Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-11-16
The Noble Red Man.
BY MARK TWAIN.

The nob,e red man has always been
darling of mine. love TO read about
him in tales and legends and romances.
love to read of his inspired sagacity;
and his love of the wild free life of noun
tain and forest and his grand truthful
ness, his hatred of trcachery, and his
general nobility of character; and his
metaphorical manner Of speech, and his
chlyai4~'s ltve for his dusky maidcn' '"'
tne p1cturerr- rVnP VI MS uresS ana Ac-
coutrement. When | found the shops at
Niagara Fall. full of dainty Indian bead
work, and stdhnihg itoctasiEs, and equal
ly stunning toy figures representing hu-
man beings, who carried their weapons
in holes bored through their arms and
bodies, and had feet shaped like pie,
was filled with emotion. | knew that now
at last, | was going to como face to face
with the noble Red Man. A lady clerk
in shop told me, that all her grand ar
ray of curiosities were made by the In
dians, and that there we're plenty about
the falls, and that they were friendly,
and that it would not be dangerous to
speak to them, And sure enough as
approached the bridge leading ovor to
Lena Island, l came upon noble old
Son of the Forest, sitting under tree d.
lgently at work on bead reticule. He
wore sorched hat and brogans, and
had a short black pipe in his mouth.
Thus Goes the baneful contact with our
e6eminate civilization dilute the picture
sque pomp which is so ratural to the In
dian when far removed from US in his na-
tive haunts. addressed the relic as fol-
flows:
"1s the Wawhoo- Wang Of the
Wsck-a-Whack happy? Does the great
Speckled Thuader sigh for the war path,
or is his heart contented with dreaming
of his dusky maiden, the Pride Of the
Forest? Does the mighty sachem yearn
to drink the blood of his enemies, or is he
satisfied to make bead reticules for the
r--11saoe 30 grandeur--venerable ruin, speak !"
The relic said:
"An' is it meself, Dennis Hooligan,
that ye'd be takin' for blcolly Injun,
ye drawliu', antern-jawed, spider-legged
divil BY the piper that played before
Moses, I'll ate ye!"
| went away from there.
By-and-bye, in the neighborhood of
Terrapin Tower, came upon a gentle
daughter of the aboriglnees, in fringed
and beaded buckskin mocassins and leg
gins, seated on bench with her pretty
wares about her. She had just carved a
wooden chief that had q strong resembl-
ance to clothespin, and was now bor-
ing hole through his abdomen to put
his bow through. hssitated moment,
and then addressed her.
els the Laughing-Tadpole lonely ?
Is the heart of the forest maiden heavy
Does she mourn over extinguished coun-
ell fires of her race and the vanquished
glory of her ancestors? Or does her sad
81 irit wander far towards the huhting.
grounds whittier her brave Gobbler-of-the
Lightnings is gone? Why is my daughter
silent2 Has sh. aught against the pale
face stranger ?"
The maiden said:
"Faix, an is Biddy Malone ye dare
to be oaIlin' names Lave this, or III
shy your lean carcass over the eatharact
ye shiveling blagyard"
/ adjourned from there also.
"Confound these Indians" said
"they told me they were tame, but if ap
pearsnces should 90 for anything,
should say they we're all On the wa
paths"
made one more attempt to fratHrnlz
with them, and only one. came upo
: a camp of them gathered in the shade
a great tree, making wampum and moe
;, casins, and addressed them in the langr
age Of friendship
"Noble Red Men, Braves, Gran
;. Sachems, War Chiefs, S9uaws, and Higl
q you-Muck-a-M -Mucks, the pale-iace fro
u u the land Of the setting sun greets you
;, i You, Benefccnt Polecat-you, Devour'
= of Mountains--you, Roaring Thunde
'' gust-you, Bully-boy with-a-Glass-E,
. the pale-face from beyond the gre
waters greets you MI War and pestllen
:. have thisaed our ranks and destroy
e your oucc proud nation. Poker and Sc
en-up, and vain modern expense
seap, unknown to your glorious ancestor
have depleted your purses Appropri'
: ing in your simplicity the property
4 others has gotten you into trouble. M
al, representing facts, in your sinless in'
,ly cence, has damaged your reputation "
,rs the soullcss usurper. Trading for 4O-r
whiskey, to enable you to get drunk a