The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-12-31

A furiough from the easue-eaieI,
The 'Ordly SbateDuc laved With his might,
food the shores Of Manhattan Island but moi
then as nov were bis waters Invaded and con
trse'ed by juttirg piers and r-c,inear bulk
heads: at that time may a smooth, quiet it'll.
cove gracefully intsnted the shore and oGr story
opens on the bank Of one OF th-se-long since
ooterated by the march Of Improvement.
! "'Twss tie middle watch Of a summer night:
The earth was dark, bat the heavens were bright
and the full moon looked placidly down, sppa
rshtly weil-disposed to hnger over scene OF
such ;rai quill b.aafy. The ii,le cove To which
We have alluded was nearly semi circular in f., N
and, at The entrance, some fifty or sixty wards il
width u: the forest extended quite down 10 the
shore, leaving at high tide bst nsrrow strip oi
Clean sand beach. . few feet vide, except on the
southern side, where the ground being some
What maFsty q thick underground Of bushes in.
vaded the river itself At the head Of the cove
where a gurgling strrsn gave its tiny tribute 10
the nighter hood, the moon, trembling down
among the whispering leaves, revealed to the
isbt some half-s dozen wigwsns, scattered here
aid there among the trees-all OF the conicai
shade, insep ,rabIy connected in our minds with
the name except one, near the center of the
village, which was>squsre, and much larger than
the rest.
No sound wss to be heard save the monoto-
uous chirp Of the katy did, the lazy splashing OF
the water, or the faint ru,tliug OF the leaves
If indeed such slumberous souuds can be termed
sught but q ieepened silence. Ali of the in
habitants .. the little village seemed buried IL,
sleep; but suddenly the skin which curtaiued
the doorway OF the square lodge Vas partially
Withdrawn. disclosing human face, which peer
| ed cautiously forth q few moments; and then,
as though the scrutiny had been satisfactory,
female figure stepped quickly and noisees-ly
through the entrance. Ii had scarcely reached
the open air when large dog, which lay near
the doorway, sprang up in savage manner to
punish the distur Der Of his mid summer nights
dream /; instantly recognizing q familiar form,
however, be again sought bis grassy couch, aud
with a lazy wsg of the tail, once more resigned
himself to .lunber. As she stood in the moon
ight, glsncing r,pidly and keenly around, in
moDentsry hesitation. it could be seen that th.-
female was beautiful indian girl: s"d i" ea,i"s
te!s hzi' or tale ~ io!i tor hat object but
one could maiden bsvs-.-particuiariy 4 ,oUBg
and pretty one-in clacaestiney ste s;.ng out at
unreasonable hourss Un9aestonsbly is i. prin,a
facit evidence that there Is |. young msa no. tar
off on the same principle that the OLD Seapoli
tan judges, whenever q criminal case ctanced TO
be brought before them, used TO ask, . Gse Ia
donna F'-"where 10 the woman ?" taking it for
gr .uted, at the outset, that no one can get into
trouble except through the instrumentaiity Of a
woman.
Afer reconn0itering few seconds, the squaw
horrible name for lovely giri!-g.ided swiftly
and silently through the group of wigwsms
which stood IL she direction o: tte shore; and
As soon as she bad placed few yards between
herself and the village, accelerated her pace, and
ran hastily toward the river, along the edged OF
the cove; still using great caution, and endesv-
orug as much possible to keep the shade. of
the foliage. Just before reaching the river,
| hoSever, she paused, and again carefully recon
noitered in all directions then finding every
thing quiet, stopped down and gathered few
pebbles, three OF which she hu.led, at intervals
of two or three seconds, a. far as she could to-
wards the opposite rank Of the cove. Scarcely
had the third and last one struck the water, ere
. canoe. containing single figure, shot from
among the bushes. which friuged the opposite
shore and, a. with the speed and silence OF ar
arrow, it approached the spot where the CIR
stood, a subdued laugh parted her smiling lips
and she unconsciously made a step towards The
water, as though impatient at even 50 slight q
delay in an instant however, the prov OF the
canoe grated across the narrow strip of beach
and nearly buried itselt to the turf at her !eet
but ere it touched the shore, the stalwart young
savage who propelled it, dropping the paddle h
had welded 80 vigorously, bounded up the bank
aud clasped the lovely girl to his breast viii
an a,dor which, with the kisses that be rane'
upon her lips, scarcely left her sufficient bEeati
, 10 return his caresses. But, alas for the per
, versy of men! the first transports of the love
had hardly subsidized. ere he began TO max
complaint.
"Dawn Of Day is late to night" said he; ad
ding sneeringy, Roaring Wind is a grea; war
rior (; terrible are his deeds 10 battle; when b.
tells them to the women and children, they trem
BILE has Dawn-of Day trembled to night!
= asked he, with q sly look.
"Roarirg Wind speaks large words, bu
Dssn-of Day hears them not" answered tn
girl; and laughing, continued, "he wooes viii
= var song, and the maidens run from him il
terror when he would kiss them, for they tbinl
be would scalp them! Bnt let US talk 70 NOR
of the boaster"
Booster, indeed!" echoed her lover! ale
I him not cross the path of Wide Awake, for h
hss beard is whispered in the air that Roaring
Wind wants q singing bird. and that he wou
feather his nest for the sweetest Of all singing
5irds :" and "a he said this he dsrted glance
half jes,ing, halt suspicious, into the girls es
but she laid her haud over his mouth while sh
laughed merrly.
"Wide- Awake is jealous" said ahe. with graf
, i6ed vanity; "but," she continued, passion
a,ely, why should be doubt his DAwn-of Day
Ia he not her own chosen one, and does he nc
know that, sooner than become the sQuaw
another, che would sleep beneath the dee
river? She would not live without her ow
brave!"
The delighted lover caught her to his hear
y and the warm avowal Vas rewarded With q col
responding abundance of caloric on his par
J. In this manner the enamcred pair tieed ava
= the time; nov, IN gay ana JOYOUS converse
thoughtful OF the blissful present only; ther
|. seriously and anxously endeavorine TO pene.ra,
It the velled future; ard in all moods ever miuc
S tul Of the stormy past. through which the
= young love had struggled, and tbs memory
which still hung srouad their psthwsv. Ike
is dark and angry cloud-at once warming ar
= threatening them.
J, !, That the reader msy fully understand the re
o alive positions in ~hlch the young couple vel
> placed, We Gill take a Retrospective slsnc
!; while they are thus deeply engaged With eac
N other, at the circumstance ~hich original
n brought them together. The yOuag brav
Wide-Awske, was the soy INC or .schem OF
~ small but wsrl;xe tribe occupying the wes,el
bank of the river. in the pleasant neighborho,
familiar &c Us. uRder the so called Indian n..I
: Of HohOken. For lnng years they had, in co
"a federation With other sajac.nt tribes, wageG
" bloody war ~ith the Old chief. Stick in the Ma
b whose sway extended over the whole Of the ,e
II ritory nov kuOsn in legal docun-'ts as d
= City and Coun:y OF Ne$ York" At lei Ct
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