Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-05-28
INDIAN LOVE AND JEALOUSY.

events relates the following romantic drama as oc-
curing on the middle branch Of Portage Creek, in
that vicinity, in the year 1890: ea.5 ~; ---
A remnant of the Wyandot tribe of Indians
camped on the banks Of the stream to hunt a.
mong them was the old chief Wy.noc-os and hfs
only daughter, Win-es-sio, or the Slight Of the
tribe" as she was often called. Accompanying
the party were two young Indian braves, who sport
ed the scaps Of their white victims as trophies of
their valor They both aspired to the hand of the
chiefs daughter. She treated them both with
the courtesy becoming her rank, showing no par
tcular preference for either. But the young braves
could not bear this state of suspense long; they
consequently repaired to the tent Of the chief each
reciting his noble deeds Of daring and each in turn
claiming, as his bride, the beautiful Winessio.--
The aged chief heard them through, and theare-
piled "Indian will not decide; let Win-es-sio
choose" Win.es-iowas silent, and the chief bade
them return the next day. '''' .a. ...'. =.
The two young Indians returned the following
day. The chief s tent was situated Immediately
on the banks of small stream, and under the
branches of large elm tree the branches Of which
reached the ground, the trunk of the tree having
broken off some twenty feet from the ground. The
chief babe his daughter choose which should be
her future husband. She arose from her seat and
approached one of the warriors, placing her hand
in his. Quick as thought, the other hurled his
tomahawk at the accepted suitor, the tomahawk
entering the back part of his head. BE fell dead
at the feet of the chief The shrieks Of Wines
sio soon aroused the whole camp, but the murderer
made no attempt to escape. A council was called,
and he vas condemned to die the next morning,
at SUNRISE, and upon the very spot where he had
slain his rival At the appointed time, the tribe,
to the number of some forty, assembled to witness
the execution. A circle was formed, in the centre
of which sat the chief and his daughter. All was
now silent; not word was spoken; but at short
distance the doomed Indian was seen approaching,
accompanied by three others, one on each side Of
him and one walking directly behind The ring
opened; they advanced to where the chief andhis
daughter were sitting, when the Indian who was
in the rear suddenly raised his tomahawk and
struck with such force that the tomahawk was bu-
RED to the handle in the Indians skull. He fell
forward on his face, when each Of the other In
dians dealt deadly blows on his head with their
tomahawks. ,..at.,f .4s"if ~ -zg.i
In was in the month of November. The next
spring the band left for the West; but the follow
ing November Win-es-sio returned, and for three
days remained under the branches of the old elm
tree where her lover had been slain. For eight
years she returned to the same spot, and generally
on tie same day of the same month, remaining
two or three days The country was now fast SET
Ting up, and the children of the neighborhood
looked anxiously every year for the coming Of
Wines-sio. She frequently distributed presents
among them, and sang to them her Indian songs;
but she never could beindueed to accompany them
to their homes. When asked why she returned,
the reply was, 1.-THE spirit Of my lover comes and
talks with me-" On her last visit she appeared
emaciated and careworn her eye had lost its bril-
ancy; the songs she now sung were more melan-
choly than before. The weather was cold, but she
could not be induced to leave the spot where she
held sweet communion with the departed spirit OF
her Youthful lover. The children left her in the
evening, wrapped in her blankets and sitting by
small fire, chanting her melancholy dirge, and on
returning next morning found her quietly sleeping
under the old elm tree, the sleep Of death.
PrHY sU,MARY.lThe New York World, af.
ter discussing, without gloves the new Constitution
under which this State is to be governed thus con-
cludes with reference to the Legislature: Truly
this General Assembly is to have a great deal Of
power-to dispense with trial by jury to suspend,
Nero n,otu, the execution of the laws; to court
martial civilians in time of peace; to maintain
standing armies; to enfranchise murderers and
keep ravishers enfanchised; to levy unequal taxes,
destroy parental control, and exercise Congressou
al powers over the militia These are powers even
the old slave-holding Assembly, monarchical as
they called it, never pretended to exercise and we
could wish the piebald successor that has them
were something less than one.6th field hand in the
Senate and ne-third ield-hand in the House, with
the residue fractions made up Of spitefu, ignorant
and greedy whites" '' ..'.:.' :l''.
WAR.-Give me the money that has been spent
in war, and I will purchase every foot Of land up
on the globe. will clothe every man, woman and
child in an attire of which kings and queens would
be proud. will build a school.house on every
hillside and in every valley over the earth; will
build an academy in every town and endow it;
college in every State, and ll it with able profes
sors. I will crown every hill with place OF wor-
sb;n consecrated IN the promulgation Of the Clos