New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-16

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q, ia here cannot sit without a rousing FIRE 10 |
~ fs,dve August and September though II he; |
W mt the tripperature be m January had |
bo,ed that | had got out OF the u 'noll VI poi1c.
Gov The time by a visit beTc. Absurd delusl0n
i il true that have got beyond Fremont AMI Bu-
chanan and Fillmore, nut II were 10 lake 'he
wiIqs Of a dove md flee away TO the u termOs.
houYds of the earth ] cannoi put politics behind
no An election Tor he DIstrlc, of Saugeen is
shout TO take place, and All The elecOueerng fVrce
Of Toronto is put forth tO agtae the constituency.
There are four candidates tor one place, and, as
nv ihformaDts belong To the candld4te ionrthly 10
he ueutiOntd aud as ! am Ill a state Of happy lg
norapce as to the personalities involved in the con-
test, only repeat what is told me- NJ. is Mr..
PATTON; be is the Government candidate, and
the sitting member. tiiAk; be is der ounced a.
Lower Canadian Catholic, though | believe he IT,
in fact, an Upper Canadian and Protestant
No. is Mr.. DJGGAN; he is an Orangeman, and
81 honest man in bis private capacity. No. 3 IS
Mr.. MCMURRIcH; he is Clear Grit R4d-
cal; my iDtormaIts doubt the sincerity Of his at
tachuient TO the British connection. No. Is Nj
beatty the editor of The Toronto Leader: he is a
ReiOImer, hut Moderate Reiormer, and supports
the Grand Trunk line and the contractors.
NAWAAH MISSION, INDIAN VILLAGE.
walk Of three miles through the woods brings
NE TO one of the ohjec,s Of my tours settlement
of civilized Indians under the superintendent OF
Mr. Van Dusen, the descendant OF UGlnd Em-
pire Loyalst, and a Wesleyan Methodist munster.
Two little led boys me approach from afhr
set up wild shout and run away; at lnter'als
they stop, wall slowly, until | come within hun.
dred yard. e them, aud then run on again. Aiter
one Of these runs | start forward at full speed,
and come within twenty yards OF them; ou''
though run tptoe on the sward. they hear me
look round, begin 10 run as for life, aud 10 roar
likewise | stop call to them, they stop at sale
distance and | fling cOppcrs to them, and invite
them to pick them up. This treasures the ana
gradually creep up to their side. One OF the
bows is a very beautiful child ! walk up TO the
village v it'll them; the squaws who have W.T.
messed my maaeuvers from affair." laugh nerrlly with
those sweet clear voices which belong So gener-
ally to the Indian women. The village consists Of
I've rows of houses streets, in which JOG male
adults with their families, live; they belong to the
Chppewas though the adopted citizens OF the
tribe are very numerous. The male adults reckon
thus: &c ChippeWas; "a adopted PottawatOmles;
9 adopted Tahwas; | adopted Sou.
Strange to say, here is an ad,p ed citizen and
natiyist quarrel here. The Chppewas deposed
their I'D chief Kegedonce, and elected Alexander
MadwayOsh i'll hi, stead. 1wenty-one of the
ad pted Pottawotomies, the adopted Tahwas and
the adopted Sioux still recognize old Kegedonee,
who is supported by only one Chippewa, his SON
ii.law As the Methodist Mission sided with the
majority, Kegedonce and his foreign party have
CD spite) turned Episcopalian!
The houses are One-rOOmed, and Of one type, e1-
cept where a chief has thrown out an Clubhouse.
The windows are mostly nearly devoid OF glass,
and the broken pains are stuffed with old gowns,
rags and mating. Behind the houses are gar
dens not well-trmmed or cultivated, but pro-
ducng corn potatoes and squashes Around are
the cows and pigs Outwardly the whole has II
very "Irsh settlement " look. | step inside aud
find a very handsome kitchen-stove, a bed IN each
corner of the room, and plenty Of kitchen uten-
sils. The men and boys wear ordinary American
costume, and the squa~s assume the costume OF
civilized women, except that the majority have no
covering to their black glossy hair. Some women,
however luxuriite i'll Bloomer hats well trimmed
with silk. 1t is a Sunday, and divine service Is To
be performed at the Indian church. | attend.
Tie Rev. DIR. Van Dusen reads and breaches IN
English, and goodloohing and talented young
Indian interprets him TO the c0ngreg alton. From
this you see that hut few know English; chief
and of the young aristocracy OF the tribe are
the only exceptions to the general ignorance. At
the close, the Interpreter winds up with what l
doubt not was an eloquent prayer-eloquent GER
tainy in tone and gesture When he was most
unctuous, could not help thinking of the war.
whOOp, the war dance aud the warsong; GER
tanly the mode of exclamation at the crisis of the
prayer would brighten the nerves OF evangelical |
old ladies of the everyday stamp. | shall! not soon
forget the Indians impassioned mode Of Christian
prayer.
tended and there were dozen white folk from
Owen Sound. The men sat on one side and the
women on the other; some of the squaws-the
young sQuaws-were very pretty. The dignltied
and selfpossessed manner of the Indians is very
imposing and at ractyc. The male side OF the
church presented grOtesque appearance. knotty,
furrowed old Hen of the pauper and peasant cut
reminded Inc exactly Of scenes l had Witnessed on
the free seats of English country church, in re-
mote agricultural parts Young Chlppewas
Looked very respectable and intelligent. Their
couptenances were wonderful improvement upon
the faces of the old folk. Some ugly children of
the old school there were, and some would pass
muster anywhere. Fran Madwayosh was present
in Bloomer hat, silk dress and with the hope OF
the tribe in her arms, who enjoyed the privilege
f toddling about the church during service, TO the
amusement of the white folk. | learn from the
supsrinteDdent that the MethOdlsts, Episc0palians
and Roman Catholics are the most active denom-
nations in Chrstianzing the Pagan and clvlIizlng
the savage Indians. further learn that there are
about ). coo civilized Indians in the upper prov
ince. Every LIBERAL philanthroplc mind must
hope that some of these experiments Will be sue
cessiul, and that the red man will not ultimately
perish utterly from out the human family
LAKE SINCOE.
Return 10 Collng wood and take the cars on the
aforesaid Ontario Simcoe and Huron line; half
way YOU will get out at Bell Ewsrt, on Lake Sim
coe The Joseph G. Morrison will carry you
round the Lake and Lake Conchlchng, which lies
to the north of Lake SimcOe The Barrie brass
band is ON bosrd, led by Hungarian refugee who
emgrated hitler from England, and thinks he Is
wiser than those of his cOuntryman who have
cho,en the American Republic for their home
The Barrie brass band numbers ten performers
i meet an American lake-skipper on board the
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