St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-21

louS Since uleu out, anu every VcStSe
of the aboriginal race, that once lived,
and loved, and worshipcd here, has
passed away. The last remnant was
an old Indian, faniliarly know as
Captain Joe. He was staunch whig
of the Revolution, and rcioiccd in
every success Of the colonies. He
and his squaw, Molly, paid a visit to
General Washington, at his hcad-quar-
tcrs on the Hudson, and were received
with marked attention 1t was his
boast that he had shaken hands with
Washington and eaten at his table.
Captain Joe survived his wife many
years, and after he became old the
Legislature of Vermont voted him an
annual pension. He died Feb. To-,
1919, aged about 79 years, and was
buried near the beautiful "OXhow,"
on the banks OF his loved Connecticut
His gun, which was found loaded, was
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discharged over his grave. His SNOW
shoes are still exhibited to the Curl
Gus. Thus, with this individual, fell
the last of the Indians of Co0ssuc, q In
dian name for this country, the fairy
land of long slumbering generations.
Ages hence, the inquistive Anglo
Saxon will ponder upon the existence
of such a race, and wonder why they
have become extinct.
But how has art surpassed the
bowers of nature All across the
ocean came pilgrim bark, big with
future destiny and it is TO the pions
of another land, who loved religion
and liberty, that we owe the blessings
which surround us. They forsook kin
drcd and country, and on the vast
deep pcrilcd all for Heaven and for
us On the Doric columns of civil
aud religious liberty a majestic tenn
pie has been reared, and they who
dwell within its walls will not cease
to be free and happy until they cease
10 bend in reverence to God
Not only has the Indian passed
away, but they, our ancestors, who
bore the burden and conflict of pio
nccrs to this then wild and barbarous
land, are also fast going to their etcrn
al rest. Almost every passing gale
sighs over another veterans grave
and means a sad yet instructive re
QUEEN. But "a wild country was snatch
ed from barbarism and converted into
IA paradise. Where nature slept il
her solitary loneliness, towns and cul
tivatcd fields and gardens have smile,
into being.
Imagination cannot outstrip reality
wien it contcmplatcs our destiny as 4
people. Science is eXalting, and Ia
Dor and art are adorning this lane
which religion has sanctilied and lib
crty redeemed.
Education and Christianity wer
among the first objects that received
the attention and care of our ances
, tors in this section of America. There
| fore in retrospection do we behold that
, while in other parts the accumulation
of wealth was the all-abSorbing OF
: iect, here, education-thc mental am
, moral Improvement of man-recclve
: the greater attention. Instead {
worshipping the god of mammor
! - seek first the kingdom of Heaven an
: its righteousness, and all these thing
e shall be added" was the promise upo
!; which these fathers relied Will
a a Clinton would construct a can;
i to increase the wealth of his state,
n Whcelock would found a college I,
i the promotion of learning i'll the Col
necticht valley.
But DO not suppose that our peopI
u are Indifferent to the advantage
: of wealth. Having provided for man
Il intellectual improvement, they are d
u voting a portion Of their energies
d the advancement of his worldly gain
Il The whole length Of this valley is no
) coursed by railroad, and its rie
u and abundant products may be tran
l. ported to every cline and the luxurl'
- of the world obtained in exchang
u 1t is thus that civilization, with sue
'e concomitants as are conducive to Il
- happiness of man, progresses In tn
favored community.
Travel the world over, and | We
turc to say. there is not to be found
more intelligent, virtuous, industrio'
and happy people than are the CT
zens of whom | write. Free, fran
generous and kind, no suffering al
neglected poor are found among the
No pride or aristocracy of wealth
allowed to break up their social int
course, but each mingles in the othe
society, and respect is commanded
ot industry, intelligence and moral Wort
ne The indolent, the ignorant and the
wv cious alone call forth the scorn or pi
n of these people. Here religion, l
X erty and law" find IA congcnial abot
e, The germ waited over the ocean
H. the tempest-tosscd May-Flower h
II here struck deep root and is rcari
IN its high head to the clouds.
he Long in its shade shall chiIdren's children come
- And welcome earths poor wanderers 10 home
. Long shall il i've, and every blast defy
OF Till times last whrwind sweeps the vaulted *,
IS, Bradford, ".