Nebraska advertiser., 1858-08-26

sleep and my mule jaded, L u~nsaddled
him, tied him to my foot, and, reslgnlng
myself to the arms of Morpheus, was
soon waited in a pleasant Renaissance of
some happy hours, to a celebrated island
in your vicinity, where | spent a few
months very pleasantly; which island
contains a few very pleasant and refined
farmers who have seen better days. But
apart from them, the principal currency
is cord wood, the principal productions
tall cotton wood and bare footed women.
1t differs in many respects from the island
Of Joan Fernandez (Which the writer
touched at some years since, in a voyage
from Melbourne, Australia, to Lima,
Peru 1t has no goats or lamas, and a
few residences where they have cups and
saucers, and have coffee for breakfast on
Sunday, the only way in which they reck-
on and observe the Sabbath. One infor-
tunate Missourian tried his hand among
them, but was glad to get of, with a whole
scalp. IT'S a pity St. Patrick did not
discover this island, and carry on a war
of devastation and determination among
the reptiles. Excuse the depression.
During my moments OF bIIssfuI forget
fulness of earthly troubles, the interest of
my employers, &C., not caring if corn
was worth a dollar a bushel; Ifelt myself
unceremoniously trailing, like a defunct
individual to the church yard, feet fore
most through the grass, my mule having
discovered a choice spot for grazing, and
not considering the importance of the des-
truction of my repose, but considering
self preservation the first law of nature.
After saddling up, mounted, giving vent
to a stave Of: II I'm off, my mule is my
bride, the prairie my home, the stars are
my guide" sc. / then, for the first time,
thought of a war party of the Cheyennes
known to be in the vicinity, in search of
the Pawnees after their defeat. But |
had the consolation of knowing they
would only get n scalp, while with a
fair chance | would send twelve of them
to "Davy JONES'" and to the u%ninitiated
that might be supposed to be attended
with hardships and privations, to your
humble correspondent it is a source of
pleasure and pastime, and untrammeIed
by the cold formalities and conventional
tiles of society. An attachment once
formed under circumstances like these,
often proves as lasting as the existence
of the parties, which might afford an
example in civilization, where it is usually
waited to the four winds by the slight
est reverse of fortune. OF this the
writer has had amply testimony, and
is now welded to a life of camp, hay
ing spent only two winters in the States
in the last eight years.
For the first time since last summer l
am now luxurating on Buffalo meat, and
fish from a clear brook wish | could for
ward you a mess; but as a new hand
takes in next express, l fear they would
be devoured On the road by strolIing
Pawness.
l have CLEANED further particulars of
the late engagement with the Chyennes.
The mind of these unlettered wretches is
a heterogeneous compound. Their rep
reservations of the supeEStitious awe with
which they were struck at the sitting of
the sun, reminds me of Josephus' de-
scriptIon of old JOshua'S slaughtering day,
when he commanded the sun to shine, as
expressed by typographical error, to stand
still until his work Of carnage and de-
struction was complete. This is yet a
prevailing belief in portions of Texas and
{ Rackensack) Arkansas, as the old lady
remarked to her daughter to cover the
milk close; for if, as the preacher had
remarked, the world was going to roll
over that night, it would all be split. The
writer, after a few years absence, being
on a visit to some friends in Texas, re-
marked in the presence of an old lady
that he had fallen in with a congenial
travelling companion, whose acquaintance
he had formed in the East Indies some
time previous, and who, like myself, was
something of a warrior, having made one
or two voyages round the world. The
old lady informed her husband on her re-
turn that l was given to e~xageration, had
stated a man had been round the world,
and it fiat on top.
Wonder how the new pedagogue isget-
ting along on Cannibal Island that the
King employed to succeed the writer; as
also the ex-pedagogue from the bottom
below, who tried so often to join the Ma
sonic order in Rockport? Wonder if he
has found that dollar yet that a lady sent
by him to buy a dress? Hope he may
return it if he has.
Wonder if old "sic transit cIori mun-
di' was elected to the Legislature from