Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-02-01
hn Indian Love Story.

In General S,oti's recently published
t"hi'erarhy, among his cxperi,ce IN tl.e
Black llawk war, occurs The following
romantic episode:
Tie summons for the confer nee was
now gwen To all the tribes aird oJv we'd.
and Ihc uraiid councils of war for the set
Item, nj of the treaties commenced -
Nhi.e these were pen.iii.g e demand cs.iIlr.
up, from Il jndge OF l.iInriS, :, f..e Sky
mics below, Tor an IuiIan murderer, hl~
Tame unknown, int wl!O had hen dis
tinrtly traced 10 tie camp of the great
body of :>acs and Foxes whom the ciict,
had ronuired 10 hoi,l III neutrality durii.4
;he recent hosti,iii,s. influenced In;tuly by
H. okmk, not hereditary chir.t, and Only Il
principal tTure Or warrior, the sense
bearer, uratur and treasurer of the con
tctIeracv. The demand WAS commune
Gated to This remarkable man. Alter a
little m!>in@, titc Vainf,il truth of The
story Ined Ia flash upon him. With
cai;lDr he stated ihc grohi,ls Of his fears
\ yuumg brave of some twenty wears q!
aye, the sun of IA distinguished chl (, hal
long sought to marry Il hands,.nIe ,ur.i :.
>Quaw, the Gau, Eter ot another fmuu~
chief: but tine mai.icn rcpuls,d ihc lover.
appiying To him III" m,.st npIruhri,:us rIi
tGcI-$quuT-hc never having taken a
scalp, kilied a nrizzy b 'ar, nor, by sur
pri>e, robhcd IN rnrmy ot his arms. horse
or wife. iIeuc", she said her lover war
moi Il JTrn'e but a woman. Her Sympa-
thirs were, moreover, with Hack Hawk
her only brother hayins run of with
that reckless c.,i f.
All IlIose particulars not vet
known Ia the wise tre;l>I'Tcr fer he Lad
only been surprised at the change of con
duct in the 6,U" SuuEuye. who had so sud-
denly married her lover K.ukuk. in
good faith. SAIL he would eTq Are, for his
.reai care in h,en 10 save his people
ir"m destructive war aud entire siuiia-
;i,.n, with which Back Hawks conduct
had cans them ~ he threatened.
lh. rcxt i,v he called al headquarters
| and whispered that his fears hal proved
rr"i'h"tic; that the haf py b'i'l"-Io"m
had, for the good of the confc,leracy con-
! iessed himself Ia be the guilty par;r, and
was mt hand bat ber2td tie general To
repeat. in tuI cum.cil, The drmaud, etc.
This was accordingly done. and as soon
as Scut:'s peroratio.-I dcmGnG tie n,ur-
! dc1rT was Interpreted, the Young Apn!lo
stond mp and said: an tie man, With
a ,i"l"nt stamp and v.icr Scott called ont
-tb@ GuG'd! \ sergeant. with Il, n
| grenadier>. rushed in, seiz i the offender
! and carried him off.
When the blacksmith began to place
! rinuslv. Ii took several "t' the Guard to
! hold hin d..wn. lie said he did NOT
came forward to hr iruncd he diI It"t
wish To be tried. thai he preferred to he
SHOT at once He was sen! down tn the
iiirois court then in session. put on lis
trial. and Notwithstanding The strong cir
cumstantial evidence. and ii was proven
he had acknnwleiu d the killing. in "a
hanit"-hand fight, a tricky lawyer, well
provided with the means of bribin., no
doubt bv the chiefs of the couf..lracv
obtained from the jury verdict of not
| gtrhy,
Th" acquitted hal yet TO pass another
| Ordral-ouc of fire aud wafer. 4 swift
| horse. halfway between the court ard the
! Mississippi i, IA few hundred wards off. }
! had been provided tor tie occasion hut
/ frontier men ALWAYS have their riff = in
| hand. and their horses ready. The law
ver FASTENED his client ont of court, and
! gained for him good start - Fly,
v"ung man, or your dear bought Helen
will soon be widow !" In a minute,
! followed bv some whiZz;ug shots, he was
| in the sadlle In am,her /" horse and
rider" were plunged into "the great
father of waters" swimming side hv si.la
/ Now cam, mp tnriouslv dozen rife
men, who threw away th,'ir load at
! the two distant game. The las; news OF
the rCman'ic act represented him as the
happy father of a striving family ot
"vn,ng bar!'arians." by more than a
g Dacian mother all far beyond I! e
Mississippi.
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