The new era., 1860-05-24
Correspondent of The New Era.
Letter from George Copway.
- the Indian Chief. ~

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! New York CRY. BIG CANOES. SALT
/ WATER. THE MISTAKE DELAWARE
| River. THE CARs.-THEIR WAR
wHoop. The ToMB sToNE-FAcED
YANKEE.
Narrowsburg, N. Y.
April lS. 1860.
.'The dead alone in such a night, have rest. %
MrNNIE:-The winds are howlng,
and the wheels of the cars are rattling,
and the tick, tick ticking Of the tele-
graph, which talks by thunder, even
gets so monotonous that ~ take my pen
in hand' to write few, though discon-
nected, yet chain-like thoughts of mine,
by the banks of the waters of the Dele
ware River, where once my cousins, the
Delewares lived in all their primitive
glory. | am here at the far east end of
''Uncle Samuel's farm, y that part
which is fenced in. And, | am one
70 the race so much abused, and
about whom you write in your "No.
49,"
You may rightly wonder if | am an
Ojibwa or Sioux" And yon may say
/ am a Delaware or their cousins. -
Take either. will not care, but as long
as am connected with the Locomotive,
which sends its "war-whoop" along the
gliding waters of the Delaware, l am
content.
l see you have good time Of it in
the land of Maple Sugar. o! how my
poor lips do feel their buckets Of water,
when | think of the "sugar camp" and
all its routine of sweet gatherings. |
almost hear the brass kettles simmering,
of CONCEALED tears Of spring in the form
Of sugar. And, as much as do envy
you in your gormandization of sugar or
maple molasses, you cannot realize my
buckwheat cakes. Yes, Yankee cakes
now what say you? You may have
cranberries, but they are sour-as
Dutchman's krout You may have wild
deer, but they are poor and weak: yes,
when l was hunter at the head Of Otter
Tail River, | saw them so poor that they
had to lean against tree to feed on the
moss. You may have abundance of
wild chickens, but they cannot crotU
at 3 o'clock in the morning. You may
have all the rushing noise of the waters
of Sauk Rapids; but that is compara-
lively baby whisper to the great rage
of "thc great sea-water.
Oh by the way, let me expose my
ignorance to you (but don't for your
life reveal it to any one else When
| first came to the east to the great city
of New York, | went to the Battery
every day, and, while looking at the
great big canoes Of the pale-face which
whtened the bay, my breakfast remind
ed me of the ham and eggs | had snug
lIy laid away that morning; and the
tide was at its heigth; the water of the
| New York bay was comparatively still
| put my hands just at the edge of the
pier to take a glorious drink, it was
noon, and / was thirsty as pow
der horn took a great mouth-full
and swallow Of the brine 0, Noses !!
I spewed out the other mouth full and
jumped up on my feet as quick as
a flash, looked around to see if any
one had seen me; and though no one
saw me, yet I felt as sheep-ish as a
Young man would when he pops the
question to some Miss of sweet sixteen ;
| was so mortified had to run home
and get the pale-facc Medicine Man to
imp -you-tatc the Ingin part of the brain,
which gave me the stagsers-not the
s'blind staggers," for that belongs to
other animals besides man,-and now
| am all over it, and no danger.
You will see there are other people
besides &c the Thompsons who do
make most eqregious mistakes during
life, and this ought to reconcile US to
our own misfortunes.
| said something about the winds;
and, yes, the winds have been blowing
steadily as clock to-day, 1t is the
sweet breath of the south. see the
ripples on the water, and they dance
like faries by moonlight. The birds
are here. they have around us sung
the dying day to rest; and the stars one
by one appear. O! what a lovely
world the reflection of the stars on
the waters Of the Delaware; wild gran
deur Of the surrounding country, and
lleafy hills all around us. aa v.sas su 49,