The huntsman's echo. [volume] (Wood River, Buffalo County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1860-1861, 1861-02-21

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lying bleedrg and dying a hon4 them
me surviv RS closed in dd k, serried
rsnks- around the base aud with. u
len silence and inri,eible dtwrmina-
ton, awaited 'the lingering DEATH OF
their victims on tie gloomy, steri e
loritess above. ~
Day afer day tie red sun rose in
the orient, wheeled across the burn H.,
heavens slowly to the western hor zon
at midday flingtng down scorching
be ms. and at twilight throwing long
length nihg shadows over water, for
est, and r,hl'ng rr irie.; but 10 ihoss
o0'the b gh cliIfbo relief came.
Sii .the witherins sundeams fell
upon them. dying up their very life-
blood still those gi q n,ic sh .dows
were flung aIhwort The back ground |;
yet detplr the ;palling darkness OF
the tusty shadows or eping C oser and
closer about their hearts. They were
starving!
And there, at the very base cf the
rock silent and imm ,vabe as The frs
which shroudrd them from the fierce
sun-rays, sat t'at implac BILE chieItain
surrounded by his warriors. Neither
love, mercy, OF pity entered his flinty
heart. His bitlerest foe had stolen
his irest tlower--his only child, the
daughter CT a race Of kings, had lett
his wigwa for that of the enemy.
Vengeance upon them both-the Bit
Ter foe, the f,llless d.usbteri
Wbite. wan, and ema lated. they
wandered about on the bestling brow
u tiss cliff. like ghosts IRON HE far
as hunGiog grounds Of ,heir race
Strong waasFrierswho hal not quallsd
ia the dmest, dearsaSsL combas, NOV
sunk down like reeds belore lie breatii
OF famine. Braves who would have
laughed in derision al the arrow or
scalpi & knife, now felt a fcrcer, Keen.
er pang, than poisoned shat or mer-
ciies' lomahawk ever inflicted.
" ith forests all around them, where
herds OF deer roamed free--with the
river beneath, where the silver trout
gfimmered through its waters, wi h
ilcck4 OF fowl soaring above them,
they were starving!
The red deer left browsing in lie
leaty covert, and c me down TO drinh
The clear waters beioS, but no morsel
Of venison coul.I pass their iips-no
drop OF that cool water lave their par.
ched, swollen tongues.
The deer Tapped up the crystal Ii
quid Of the livcr--snutted lne c,oi
lseez:, and then, catching yl!m St
in the waters OF the Gusky hgu;es HIT
ting t. AMI fro ON the rock above, tos.
yel high their an,lcrs and uarted a
way lo the greenwoods again; The
bright waters danced onward beneath
" In will mocking freedom, as they
ornt down Their despairins eyes and
here, below, sat those dark, stern
y arlior>, grim and immoyable. On!
L VS. oIilble!
And then Ulah, the Indian maiden
;ame 10 the brink of the preci pice.
and with her long, raven hair Stream.
ug like the folds of n rent banner up.
IN the wind, bent over and pieAdc,
With agonsing gestures and 'tran,.c
to her sire, whom she saH 4
ar. far b4iow. ....... IT, |
But never u tone Of tenderness, ii
yo ii of iorgiventss, or token OF re-
.onc listion. went up from thai proud,
nsu!ted soIl. He had chosen the In.
inns revenge.
Day by day that doomed band thin.
/ I'd away, I'LL al !eugth fam n, alone
eigaed conqueror upon the summit of
ne clli. Day by dav thy wasted J;
lnl at last al was i'll. N, ,ghosdy
orms wandered feebly about, i.o wall
ng voice brJge the silence. n ne OF
la fled band save one Of the btsie-
I'd warriors, escaped: and he, de-
in the sha!es o. night to q
,helying projection s;iA tar above the |
her. tilng himself down into the !
ushing water, where his faithful
quaw awaited him 10 her light BIRCH
~ c.ooe and received him ss he rose.
Then padding silently down the riv'
n, ANA thence 10 the shore, They Gar
ed feetly into The dark, dense forest,
md thus escaped to tell their tribe ,he
ireadIul tale.
When III was still, and forms were
20 more seen moving about on the
ummIt of the clit, the avenged chiei-
ain and his band assembled, The iD'
Inns wrath was appeassd-Lis yen'
,eance had indeed been terrible.
ii ere they lay upon 'ho grey rock,
h sc wasted, skelc on-like warriors,
ii stark and itf and there. too. the
indian maiden had stiryed 10 death
N thr arms OF her lover her white
ace. oh, 50 fearful to look uponl--aer |
ong, streaming hair alike hcr 6riiat
'sl and Shroaa!
And now. it Is said, full off by the |
,ale moonlight are seen wan. ghostly |
lgur,s gliding TO and fro on the cl,n.
vuh dark p umes floating upon the
.;,,ht xpiud. and rvar ,,ni anna the