The weekly union record., 1865-01-14
An Indian Love Tale.

In Gen. Scott's account of his expo
rience in the Black Hawk War, occurs
the following romantic episode:
The summonsifor the conferences was
now given to all the tribes and obeyed,
and the grand councils of war for the
settlement of the treaties commenced.
While these were pending, a demand
came up, from judge in Illinois, sixty
miles below, for an Ind an murderer,
his name unknown, but who had been
distinctly traced to the camp of the
great body of the Sacs and Foxes whom
the chiefs had contrived to hold in neu
trality during the recent hostilities-
influenced mainly by keokuk-not
hereditary chief, and only principal
BRAVE or warrior, the sense bearer, or
ator and treasurer of the confederacv.
The demand was communicated to this
remarkable man. After little mustn't
the painful truth Of the story seemed
to flash upon him. With candor he
stated the ground of his fears. A young
BRAVE of some twenty years of age, the
son of distinguished chief, had long
sought to marry handsome young
squaw, the daughter of another famous
chief; but the maiden repulsed the low
er, applying to him the most opprobius
epithet--squaw-he never having taken
scalp, killed a grizzly bear, nor, by
surprise, robbed an enemy of his arms,
horses, or wife. Hence, she said her
lover was not brave but a woman.
Her sympathies were, moreover, with
Black Hawk-her only brother having
run off with that reckless chief. All
these particulars were not yet known
to the wise treasurer; for he had onlv
been surprised at the change of conduct
IN the belle savage, who had so sud
denly married her lover. keokuk, in
good faith, said he would inquire, for
his great care had been to save his pco-
pie from destructive war and entire
spoliation, with which Black Hawks
conduct had caused them to be threat
cned.
The next day he called at hcadquar
ters and whispered that his fears had
proved prophetic; that the happy bride
groom had, for the good of the confed
eracy, confessed himself to be the gull
ty party, and was at hand; but begged
the General tc repeat, in a full council
the demand, etc. This was according
ly done, and as soon as Gen. Scott's
peroration-I demand TIE murderer
was interpreted, the young Apallo stood
up and said-'l am the mani With
n violent stamp and voice Scott called
out-'the guardn A sergeant, with
dozen grenadiers, rushed in, seized the
offender, and carried him off.
When the blacksmith began to place
and rivet irons upon him he struggled
furlously. 1t took several of the guard
to hold him dow. He said he did not
come forward to be ironed; he did not
wish to be tried, that he preferred to
be shot at once. He was sent down to
the Illinois court, then in session; put
on his trial, and, Notwithstanding the
strong circumstantial evidence, and that
it was proven he had acknowledged the
killing in hand to hand fight, a tricky
lawyer, well provided with the means
of bribing, no doubt, by the chiefs of
the confederacy, obtained from the iu-
~ verdict of not guilty
The acquitted had yet to pass ano-
ther ordeal-one of fire and water. A
swift horse, hallway between the court
and the Mississippi a few hundred
yards off, had been provided for the
occasion; but frontier men always have
their rifles in hand, and their horses
ready. The lawyer fastened his client
out of court, and gained for him good
start: Fly, young man, or your dear
bought Helen will soon be widow"
In minute, followed by some wh;zzinc
shots, he was in the saddle. In another
horse and rider were plunged into
"the great father of waters, !" swimming
side by side. Now came up furiously
a dozen mounted rifemen, who threw
away their lead at the two distant
game. The last news Of tie romantic
Sac represented him as the happy faith
er ola thriving family of ''young bar
barians." by more than "Dacian mo-
ther''-all far beyond the Mississippi.
THERE is a school district in the
western part Of York County, Maine,
consisting of forty families, Of whom
three are too poor to taxed at all, and
thirty there of the remainder are taxed
only poll apiece, and that has to be