The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-02-21

bu he dashed away their detainng hands, and
seizing bis bow and culver, rushed inio the for
est.''
"We-me-hee and Wi-no-na were seated side
by side, on rock where the great limestone
spring gushes from the hill her head rested on
his shoulder and her hand was clasped in his"
"Beauteou. Wi-no-ns," said the lover, s'oh,
that thou vert with me, where my Own tribe
dwris. There should our lie be like the days
of never ending summer our joys should
know no end Wino-na should be queen, and
INV nation should delight ---"
"Bui the sentence was unfinished. An ar
bounding. into the air, he fell corpse at the
maden's feet. With a wild cry she spr ang up,
but il was only to fall upon her lovers body, tor
from the cash of another arrow from her bro
theirs bow, welled the warm tide, and mingled
with her lovers blood.'
"Wiih his deed of revenge, .be angry spirit
of M,-we-en Aed, and with agony he saw bis
crime in its hideous light, and frantic with grief
ard horror, as he before had been with passion,
I lie rushed forward and fell at his sisters side,
and raised her dying head"
( "Wi-no-na!" he shrieked, cob my sister !
my beautiful, my only one, do not die Oh !
/ Great Spirit, listen to Mo-we-en's prayer fol-
give his crime, and let Wino-na live"
"Wilh joy he thought of the enchanted spring,
and with the speed of the wind, he brought of
its water, and held It to bis sisters lips. But
the covenant was broken, and the spring had
lost its power With her dying eyes turned
tpnd-rly on her brother, Wino-na softly whIs-
pered, "Mo-we-en is forgiven" and her spirit
Joined he. lovers in the bunting grounds of
paradise"
eThe old braves found Mo-we-en kneeling
by his sisters side his head buried between his
knees. Deep groans Of anguish rent his breast.
They tried 10 raise and comfort him, but he
/ needed them not. "Wi-no-na is Dead" he said,
"and SO let Mo-we-en die:" and he raised his
hand 10 plunge his hunting knife into bis bo-
son." but ere it fell, the weapon was wrested
from his grasp. When .Hah-pon, the moth
er of Mo- we-en, saw what he had done, she
shrieked not, nor wepi; but tremor shook her
fame, and her eyes cleaned from their pale
sockets with the uster of madness. as in
hoarse ,unearthly whisper she addressed her SON."
"Son OF Wal-al-lah rse"
/ 0Her command was obeyed."
"Son of Wal-lal-lah, listen TO thy mothers
voice, for thy vengpful spirit has destroyed her
peaee.--The light Other eyes is gone, wrench
ed from her by thy murderous hand. The Great
Spirit is angry with thy people; thy wicked
passion has dispeased Him. Thou hast broken
the covenant which thy fathers kept, and hast
brought ruin on thy nation. Thou should'st
have been thy nations preserver, but thou art
her destroyer Then listen, son of Wal-lai-lah,
to thy mothers curse, for her ban shall be up
on thee. Thou hast murdered thy whole ma
ton. They all shall die, and their hunting
grounds shall be desolate. They shall 60 TO the
bunting grounds where their fathers are. Other
tribes shall own their wigwams, but they shall
not brhold it, thou, only thou, shalt live TO
behold the ruin thou hast wrought. Full sixty
times six score moons shall wax and wane, and
thou shalt be wanderer on the Ka-ma-was'
soil, once thine own, but thine no longer. Thou
shalt seek rest, but sleep shall hy from thee. Thy
bow shall not speed thy arrow to thr mark, and
thou shalt hunger, because thy quiver shall fail
thee FAMINE shall follow thee, and thirst sha
be Thy companion. Oh thou shalt long to
die, bat the Great Spirit shall not hear thy pray
er. Thou shalt hover over the graves of .hy
people, but thou shalt not lay hyself down until
the time OF Hah-pon's curse BE- ended. Once
each moon, as the full orb sscsnds the meridian,
shalt thou hear soft strains Of sweet music, wat
ted from The balmy shores of the spirit land,
where thy people dwell, and its sounds shall fill
thee with remorse for thy crime, and thy shrek
OF anguish shall he heard on the Stiffness Of The
night, and thy cry reach above the howling'
OF the storm. Hah-pon has spoken. and now
will she follow W-no-na 10 the Spirit land"
"Son Of the pale face, thou see'st that high
ledge of rocks on yonder steep above the mill
where the white man erinds bis corn? Thlh-
er the mother of Now fed, and with q
wild shrek, sprang irto the ar, and fell man
gled and lifeless on the sharp crags below"
"The curse Of Hahpon was fulfilled. The
Ka-ma-was dwIndled away and died. Their
enemies were successful against them, and their
Young braves fell in battle. Consumption fixed
itself upon the aged and tho young, and the
1t is a noted fact, with regard to the water oil
the aBedford Sprlngs," that although highly beneh-
cal for the relief of other diseases. when used by