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

him TO speed the feathrred arrow, and WELD
the lomahawk Where is the young brave,
who in these wild retreats so often told his tale
of love, and poured into the ear of the Indian
Girl his impassioned vows Where are they,
who made these hills and mountains eloquent,
and gave these valleys tongues, with their shouts
of triumph and victory.
AS from the rocks and trees
The voice responsive spoke, now lond and long;
Now pea ing from this crag; now there again
From yond. glide: Now clear and iul! now soft :,
And softer still until whisper comes
To tell, how like this neeting echo, are
The things of time.
Alas they are all gone. The wigwams are
in ashes. That mother ard her little brood
have long been dweIlers 10 the spirit land and
where they played, tha child of the pale lace
holds his sports. The retreat OF the l,vers is
now ihrongej by sitkly sensualists the maid
ems charms have Gown the warriors arm is in
The dust; his 5owstring is discovered, and his
tomlhavk corroded by the rust oil years and
where he lrod. naughty in his noble, manly
pride, the eGeminate city exquisite struts in bis
borrowed pumes as if in contemplate contrast
of the past and present yeas, s,lhe red man and
the pale race.
Occupied by such thoughts as these, found
myself almost before | was aware o! il, at the
"summer house," and weary and warm, l threw
myself upon one OF The rustic benches, aud
pursued my solitary thoughts undsturbed.
The view from the ssummer house, is mag
nlfcent in the extreme. The edfce stands OF
The blow OF the mountain, On the uttermoN
point Of lis summit, where it extends like a
lofty promontory into the surrounding valley.
A few Of The trees have been removed from
the end OF the hill, in the direction of the vale,
Tor the purpose of rendering the view less OBJ
struc,ed. On all other sides nought is seen bot
the overhanging foliage of the dense forest.
Through the open space, the distant noun
tains are seen on the mouth, east and west ris-
ing in bold, rugged majesty, crag on crag, tier
on tier, like vast amphtheaier, formed for the
assembling OF universe, until the topmost wall,
NV 3 'dhu, hodi suui'hh vi lux SidHt hiISSiduy, g,
crownlng the mighty pile in the dim distance,
kisses the clouds, and like The scarce percepti-
bic blending Of Two almost equal shades, joins
earth and heaven.
10 the middle landscape the romantic JuniaIa
winds, now like thread of silver through the
open valley, now hidden from sigh! by an in
tervening bill here flowing calmly and slug
gIshy BY the cultivated fields, there rushing
and foaming DER lis rocky bed in The wild forest,
and anon receding entirely from view, il passes
from The valley through gorge in the noun
tain, on its way TO The mighty ocean.
Nearer village church, with its !sll spre
ard cross, strikes tie vision, embedded in its
cluster OF trees marking the locality OF the viii
lnge Itself, which is concealed by neighbor-
ing elevation; and still! nearer, just at the base
of the bill, lies the little lake, with its "iny
isle OF emerald reen:" and the music Of its
outlet, as ii forms a foamy cascade over The
rocks, reaches the ear like the distant luling
murmurs of gentle breeze
A rustic mill, and a towering precipice Of
rocks beyond, and the brook and arbored road
winding through the vale below, complete the
enchanting prospect.
AS lay musng and gazing on the beauty
spread out before me, misty indistinctnessg gath
cred over The scene. Strange, shapeless forms
hovered round me, none Of which was able
clearly to define. While I was enleavoing 10
account for what saw, my attention was ar
rested by the appearance of tai! shadowy fig
ure that emerged from the thicket near By, and
approached me. II was that OF an old man
'Extremp age was there, and had left its impress,
but it had failed 10 bend his naughty. erect
form. His long, straight hair was white as
was light and elastic. and as be drew nearer
with nostless tread, ] noticed that his inter-
vening form seemed transparent and did not OBJ
struc! the view Of objects beyond, and that the
leaves and moss pressed not down, nor ruSled
beneath his weight, Over bis shoulders was
wrapped a coarse blanket, evidently made from
the bark OF trees His limbs and feet were clad
in leggings made of She unlanned skin Of the
wild cat, and moccasins Of the same material,
ornamented with tufts OF stained horse hair
Encirclng his head, neck, aud wrists, were
chains formed with the tusks Of The woli, con-
nected with huge links of virgin gold. sin
gle plume from the eagles wing droopcd over
his brow In one hand he carried bow OF
large dimensions, in the other an arrow. A
massive stone tomabawk was strung in bis belt,
and over bis shoulders, suspended by the skin of
an enormous rattlesuake, was quiver OF pan
,her skin filled with feathered arrows.
was startled and about 10 raise myseIf, but