North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-03-22
AN INDIAN LOVE STORY,

! In Gen. Scott's recently published autobl
eraphy, among his experiences in the Black
Ha'k war, occurs the following romantic epi
sode:
The summons for the conference was now
@iVen 10 all The tribes and obeyed, and tn,
grand Councils of war for the settlement ni
tie treaties commenced. While these wer,
Fe"dlng ds nand caIne up, from Judge oi
i'h2's, some Sixty miles below, Tor an Iudl-
Il" mur'ierer, his name unknown. but VIII,
"ad been distinctly traced tn the camp Of tie
great body ui Sdcs and Fixes, whom The chle,>
c'n'r'Ved 10 hold IN henrrailIy during tia,
r' Cent hOstlhIles, influenced maluly by K.u-
knk, mol hereditary chlei, aud only irin-
cipai brave or wdrrlur, The oelse bearer, ora
'"r AM treasurer oi c.'nfederacy. The de-
mahd vas communicated to this rel!iafkabr
man.
Alter little musing, the painful truth o;
the story ser'nri 10 Il ,sh upon hlln Wrt.i
cand"r he Stated the grounds vi his fears. A
I"uhg brave It st NE i"enty YEARS OF age, H.,
S"h ii distinguished chief had long sought
I" marry yo'.ng sqnaw. the daughter o.;
another famous ch'e', bul the maiden rebuI,
I'd 'he lover, applying to hlm the most al
pF"o."n' epl'het--squdW-he never having
AIKEN soap, killed grzl!, bear, nor b,
surprise, robbed An rnc.ny IF his arms. hors,
"r wtle lehcc, she said her lover was no,
or00e OUT woman. Her >ympathies wer,
moreover. with Black HAwk-hcr onI,
"to'her having run of with that r,ckie,.
chief
All these patcuars we're MOI vet known
10 Tie Wise treasures; tor he had only been
surprised IN the change uf conduct in the
belle S0c0ge, who had 90 suddenly lparri.u
nrr lover. keukuk, IN goou ialth said he
would erqure, for his great care had beel
O." save hIe people from destructive war ana
entire spo'ia'ion, with when Black Hawk.
c nduct had caused them To Ue threatened.
Tue next uSy .-.rtr,i At rvau urIirf.r>
and " hr-p, red that his fears had broveo
prophetic; that the happy bridegroom had
"r the good Of the con.cderacy, conf, ssed
h''n>e'f to be guilty party, and was a. bard
but begged The general To repeat, in a full
Council, the demand, ec' This was accord
lrgly d. ne, and as soon as Scouts FEDERATION
Il demand the murderer vas interpreted
the young Apollo stood up tnd said: am
the man With violent sIautp and voice.
Scott called out lie guard sergeanr,wItl
dozen yrenaders rushed in, Sc lzed the off
ender, and carried him eff
When the blacksmith began to place and
rivet IRONS upon hum, he ruggIed iurlously.
II look several of the guard 10 hoId him down
lie SAID he did npt Come forward 10 be lron-
: I'd he dld not wish to be tried, that he
preferred to bc shot at once. lie was sent
down To the Illinois court then in session,
put on his trial, and notwithstanding the
s,rorg rcumStan,la evidence. and that
was proven he dsacknowIedged the killing
III band-to hand fight, a tricky lawyer, well
provided with the means Of hrlbIng, no doubt
10y the chiefs of the c"dftGeracy, obtained
ir'm 'hc jury a verdict of not g,sihy.
The acquitted had We, to pass another Or
der one "f fire and water. A swift horse
half way between the court and the Mis>ls-
s'pp, {, few hundred yards fl hal teer
provided for the ccaSinn frontier men al
ways have Their fl,S in bar ard their hors
rs ready. The lawyer fastened bis cler,
nut ,f court, and gained for him snod start
| Fly, Young man, or your dearly bought III l.
en- will soon be viii pw ?" H. a minute fol-
lowed by some whizzng >tnts he was in tn,
sa Idle. In another, "nur>e aud rider" wcr,
plunged into 1.-The gr at father Of w:ter> ),
swimming side by side Now came up lar,
ou>ly ioz'n rhem.n, who threw ava,
their lead at the 'Co distant game. Tie Ia>
news of the romantic represented him a. T.
happy father of thriving family ot '',oun
b'rharan>," by more thor "Drclan moth
er"-all far bes oni be Mississippi.