The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-01


he baue him gOHl-night.
y" time was lost ~ CARRYING out their
wa'llke resolutions; aud the S,Wccss OF
the young man in mnkinS his mark vas
>ucI' that not settler within ten miles
hut had heard Of him. The WO,nrn de-.
clnrcd that he ought TO bc Ashamed Of
himself and the men that llc ought t0 be-
hung. so vain: innS hid old TruniS
become Tint he began to enter tuin vague
idcnS OG laying claim 10 the whole territory
between MalinccOCk aml Flushing, aud
eXpclling every Cork from the country
While Derrick Van Dam was thus run
ming i'll aud carving oi>inny throughout
the lanh, all idea al nlIack upon ihe lDlmi.
cilc Of Ehrm Zcr seemed {" have PASSED
from his mnd. lis hnrlihOnl, whit n
tCiIible fellow he was in II hnml to- hand
encounter, what nc.lo0king fellow he
WnS, too, his generosity aud his deadly
anlImo>,v 10 the entire Cock family. were
the sole topir> "f talk IN the spar ccIy set.
tied district, aud were not long IN teach.
ing the ears 0f the daughter aud hcivSs
Of Ebcnczcr Cmk.
FIcclovr, (or such was lcr name. had
grown up hcncnlh the shadow Or her
father, aud the acid eve an,l warm temper
of n stcp.noihcr. n'icr this c0mbina
tinn of heat and cold she had IIpcnctl int0
n fine hI0olninS nairn, warm Of heart,
SOmcwh quick Of temper, aud as uncon.
StiOuS UI her chains n vOung beauties
usually alr. sac Wn> so known 10 bc
nnc al the best brought up :iIlS Om Long
I>land, having lad every Fault carefully
held up 10 her di>anI,r"balinn hv i.cr
watcliul >trp.mothcr. Wln'>crough tongue
was the terror Of lnc county, aud had
rasI cd Ebcuczcr down to skin aud hone.
When the report of the uncnnrcS Of Der.
rick Van Dam reached IIc eats UC the
maiden, she e>l"II>c'l the cause "r her
father with grcnt Vvn'iIy. She vowed
unl lyi"S auiInn>iiy nGni' :; TcuniS Van
Grdrr. wns particularly bitter IN her nmi.
nahvcr>ion> "n his Young ally, a,d nSu.
a'ly concluded hv >talir. that she would
like I" have IN "l'pmihi,v Z" giving him
y piece al hen miu,i III pei >,n. Wh tier
the fear of c,,ro'inlr'in: her sharp tongue.
mad any III ct III ;IcNrI'tin: Derrick from
carrying ont lis menace. ! "ani"I say
hut CcII1in II j., That although nnc "r
tWirc he had ac'ilrulalv seen the siri
near her father house. and hal been not
n little struck with hrr charm, hrcnn
I iinncd tn Keep a!onl Enm her, lIa, it,. nn
doubt lcai nr,l in ih, course ur his l"r, ~
travel that u w"ruan ; lIn.u i wra;"i
! 'iilhcuit I" parry, especially IL she l'r
v"ung and fair.
The girl Soul had "t'"r Mallrr> I" Il,ilk
"f Sine had sr"N II ~ With that anlI'a.
thV I" the opl"'>iIr ~. " htch is the I"cu-
lIarIiN uf \on"g gull, aud vowed tnat she
would nrV maIN v't the tam" at her
beauty had xtcuh Il far b y"ni her pa.
Iciral i"unninS, aud several v"ung ta.a.
hIinlS nt that class " II" usually admir-
N"Inc mnilcnS. had made Wrl, ,u'c> for
her hand. IN reply I" these. Ehrnrz r
put "n his SI"ctarlr>. loukrI them full in
the tacr, Investigated the length al thu ir
p'uI>v>, aud returned n drrIdcd negative.
N"r did he trouble his daughter 10y com
municating their proposals..
NJ length a mcw candidate made his
appearance. lie was n stern, ir"n.>irung
Snl'lirr. who had been \ hard fighter in
the indian wars. lie was named Seth
tract Of land not far from Oyster Bay,
consisting principally &c Aandbars aud
salt mrad"WS, aud prolific in claus nn'l
s,IuitoeS. Seth Pirchon had tc..n the
right hanl man nf Captain John Cni,r-
! hill H. most "f his battles With the lulianA
Imth Un the Main land aud an Long IS-
land. lie had mndc himself memorable
in the desperate fight with the MaS>apc.
! Qua indians, when their fMt WaS destroyed
aud the pnwvr "f the tribe broken. lie
was gnunt mud raw bnnetl, with face
scanned with scars, aud a complexion
hardened and tanned by exposure and
service. until il Ind assumed both the
color and con>i>t,nc "f solc,lrnthcr. lie
had Hl>" been an active partisan against
the Dutch in the disputes brtwern them
and tn" English.
As long nS the Dutch had maintained
thrir d"ininnti"nS over any part Of the
Island, these br0iiS had given him con.
slant occupation, occasionally varied hv
his cha>ii>ing n refractory Indian Tube
which might have dared t. maintain that
their territories were tn, ir own.
However. the battle with the Massage
guns was the ln>t great struggle Of The
Long Island Indians. The Dutch, too.
were suhdue,l. and Seth PinchOn retired
to his lair at Oyster Bay, near the al"Mlr
of hIS old commander John Cnherhill.
His occupation hcing gone, he bcthOught
himself that he was hrcUnIimR stricken IN
years and that it was high time 10 settle
in life. In one Of his marauls h. had
fallen in with the daughter "f EbencZcr
Cock aud although he was not prone to
tender feelings, yet she had made such an
impression upon him, that now when th"
pressure Of hiS various Av"catlOnS was
removed, hr image rose in his mind a.
his future help meet. lie set about the
accomplishment Of his object with that
,IirrctnrSS II purpose which was his great
characteristic.
Having bestowed more than usual care
upon his perSOII. he mounted his horse
end directed his course tU the dwelling III
Ebenczrr Cock. II was u quiet. >nug
little iarFN house, built upoW the b0ricrS
.f EmrSt and commanding a wide view
# fields Of grain, which SlUpcd "tf Ia the
SOund Every thing about IL Indicated
ease and comfort, for Eben, Ger was known
to Ice thrifty man.
As the cavalier rode mp. FcelOve mt
him at the dUor with l"aming smile.
She had M suspicion that Shc WAS at the
bottom Of his visit. hut the rrnOwm 0r the
campaigncr excited in her desire I" "h.
tuin from him that admiration Which the
grntlcr sex is apt I" cTav" from those wh"
have made name by courage and PROV
rsR in arinS
Seth PinrhOn frlt more embarrassment
ut her salutAli"n than he w"ud have
done in StOrming fortress. lie dis
mounted and Shnmhlrd i"l" this h"u>c
with II Silc.lnng gait, having mere the mir
nf sheep Etcnlrr than Huc On his way {"
storm u fur lndy'S heart. Ehcnrzcr C'Tk
received him With cnr,lialiy, but with
III" rrrctnrsS peculiar I" his race. lie
heard his proposal With >trr" Satisfaction.
CT n flI that amid the aggrcS>"n> III
rsMnis Van Gcldvr, s"nin.law "G cali