Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-07
FROM THE ALLEGHANIES.

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'"S' ni"i !'u p"S' IL |"Pi'"' Vi our 0'''o
anu '"'le"'hs th' '''icy " Inc ousquehanna'
aoout hi'eeh miles, Just "hcFe mat beautiful river
cuts Us way through inc gap at refers Mountain
you can sec Wlhi'h5 away 10 tho leit'or westward
the famed J"nlata hiver' Up its valley about nine
ty miles, you find nesting among the hills our
quiet nome oh ssoutherh boundary the blue
'un'a'a uahces 'n""lD' 10 Us confluence win Ola
ocean, A' ris"' "ns'eS iro" I hoftneFh shore' a
sh"rP' his" rlogc se'S '"' anu away towards inc
north 1t stretches IN a straight line Tor miles AT
the base OF that ridge flows the STANDING. Stone
Creek, receiving its name from the Indians who
perhaps, hundreds OF years ago, made their first
oiVouac In this then Wilderness and from a tall
stone "n'ch 'hey erected upon us pank mar TO ITS
there Tor ages, Tor aught that any one now living
can tell The first white inhabitant Of this valley
ionhu II there, ana upon tsseverai SIDES 1t bore
the strange and fantastic hieroglyrhics ofthe Indian
tribes that had made thi. vast wilderness the
scenes OF their happy hunts and their bloody war
fare. Here, ut this Standing stone, the warrior.
met Tor Council Toward this point every Indian
path, for scores Of miles, led; and, upon that stone
it was supposed, were inscribed such general orders
'H' H'rect'o's n t. should guide the scattered frag-
"ch'S' or wanderers Of the tr be, to tho main body,
whenever 'Aey Aad formed new quarters, or to
"n''''ei s''Heo u muruer OF mischiei their eoun-
'"'"s' ""' S"sse''eu' mere where l SIT to write
'n"s ie''eF' "eh'u'n my 'eet were buried countless
hu"oel VI 'ra'es' WHO t III "sn' wore gath
clc' u 'ncl' l''ne's ~ INC great reaper pcath
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-" ""''" ne'" 'iAP''' "''e ies"'ue" Tue stone
VIII" Nehcr"tioh-'hcA trad''iohs teachlhs 'hat,
'N'"'' '"N "c INV away IL ilo W
dispersed. A hostile tribe, it is said, once came
from the lu'carora Valley and carried 1t away, in
tue absence Of the warriors. But it was hnaiiy
recovered ana restored 10 It's place. IT'S snid' also
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I'' aus !" O''''' ~" ''"''"7 Inc ''"e
u o"' ''''s' 9se'' '""' III "''A"'"'
s'foy'u u LOOK WIN 'NeHi MS stone "non 'ne
"'"' VI y W. MI 'N" ''"' l.
WHITES ef'''eu aho'H Il 1t P'"''' o'ne say 'na'
S'"'c wv y "uo""" ! II 'foH u
,1' :" II e'''" ""u ''ei' W 'i's"eH's
Il ! Il VI t"o nouses' 40 one can give any
'''"o'' "e'ouH'" 'Po" 'ne eeu II Ie'o'ie''
a"' '" "'"'' nav e1'' u y II ''''
ch''ae'e'' upon us s"oo'h sues INSTRUCTION mas
uo"' II "o'h-'Ne 'i"eNs d time nave oecn H'ied
with the moss and dust oil ages; amt none can trace
them to their final rest.
lpon the other side OF the Juniata rlver' riscsan
abrupt and high hill, irc'entinga front toward our
town of only about one-half mile in width, its face
being too steep to climb, while its straight and
even comb or top cuts the clear sky far above US
There on that hilltop, overlooking the town with a
~birds-eye view, the painted faces Of the red war
t'of' Peefeu over It's 'ase' ana watched the move
hleh's Oh Tue pare i'ces oc'o"i IN our Stroets'-And
not u"''eq"en"y' l" 'o'u' 1T" IN inhao''ahts-
~ Il young hA'' anu i'Hia''' HaFeA II 'a'''c
array a'"ea win ohIy s'eAs o' WOOD 10 see" as