Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-19

and abundant coal-bluck hair, always neatly
plated IN massive folds, gave to her APP
pearance an air of superiority such as the
youthful Pocahontas is said to have pos
sessed. sller dress was extfSaiely iiSsiSt,
though with aslarge number, Of, silver and,
srwampam ornanIents, and her small feot,
which any of the pron,chaderso on Dauphini
might have cnyicd, were invariably dressed
/ in moeeasins, oppamcpted in the most fan
cifnl style with many cplorcd beads. AS
she walked about the streets Of Mobile, ar
roycd i'm this way, with her parcel of pine
swung across her shoulders, she attracted
the attention of All spectators, for her beau
ty, though She would hold converse with
none except in the few words by which she
ondeavored to dispose of her burden.
Much interest was naturally felt in this
young girl, and many. efforts were made to
learn something of her character and his
tory Nothing further couldbc CLEANED,
(and this was told by "Captain BLY,
drunken Choctaw, frequently seen in gar
rulous moods, in our streets, than that she
was the daughter of an Indian Chief of
much note, who died many years before,
leaving her, an only child with her mothor,
in their cabin on the lPascagoula. Her
singular beauty had made her quite a belle
with the young Choctaw warriors but she
was very shy, and was called in the Iadian
tongue, The Wild Fawn of Pascagoula.- -
She supported her mother, who was very
old, and herself, by her traffic in berries
and "lightwood." Her personal charms
made her one of the most successful deal
ersin these articles, and every one, partic-
uiarly the young men of Mobile, were glad
to give her the preference in their patron
age to this young and attractive creature.
Many were the efforts made to gain her
smiles, and enlist her conversation, but
they were all in vain. She would 20 her
daily round, aud enter with perfect unrc-
serve, the rooms or Offices of her patrons,
deposit her little load of pine receive her
dime, and then quickly retire with tie
STICKS IA her hands, to procure another
parcel.
Things glided on this way for some
months, during the winter of which speak
At last an event occurred which tested the
stoicism and character of the young Fawn
of Pascagoula, Among those whom she
daily supplied with lightwood, was a young
lawyer, residing in an Office in the second
story of building on one of our principal
streets. Admiring the beauty of this tim
id visitor, and feeling a strong interest in
her, he determined to elf he could not,
by kindness of manner, dcfcrcntial notice,
and elegant presents, win the heart of this
simple child of the woods. Though his
motive was mainly curiosity, his purposes
were not bad, and he had no idea of doing
any injury to the object of his experiment; ;
by paying her those attentions which had
been found potent to enchain the admira-
tion, and win the love of more enlightened
and accomplished maidens. IIewas a man
of uncommon personal beauty, and siugu-
larly fascinating manners, and all these he
brought to bear, as we'll as he could to ef-
feet his innocent, and, as he thought, harm
less Irritation.
1t is needless to detail tic arts resorted
to by Henry Howard to win the heart of
the Fawn of Pascagoula He began in the
most modest and dcfercntial manners; he
purchase from her, much more frequent,
ly than ne needed, supplies of fuel, paid
her larger sums than she asked, and made
her presents of trinkets, pictures, and lit
tie ornaments Of dress, and accommodated
himself IN every vay1to her apparent wish
es. These things continued for some weeks,
and at last began to have obvious effects.-7-
The Fawn tarricd lougerin her visits at his
office than elsewhere and she always came
there first, and took an evident interest in
his attentions. At length she began to an
| swcr his remarks in such few words of Eng
lisli as she could command, and to look
upon his handsome and fascinating countc-
nance with pleased smiles and earnest con
tinued attention. The speleyidcntly be
gan to work Henry Howard understood
the secrets of womanSs heart we'll but here
he had to deal with an untutored Indian
girl, timid as a bird, and whose springs of
emotion and sympathy could not be deter
mined by the ordinary standards of feeling.
DO not think that j am depicting those
subtle arts of fascination by which the rat
tlc,snake lures and captivates the humming-
bird. There was no purpose of evil in the
heart OF the young attorney, He was but
practising with asimple savage heart, those
| tricks aud elegapcies of intercourse, which
are recognised as legitimate in civilized so,
ciety. He wished to see if the same affec-
tons could be developed in the beaded
beauty of the forest, as are to be foundwith
the polished belle of the ballroom end boat-
! doir, The probabilities were, that the ex-
pertinent would not succeed--a casuist
/ would therefore think it harmless,
Moaths had passed in this way, and Hen
ry Howard at sast determined to make a
more obvious demonstration of his love to
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