New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-16

L N~S
as hunter Years rolled on, and he had become
known to the friendly Indians Of the neighborhood.
He had aided them by his learning and fought with |
them in their wars. They loved him, and the man /
who, by bitter experience had learned to hate and
distrast civilized man. learned to- love and trust
them.
The chief of the tribe had only daughter,
Who was as beautiful as fawn. She saw the |
stranger and loved him. he soon learned the secret
of this unsophistcated child of the forest, and his
lonely heart was warmed by her iAnocence aR11
beauty He demanded her hand FROM her tatheT
and received it, and they were unitea' in the hoiy
bonds of wedlocl5 by good old priest who dwe,f
among the indians. Our hero, whose name we |
will not 1--WE but whom we shall call Andre, was |
hlest in the love of his simple wife, and in course
of time their Joys were increased by the birth OF
! daughter. She was sweet babe, and both mo-
ther and father thanked God for the gift upon their
bcnded knees in their poor but happy home.
| They called her Sophie, and as she grew, day by
day, Andre felt that all the sorrows and suheThgs
of former years were compensated in this GIT OF
| Providence When little Sophie was five years
DID, there came to the neighborhood of her parents
cabin trader, who was in search OF peitrles,iof
which he would give to the Indians powder ana
lead and cloths and stufs for themselves and
| women.
Andre met this man, and soon friendship grew
up between shem, for the trader knew the inAn-
ence our hero exercised among the Indians, and,
seeking to gain his esteem, succeeded Ihe
trader, whom we shall call James, was constantly
with Andre sor some months and being man OF
quick intelligence and considerable education SO
won upon his heart that he loved him second only
to his wife and child.
One day, while Andre was returning from the
chase, he tread upon a serpent and was bltteA.
Not having any andotes at hand, the unfortunate
man knew that his fate sealed. He had only
, time to reach his home, send for James and the
priest, confde his heaEtbroken family to their care
and die in the arms of his wife and child.
This awful blow was too much for the poor
} widowed mother she faded from that hour, and
4 before the SHOWS Of winter began to fall, Was
| buried by the side of him to whom she had given
her love and trust. Little Sophie thus became an
Z orphan at an age when child most needs the
mothers care. The kind old priest took her to
. his cabin, and for few months cared for her with
, all the fondEess Of which an attectonate heart
. was capable. But he was called by the bishop OF
), | the diocese to far-eif land. He could not take
}. Sophie with him, because, by doing so, he Woad
}, sacrifice the large pecuniary interests she had in
| herited, and besides she was too young and
= tender 10 undergo Inc hdfdSlpS Wnch soI"iioies
Is in the West have to meet at every step of theil
e progress. James, too, objected to her going upon
10 these grounds, and the priest left her with him.
James, who at this time lived in the village OF st
Paul, now thriving town, was a married man
. had promised that his wife should treat the little
- ! orphan az her own child and it was to reside wit
- them that Sophie next went She was soon mad
~ to feel the difference, however, between her 10
% with the priest and that with the james,, and sh
-, shed many bitter tears in solitude over the de
10 10 parture of her only remaining friend.
Her guardian, for SO he had been appointed by tn
authorities of the country, more interested i
Nv the property inherited by Sophie, than he was
.c- herself He knew that her grandfather the oi
We chief, had owned immense tracks of land in tn
;e. neghborhood and had left them to her mothe
he | at his DEATH which occurred few years prevou
we James had these surveyed, and had the title
on made out, but managed, upon some plea, to OF
' tain from the court orders for their sale. And
'N this manner he disposed of the whole. investi1
lis. the proceeds in the city of New Orleans. Whe
am he had disposed of the last dollars worth
1rt sophies property, he suddenly packed up, an
"a taking steamboat at night, came to this cit
.he bringing Sophie with him.
Iat We forgot to mention that Sophie's mother b
IN onged to the Sioux tribe and was, like the rest
to- that race darker than Indians usually are. >
He phie, though her father was native OF franc
VII was also quite dark, but she had all the ira
of feature which characterize the natives of Sou
,hn France.
ra When James arrived in New Orleans he told pc
no sons who knew him. but not the facts, concernII
a3 his guardianship of the orphan, that Sophie was
oct little muatto who slave of his, and he nc
foil treated her as such and this child, who had be
nvai and n0rtureI by fond Daren
oc, was made perform all the menal offices of neg
blv slave.
+ha Year after year rolled round and still Sophie "
yon the degraded and wronged victim of James '
,o,, lainy She had almost forgotten the early days
her life and her mothers sweet face and the loVi
voice of her father had entirely faded from
A'Au memc.y. She was sixteen years OF age, a
iiu' hired servant in family OF kind.h
'"' Creoies.
CHS One day as Sophie was going TO market, as V
Tue her custom and required duty, while passing
ey the back entrance of the Cathedral, she saw
aged priest come out and take his way iowa
3lice the residence of the Archbishop. Somehow
OF other the face of this old seemed familiar
Ives her. She gazed at him, and the more she ga
rect, she elt that she must know him. But she &C
and not remember where she had seen him, for the
and collection of the time she passed with the prizes
nrty Minnesota was among the dim visions OF the
and was but faint indeed.
,s+nd Her ardent and excited gaze soon attracted
us,v attention of the priest. He looked at her wi
What | calm benevolent smile and bade her good N
acci. ing In a voice which sent a thrill through
,ara. heart
n,a;, "When did ! hear that voice?" asked sh
. ".t'' herself: but no answer could be returned,
'''' good old man saw that she was troubled al
something, and asked affectionately what coul
mas do for her. She was confused by his question,
oseht after hesitating few moments, told him that
mper thought she had seen him somewhere, but c
u the not remember. He looked at her closely, v
SACK she said this, and, suddenly starting towards
ch1y exclaimed, "Merciful Father, is it not my
very Sophie? At this instant the veil, which hid
ls or Sophie the past, was suddenly lifted as i
looh' magic, and screaming Oh, father John, Il
anu herself into his arms sobhng as il her heart
break. It was then that the wrongs which
ested been done her up before her. and she rel
ooks TO father John all she had suffered since they
hav- The good old man stirred to anger upon
nd at ing this recital, and demanded to be shown
mes the villain was that he might shower upo