The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-02-25


hike the cr6sschOp6 seas At the month Of tide
river. NV hcrd Of hundred thousand buff
alo's viii 80 tramPIihg BY, shaking the shd solid
earth like an earthquake;land now the shadoYy
entline of some IndiRnhorseman will fbe.lsean
1sweebihg grSecfuIy along the far-o@ horizon.
Amid such scenes We joureyedi for weeks ~
EWhen hungepsyertook US we would bring down
abuffilo, lighth frey select thelchoieest morsel, d
and have feast worthy Of kings, and at. night
fall, spreading our bdfal6fObes beneath gs We
lay down on. the. velvet turf, with. the, 6slmy
winds lulling US to sleep, and millions Of stars
glittcring ifithe esttn9 blue sky above. II was
a Wild but fascinating life; full Of ever brilliant
VARIETY i Now we would be smoking in the
lSwig wan ofsonle friendly brave, and now pass
ing some tribe Of hostile Indians. AT, such
times what choice fellow was my Sioux brayel
How we would palayer to the 0ld chies, and
talk ofthe great msdicinei man, asshe called me-
Or if he thought this would mt do how stealthily
/ ne would creep around their villages in the
night! Once or twice we had to cut our way
through; and weIonly escaped q thousand Paw
nees, encanped on the Platte, by gliding with
the current past them in bark canoe during a
high storm, At last we beheId the Sioux viii
lage, far down on the horizon; and hundred
warriofsy discovering us at once, galloped on
their fiery steeds, wavingthe lances and shout
ling wildly to, welcome us They no sooner
Learned what Iwas---for few Of them had ever
before seen a, white nan--than they almost
dragged me from my horse, and bore me in tri-
umph to their village. n y i @ '"'l0...'
T. Here / lived for months. Here, too, 4, met
the sister of my Sioux friend a being all beauty
and grace, and with complexion so fair that
she Was called the Pale Flower Few in any
lcIipe are SO beautiful laS was Meneateeah. She
Ihad an eye like gazslle, dark and languishing;
hair, soft aud silky, IKE the tresses ofa noun
tain -nyInph; and a form as light elastic, and
Isylph- like as ever trod greensward, or haunted
the classic woodlands -ofold Greece. All! sir,
fshe. seemed. halft time, floating in. air. And
then how artless she Was. It's no use to deny
lit; woman is sweet, endeavoring woman the
sliwide world overland what with chatteriR in
tfad Sioux, and telling moonlight tales Of my
own ldhd,l got look upon her almost as a
1sister and the dear creature-I really believe
1Ethough ghtsofmet with even tenderer emotions
fBut if she did, her tongue n3v6r breathed it
! I fell sick once, and She was my Nurse really
Ithiak if it hadn't been for her kinluess lsho'd
ko,- J;nJ No hoEb Al
me songs to lnll me to rapose, and almost wept
for Joy when I recovered g,, y
| Well---to hurry on--the Sioux, at this time,
were at war with the Pawnees, and it was not
till half year. after my arrival that great
smoke was held between the chiefs, and the
hatchet buried in the big lodge of the village
As soon as this was settled, my Sioux friends
found leisure to escort me to the Rocky Noun
tains, where we went for a great hunt. 'e'' 1'"s
Ina fortnight we reached our destination
and stood upon one oftheir lofty peaks amid
the region Of eternal SHOWS. What inagnifi-
/ cent scene!o BcowAvpealS, cliff, and gentle
n slope felldown into the plain on either hand
while far aasay t6the west, over forest andriVer
4 the settinglsdn sunk into, ,thevast Pacific, The
= eagle sailed unharned in those solitary recesses
and the sun shone down on clouds thousands Of
= feet below. Now the hoarse roar Of cataract
broke majestically on MY car, and now the i'm
p Iprisonod wind like sthed thunder, was heard
far down Some dark ravine. + lifted up my
voice, waking thesechoes that had slumbefed
, since creation. a crowd of sublime emotions
thronged in my bosom. Never had civilized
S foot stood where | stood. A continent was be-
: meath me; its past historya dream; the names
! of the races that peopled it unknown The
0 graves ofsnations were under my feet
u IswelI remember when, on our return W,
Q caught sight of the Sioux wig vans, dwin
+; died on the horizon to a speck and til,
t eagerness with which we pressed on across, tht
o prairie to reach our homes before nightfal!--
Suddenly we saw crowd issuing from the vii
Q lage, and with slow and solemn steps approach
t ing US. The ecrowd was headed by the old men
) and contained scarcely a single warrior Insteat
ofthe wild, tlmultuous joy, which attended ou
G first arrival, when hundred braves swept huz
: zahing around us on their feet horses, we were
. met with solemn silence, and all the stoicisn
/ of the Indian character. The cause was soor
s explained. A party ofour Sioux friends, wher
: returning from visit to neighboring village
: had beenwaylaid by the Pawneees, who, after
j, numbering the braves had carried off the wo
i. man as captives Ny sweet prairie flower wa,
e one of the number. m 2ttr ba
/; "Does my white brother hearp' said her bro
e ther, turning to me with unnatural calmnes, bu
h fire burning in his dark eye that boded fear
full vengeance "does my white brother hearr,
Il | answered that wodd 60 with him to tn
Y worlds end, to rescue Meneateeah. "A smile 3
n approval lighted up the countenance Of the youn
!, Chief as he said in his deep, gutteral tones.
n "Good--yory good. The War Eagle and hi
9 brother will be after the dogs Of Pawhses befor
/ sunset,'l "A sanjt t5s4 ys
b The proposition was hailed with a shout; W
9 made our preparations for the war-party; AM
0 before the moon was an hour high, we were d
ready far upon the track Of the flying, Pa wnees
Is All night we continued the pursuit, and onl
. htoward morning pausedfora . little rest. In a
s hour Or two VIC resumed our march; and nigh
0 had long settled before weshalted to biiynorac
4 till morning, We had moved for soma hour
d with extreme caution, forlwe suspected the en-
I envy to bcin our near neighborhoods sand accoi
X dinghy when we stopped, runners were sent or
1 1 to reconnoire the Pawnee camp; and scout
u ~ ,,,.ovant all noesihEv of e,irnr;e