New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-08

\. bains Of purifying.
ny, ny. ia give Us grace
IS aeh in his place
B n bear his lot,
n d, murmuring not,
ca Are and wait and labor?
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For the Sunday Republican.
rr EDWARD NONTRAY CAME
itsSl 10 BE A BACHELOR.
,vs if odd years ago among my earliest
lam ons was the passing Of large
al Indians across the Mississippi. 1t
ID Nh& most pitiable sight have ever
s @s "a upon,
h b. we're the tall, straight warriors, with
r., BEN faces, striding in silence slowly
y, She aged and decrepit. There were
/ sg'a5d and womanhood in their youth
ora psf; but no light was in their eyes,
90 uelasticity in their steps. There were
e. and childhood; but there was no
hiA Il, frolic, or laughter. Even the
, of the Indian had given wsy 10
n Weary sadness. Many grew faint
n ened by the roadside, and were left
Iraa8 Many died beneath the trees, in
Errf, ia roadside huts. In an old black
inls ksp, one mile from Mrs. Bedford's,
y bed down weary, wan, and sick.
y. 95 3 lords kind heart had almost bled
u dshish as they passed her door day
ads nd she looked upon their silent mis-
Vsss several old and halfclad she gave
pm. sis3 each day large churn of milk
ase Of bread stood at her gate until
It And when they had all gone by,
1 ezi ghe sick in the old shop to die, she
b. a 3er attention to them with all the
pass be of her Christian heart. She
: 8 n stresses and bedding to the shop,
nm servant and her family physician,
'aaaded them daily. Two died, four got
e I'd ara were permitted to return to their
Thiala the nation.
I'M wss a young woman not much more
R, q alfbreed-graceful as gazelle and
ID mind with husband Of great vigor
~ ssaength Of intellect. Their infant,
JBusfa, was child of rare promise, with
aus nolgh Of the Saxon in her veins TO
J i a. faa the dark brown of the Indian into
lEss live. To them all Mrs. Bedford talked
i n Of the Great Spirit who was alike the
"a .1osr a the red man and the white man.
slrsa simple passages Of scripture to
%, RIA when they turned their steps
M tSwf1 Mollie told her that she loved
=; fsa Spirit, and would pray to go to
4. t#leh she died.
ittls lndians and the white woman parted.
RH,1ea of tears told the Indians grief, but
i9l Folled freely down Mrs. Bedford's
&c, = q they pointed heavenward, and
ava said:
to b 5lsheila, bobisheila ~
Iridgfs passed on, but Mrs. Bedford never
~ eSs 70 ser friends of the old shop, and often
!, : 6 MIsa if they ever thought Of her.
Fars afterward she was called to re-
ppinsD NE home Of her childhood in Ala.
on 4. 10 visit the death.bed Of her mother.
T d!sa Aailh being delicate her husband de-
o T. make the trip By land, leaving all
,Arraa rem save the babe at school. Her
. Bossls to her health. While trav-
liSr q rough the nation they were
Ad' irtta in a dismsl dreadful swamp
Z s ElEIilles in length. The night was
tHo and rainy slowly they had
~ AZ tAaeir way over sloughs and bitches,
ll:S c0fduroy railroads and stumps, until
rinaP AZ night, when In the very centre Of
NJ ~ amp the carriage-wheel struck large
I MT made heavy bound, a lunge, and
West into the stiff mud up to the hub.
sohs was cold aud sick, and was scream
iri ;f he fullest powers Of its lungs; the
"a ~ y tired and cross, and between the
%; q her own sufEerings Mrs. Bedford
Iridss pletely worn out. Mr.. Bedford
as s,Fs knew what he should do, out in the
cold with sick wife and child.
topph sdd to the horrors Of the night the
5 5me ods resounded with the cry Of the
e a Is. Bedford's excited nerves mag
eel n nearer each moment. He could
! AZ al is hand before him-his horses
2, a III i and worn, and from the howl Of
iAgAFA and the cold rain were trembling
lspsus bd hages, and could not move
4 ~ .bh Ir. Bedford could only advance a
oN vivid lightning lit up the heavens
tant, but In this way he had Just
.S oS9sl 3 hands to the wheel as his wife
bows;
-. Bind, look yonder; there certainly
-. .,,... coming this way. Who can It be
,,,... KIT as this
...... indeed strange to see a human.
..... upon such a night, and, a. live,
...... nan. God knows am thsakfUl.
.-...'. n torchlight will help us ont cf
is'n far back Is It 70 your cabin, my
Depot aan?S
1TTE Alle, or most so.y
s Has. brought you out such q night as
BHao nted aix on her fingers. q
AAO ny yeatns sick far away; white
~ u W. me we'll tell me Of tho great
II. min Il w when ! haaf white people IN
A ". this swamp 4 always come. 1
. !. : AZ CRY; heart SO sorry, come.u
"A. sEd ong have you came 70 this dark
# help white people ~