The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-10-20


going to school, but he hoped that, if they
took me away and gave me new name
and dressed me properly, they might make
something Of me yet. Then | asked hin
what he was called, hoping that he hac
some grand Indian name, like Uncas, OF
Mlantonlmo, or Tushmalahah but he said
1t was Peter. He was a pleasant fellow
ana while he was talking with me | did
not care about my home, but felt very
brave and squaw-like, and began to think
about the fine belt Of wampum, and the
head-dress Of gay feathers, and the red
ie2gginegs, and the yellow moccasins was
! going to buy for myself, with the baskets
L was going to learn to weave. But when
he left me, and [ went back to the wigwam
and sat down on the hemlock boughs by
myself, somehow | couldn't keep home out
ot my mind. | thought first Of nv moth
er, how she would miss the Ettle brown
face at the supper-table, and on the pill
low, by the fair face Of my blue-eyed sis
ter L thought Of my young brother, Al
bert, crying himself to sleep, because | was
lost L thought Of my father and brothers
searching through the orchard and barn.
and going with lights to look in the mill
stream. Again, | thought of nay mother.
| how, when she feared | was drowned. she
would cry bitterly, and be very sorry for
what she had said about my dark com
PleHlon. Then | thought Of myself, how
L must sleep on the hard ground. with
nothing but hemlock boughs for covering.
and no body to tuck me up. What if it
should storm before morning, and the high
tree above me should be struck by light
ming What if the old Indian should not
be tame savage after ali, but should take
Il fancy to set up the war-whoop. and come
and scalp me in the middle of the night
''Ihe bell in the village church rang
for nine. This was the hour for evening
devotions at home. | looked round TO see
II my new friends were preparing for wor-
snip. But the old Indian was already
last asleep, and as for the younger one, /
feared that man who INDUCED himself
IN beating his wife with a wooden spoon
would hardly be likely to lead in family
prayers. Upon the whole, [ concluded
l was among rather heathenish set
Then | thought again of home, and doubt
ed whether they would have any family
worship that night, with one lamb of the
fock gone astray. | thought of all their
grief and fears, till felt that my heart
would burst with sorrow and repentance. |
for | dared not cry aloud
Suddenly, L heard familiar sound ST |
little dlstance,-it was Carlos bark =
Nearer and nearer it came then heard |
steps coming fast through the cracking
brushwood; then little Carlo sprang out
Of the dark into the freight, and leaped
upon me, licking my hands with Joy. He
was followed by one of my elder brothers.
and by my mother! To her | ran.
Jared not look her in her eyes, but hid nv
face IN her bosom, sobbing out, 80 moth
9r, forgive me forgive mel She pres
'ed me to her heart, and bent down and
KISSED me very tenderly, and when she
iid SO, / felt the tears on her dear check.
81 need hardly say that never again
undertook to make an Onondaga squaw of
myself, though my mother ALWAYS held
hat L was dark enough to be one, and |
upPose the world would still bear her out
n her opinion" i
While she was still a schoolgirl. her
PARENTS removed to the city OF Rochester.
where she enjoyed the excellent educa-
lonal advantages of that place, and gained
Ter hrst experience Of the social life to
when she has remained enthusiastically
ttached Writing several years after.
frace pays feeling tribute to the tempo I
airy residence Of her early years. "Ro-
hester, she says, twas for some wears :
ny well-beloyed home here it was that | :
pent my few schooi-days received nv .
rlfte OF book-knowledge; for much learn +
lG has never yet made HE mad OF blue !
was here that womans life first oDeDed ;
pom me; not as a romance, not as a fairy :
ream, not as a golden heritage of beauty :
nd OF pleasure; but as sphere Of labor, ,
nd care, and endurance; an existence Of !
lany efforts and few successes, cf eager !;
nd great aspirations, and slow and par- ;
al reallzations. Life has thus lar been q
me severely earnest, profoundly real, !,
1d my days OF romantic pleasures and D
Ieal visions are yet to come" +
In 1913, she removed, with her parents -
New Brighton, Pa, where she has since !
sided until her recent marriage, although .
'ending very considerable portion of !,
sr time in Washington, Philadelphia. +;
ld other eastern cities. Soon after her n
moval to wBrighton, she commenced 4
er career as an authoress. Her first h
under the signature of "Grace 9,
reenwood, were contributed to the Neao q
Ort Mirror, then under the editorial care Il
George L. Morris and n p. Willis =
he brilliant literary fame OF both those 4
'ntlemen did not make them Indifferent :,