Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-11

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hawks bells and ribbons. Very pretty
Leelinau looked in her new fuery, which
made her the envy of the ladies of the first
circles in the Mandan metropolis. Ferdi
nand began to have quite liking for her.
though he regarded her merely as pretty
child and playthiug. Leeinau, in the
Winnebago tongue, is nearly equivalent to
''little darling" She utterly repudiated
her Mandan title, averring that she would
never name herself for "them ughty,
naughty people, cause hate 'em;" with
which declaration the young laoy shut bel
white teeth with snap, and looked Ike q
little savage.
"Leelinau," said Ferdinand, rather IA.
easily, otis wicked to hate people"
"Why?" she asked, innocently.
"Because it's not right" dogmatized be-
Leeinau's eyes filled in moment.
"She wicked-you no love her any more
No hate 'em if can help it-but they hurt
her So"
Ferdinand did rot like to see her grieve,
He kissed away the tears, and called her by
a pet name aud she was happy, admiriue
and reverencing him with all her soul. She
thought him a miracle of kindness, because
he did not beat her and make her carry the
heaviest burdens. If he had, she would have
taken it as matter of course.
Ferdinand placed his lodge for the win.
ter on an island in the Missouri, FIVE or six
miles above the mouth of the White Riv,
er. A pretty place it was, with the great
red cedar trees dipping their branches into
the water, while the wind sang through
them all day. Grope-vines, loaded with
blossoms at that season, trailed over the
ground and through the trees, under which
frisked and skipped inumerable gray rab-
bits The great river rolled past under
dark high, bluffs, that kept off the west
winds from the little hut which Ferdinand
built. At the east it would have been call.
ed wretched hovel, but in Leelinau's eyes
it was palace Of spleudor. Ferdinand was
ingenious in the use of the knife and hatch
ct; he contrived table, two chairs, and
some shelves, to furnish their establishment,
and when he purchased few common do
mestic utensils, from trader on his way to
the river, she considered that the world had
nothing more to offer of comfort or luxury.
Ferdinand liked to play with her and
make her talk. She was quick, and her
mind was active and susceptible. Her noice
remarks, herquaint little ways, pleased him.
How it was all to end he did not trouble
himself to think; but gradually found him
self thinking less of Miss Sophy May, and
began to suspect that his heart was not bro
ken, after all. He hunted all day, but gen.
orally managed to return at night to his
home, where he was always sure Of loving
welcome from Leelinau. He made friends
with the Indians of the neighborhood, the
Getons of the Burnt Woods or Bois Bru2es,
who smoked with him solemnly, and as.
sured him al 1nfnituns that he was their
dearest friend and brother, generally con-
cluding their professions of fraternal re-
gard by begging for powder and shot, or for
anything else he might happen to possess.
Occasionally there came to the island a
trapper, Blackstone by name, a semi-civiliz'
ed, swearing, fighting, drinking creature ;
reckless as prairie fire and brave as a
grizzly bear-such kind of person as il
made, by mist of years and distance, ro'
mantle and hero-like, but is considered in
the actual present very disreputable | won
der how many young women who sentimen'
tally admire Berserkers, pirates, corsairs,
Norman knights and the like, would evel
look at trapper.
Blackstone rather fancied Leelinau. He
thought she made nice moccasins, and that
she had more sense than women in general
He considered her thrown away upon Ferdi
naud, whom he despised as green hand
and thought rather soft withal, ever since
he had heard him quote poetry. 1t was
not in Ferdinand's nature to be harsh OF
brutal toward a woman; but it never en-
tered his head that his wife was more than
plaything, and the careless regard he
gave her panied the little creature sadly at
times, though she never uttered word Of
complaint. She had never heard that it was
divine to suffer and be strong; but she
thought that sort of thing was what women
had to bear all the world over, and so she
bore it; but her mind was very full Of
thoughts that perplexed and disturbed her
exceedingly. One day, when Ferdinand
was gone, she took up one of the books be
was in the habit of reading. Ferdiuand's
library consisted of the Horace aforesaid,
and Shelly's poems; and there was little
New Testament his mother had given him
but he very seldom opened it. Leelinau
turned over the pages of Horace wistfully
and wonderingly. What was it? What
did it say to him when he looked at it SO
loug? She held it up to her ear, intently
listening. Not word did it speak to her.
What were all the little marks? How she
wished she knew. Perhaps if she under.
stood "white ways he would like her much
better. If he were good.natured tonight
she would ask him to teach her, for of late
he had not been very considerate of the
feelings of his little wife. He had grown
tired of her alteration and submissive afftc.
ton, and had half begun to wish she bad
never come in his way. That evening,
however, he returned in unusually good
spirits. Leelinau drew off his wet moccs.
sins, and prepared his supper with even