The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-02-21
BEDFORD, Pa, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 81, 1862.


wise, his bowstr;ng was broken, and the shaft
Of his arrow was bent and worm eaten. When
lie came opposite me, he paused, and eyed me
| for some moments 10 silence, with mournlnl
expression, deep drawl sigh hpaved his breast !;
he shook his head, and passing on, vanished
from my sight. Fer had recovered from the
revery into which my surprise had thrown me,
| saw him returning in the same direction in
which he had at first come. He paused again
where lay, and regarded me with the same
sad, melancholy look, sighed heavily, and pass
ed on as before nor was my asonshment di-
miRished, when saw him approach the third
time and fix on me his T1ourntul gaze, more sad
and grief like than before: Deeper sighs strug-
glrd for utterance, and tears trickled down each
furrowed cheek. Wondering and afraid, de-
!ermined 10 accos, him, but my stiftnee tongue
needed not 10 make the exerion 10 break its bon
dage, for the figure raised its hand as if TO en-
join silence, aud with impressive solemnitY thus
addressed me
oSon OF the pale face, thou seest the red man
weep; 'tis not his nature, but the breast of the
red man is full Of sorrow."-
"Son of the pale face, the red man reads Thy
heat, and ii is friendly to his race. There is
kindness for him in thy breast. Thou hast bad
thy bosom filed with indignation at The recital
| Of his wrongs Thou hast shed the tear OF SYM
pathy for bis grievances. His sad and hopeless
condition, has made thy cheek blush for those OF
! Thy people, by whose wrong he has been degra-
ded. His injuries have caused thy young blood
to boil, and thine eye 10 flash with anger. The
red man knows this and he is gratelul-lle
would recompense thee, and show thee how to
avoid mach sorrow. Then listen, son of the
pale face, and let The red mans voice teach
thee OF wisdom let The experience of The past,
warn thee OF the future. Man comes, and goes;
has birth, and dies,-has joy, and sorrow and
ruin often follow IN the track of pleasure but
! learn thou that in his own evil nature are the
elemen n,s OF his ruin contained and in his fall,
his own sad passions are often the workers of
his destruction. The Great Spirit has said it,
and it shall be So"
"Son OF the pale face, spirits are ever hover
ing around mans path from his cradle to his
grave, seldom appearing, but always present,
and his acts are never unobserveL. They are
around thee now Thou see'st their shaGowy
forms; thou may st never see them again, until
thou shalt be like them but some of them will
always be by thy side, and in thy path before
thee, and will follow thee where thou goesl,
Some would do thee good and influence thee for
thy happiness some malignant spirits and
would harm thee and take advantage of thy
weaknesses and thy passions 10 destroy thee.
As thou gfowest older these TO whom thou lis
lenest will be with thee those thou shunnest will
be gone. Listen 10 the good when thou heares,
them speak in thy spirits ear and theywil stay
and guard thee; shut thine ear to the bad, hear
them not, aad they evil fee from thee.'
"Often is thy heart ruled by quick anger,
and Thy spirit has cause 10 weep for words
spoken and acts done by thee when the tempest
of hot passion is upon thee and disdsins 10 listen
TO thy reasons voice"
"Son Of the white man, beware Cherish not
anger, hatred, nor revenge, for like the hot
blasts of wind in the dog days, shall they dry
up thy young blood, if they be harbored in thy
breast. These passions entered the heart OF The
young chief Of a mighty nation, whose honting
grounds ay among these hills and mountains,
many, many moons ago, or never would The
pale face have trodden here, and the sckly vic
tim of vice have tainted this pure air with his
ietid brealh-Here yet would The child Of the
red men have sported-Here yet would the wild
chase have been kept up, aud the dance OF tr-
urph and victory perpetuated."
"Son of The pale face, listen Many hundred
moons ago powerful nation dwet here. The
Ka-na-was were mighty tribe. Their names
have long been forgotten, and their deeds have
passed from the memory of man. Many tribes
came and departed since their time, before the
Shawnee were masters of this soil The Shaw
nee has disappeared, and the white man has no
rival now but none were like the Ka-ma-was,
successful in the hunt and brave and victorious
| ia battle The power of their foes was exert'd
for nought, for the Great Spirit was their friend.
The arrows OF their enemies were poisoned in
vain, :or the antidote was here"
s'Thou hast drunk OF the spring where the
sick pale face resorts for health ? That spring
has lost much Of its power the enchanment
of its waters has departed Health is till in lis
tide, but the strength of its glory has fled. That
spring was the Ka-ma-wa's safeguard; for him
it was created"
"Lis,en, pale face Wa.Kon Tun- Kah, the
Coed Spirit, revealed himself 10 wise prophet