Er,,n ,Crn
e of giant seemed his he bounded towards the base
II of the Eagles Cliff and sprang nhy up its rugged
sides. The pursuers followed close upon his footsteps
and saw that he paused not until the summit of the
rock was reached Here there was but space between
two huge masses of granite for individual to pass
at time, and the foremost madea step in advance,
at the form of the naddened youth appeared for mo-
to ment above and crashing blow from heavy piece
m ofrOCk sent the savage back among his comrades, q
L. bleeding, brainess corpse!
1T Another and still another shared the like fate. At
Id length as all the rest shrank back from what seemed
instant and sure DEATH Mantome himself advanced
IL and relying upon his quick and sure am dashed
g. upwards rifle in hand towards his foe.
y Otonga awaited him in silence, and made no move
!? ment until he placed his foot upon the summit of the
" Cliff. Then with tigerlike spring he bounded
a towards him. and the next instant saw the twain
grapped together with eyes starting from their sock
st cts and each strained to the utmost. iantomo
It's possessed all the vgor Of matured manhood and
Ii besides, of more athletic build than his youthful
tagonist but Otongas grip was that of madness, ant
the lire burning IN Ills NeluS ieNu
he strength to his ARM as he seized the older chief
ers tain in his embrace and dragged him slowly but
nd ly towards the dizzy edge of the precipiee. .-
hs The companions of Mantomo who had FOLLOWED
~ him to the top of the cliff would have lent their aid ii
he securing their foe but that all the pride of the Indian
m was reused in Mantomos breast, and he commando
he them leave the subugaon of his antagonist entire
" to himself. They obeyed him, and now stood in
group eagerly watching the progress OF the eXcltn
ed struggle.
ne Nearer and nearer towards the verge of the c
r
We Mautomo who at length began to feel his strengt
To- decreasing while that of Otonga seemed to gain
In vigor.
them and the brow of tue peepce, and here Otong
la spoke Or rather Kissed in the ear OF Miantomo:
he Let Miantomo take his last look upon the brigt
In sky, for more shall it shine upon his pathway
ke never will the summer music OF the trees SIN
18th him to sumber-never his foot press the hun
nut ing path, or his listen to the sound of the wa
cry of his people, The blood of his murdered child
red on his hand and the of the dead rest upo
ION him and his kindred, and upon the people OF b
tribe forever! The spirits Of the dead are waitin
to- for his coming. His hour is low at hand and will
ats longer be delayed! !"
to Nearer and nearer to the terrible abyss his muscle
CO. relaxing and his brain reeling Nearer and neare
the with the hot breath Of the avenger burning upon
Get cheek and his iron grasp upon his throat He fee
or the ground crube beneath his feet, and sees tt
to glaring eye of Otonga gittering and fierce fxe
axe upon his face with the triumphant smile Of q demo
vas He closed his to shut out that horrible glanc
sAe ana tlel sui
lips himself sinking through the air and whrlng dow
ers down to destruction and death of horror!
ing Down Notwithstanding from the craggy probe
nd lions of the cliff, and, finally, with suIle
ge splash sinking into the depths of the silently hoWi1
all river below, the avenger and his victim found
grave together. The lifeless body OF the murder'
ark Neokassa still lay with her pale face turned upwar
lse to the sky, while the plying moon looked soft
lex down upon her. Awe struck, the sayages gazed
de one anoters faces and thought of the curse invok
UGH upon the kindred and the tribe of Miantomo.
the
his The curse was fearfully fulfilled for a blight f
to upon that tribe and its name was no more fear
pom upon the war path. Itdwinded away in poverty
ler sorrow-the waters bearing for it no fish, and
woods no game.
cps And still when nights grim shadows cast up
the the towerke Eagles Cliff solitary white figure
Is" pears upon the dizzy edge of the cliff and gazes
the spairngly down upon the depths below. And this
yes is that the mysterious voice of the past the tong
,e of old tradition, has called The White Shade
It of Eagles Cliff
r. " The VEGETABLE KINGDOM OFFICIALLY CoSsIpi
Ivy ED-Read what Capt. Job Prest, in his " Wonder
,o ol Adventures says OF the vegetable kingdom
,, W The term Notwithstanding pronounced we
ar tablets probably derived from the peculiar long
II -, of