Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-09

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stunning toy figures representing human beings
who carried their weapons in holes bored through
| their arms and bodies, and bad feet shaped like
a pie, was filled with emotion. I knew that
now at last ] was going to come face to face with
the noble rec man. A lady clerk in q shop told
me, indeed, that all her grand array Of curiosi-
ties were made by the Indians, and that there
| were plenty about the falls, and that they were
friendly and it would not be dangerous to speak
to them. And sure enough, as approached the
| bridge leading over to Luna island, came upon
a nobld old son of the forest sitting under
tree, diligently at work on bead reticule. He
wore a slouch hat and brogans, and had short
olack pipe in his mouth. Thus does the baleful
contact with our effeminate civilization dilute
the picturesque pomp which is so natural to the
Indian when far removed from US in his native
haunts | addressed the relic as follows;
ais the Wawhoo- Wang Wang of the Wack-a-
| whack happy? Does the great Speckled Thun-
der sigh for the path, or is his heart conteu-
ted 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 papooses
of the pale face? Speak, sublime relic of by
gone grandeur-venerable ruin, speak P'
The relic said
"An' is it mesilf Dnnis Hooligan, that ye'd
be takin' for a bloody Injin, ye drawlin, Ian
tern jawed, spder-legged divil By the piper
that played before Moses, I'll ate ye !'
l went away from there.
BY and by, in the neighborhood of the Terra
pin tower, came upon gentle daughter of the
| aborigines, liz fringed and beaded buckskin moe
casins and leggins, seated on a bench with her
pretty about her. She had just carved
| ont wooden chief that had strong family
semblarce to clothes pin, and was now boring
hole through his abdomen to put his bow
through. I hesitated moment, and then ad-
dressed her:
ais the heart of the forest maiden heavy? Is
the Laughing Tadpole lonely? Does she mourn
over the distinguished council fires of her race
and the vanished glory of her ancestors? Or
does her sad spirit wander afar toward the
hunting ground whittier her brave Gobbler-of-
the-Lightning is gone? Why is my daughter
silent? Has she aught against the pale-faced
| stranger
| The maiden said
"Faix, an it is Biddy Malone ye dare to be
calm names Lave this, or III shy your lean
carcass over the catharact, ye sniveling blag-
yard ?"
adjourned from there also. "Confound
these Indians, i" said, "they told me they were
tame-but, if appearances should go for any
thing, should say they were on the war-path."
made one more attempt to fraternize with
them, and only one. came upon camp of
them gathered in the shade OF great tree, max
ing wampum and moccasins, and addressed them
Noble Red Men, Braves, Grand Sachems,
War Chiefs, Squaws and High-you Muck-a
Mucks, the pale-tace from the land of the setting
sun greets you You, Bene6cent Polecat-you,
Devourer -ofMountains-you, Roaring Thunder
gust you, Bully -wth-a- Glass Eye - the
pale-face from beyond the great waters greets
you all War and pestience have thinned your
ranks and destroyed your once proud nation.
Poker, and seven-up, and vain, modern ex
pense for soap, unknown to your glorious an
cestors, have depleted your purses. Appropri-
ating in your simplicity the property of Others
has gotten you into trouble. Misrepresenting
| facts, in your sinless innocence has damaged
your reputation with the soulless usurper.
Trading for forty-rod whisky to enable yol to
get drunk and happy, and tomahawk your fam-
lies, has played the everlasting mischief with
the picturesque pomp of your dress, and here
| you are, in the broad light of the Dineteenth
century, gotten up like the rag-tag and bobtail,
of the purlieus of New York For shame Re-
member your ancestors Recall their mighty
deeds Remember Uncas and Red Jacket and
Hole-in-the e-day and Horace Greeley Emulate
their achievements /! Unfurl yourselves under
my banner, noble savage, illustrions gutternipes
l--b
"Down wild him p
I" Scoop the blaggard l''
Hang him ~
"Burn him -
Dhrownd him r.
1t was the quickest operation that ever was.
simply saw a sudden fash in the air of clubs,
brickbats, fists, bead baskets, and moccasins-a
single flash, and they all appeared to hit me at
once, and no two of them in the same place. In
the next instant the whole tribe was upon me.
They tore all the clothes off me, they broke my
arms and legs, they gave me a thump that
dented the top of my head till it would hold cof-
fee like a saucer and to crown their disgrace
fri Isnnrc I'D oll .~.,, tha,
threw me over Horseshoe fall, and got wet
About ninety or hundred feet from the top,
the remains of my vest caught a projecting
rock and was almost drowned before I could
get loose. finally fell, and brought up in a
world of white foam at the foot of the fall
whose celled and bubbly masses lowered up sew
eral inches above my head. OF course got
into the eddy. sailed round and round it
forty-four times chasing a chip and gaining
upon leach round trip half a mile-reach-
ing for the same bush on the bank forty -four
times, and just exactly missing it by hairs
breath everytime. At last man walked down
| and sat down close to that bush, and put pipe
in his mouth and lit match, and followed me
with one eye and kept the other on the match
while he sheltered it in his hand from the wind
Presently puff of the wind blew it out. The
next time swept round he said:
"Got u match2 ~
"Yes in my other vest. Help me out please" d"
" Not for Joe.'
| When l came round again said
'Excuse the seemingly impertinent curiosity
of drowning man, but will you explain this
singular conduct of yours?"
"With pleasure. / am the Coroner. Don't
hurry on my account. can wait for you, but
Wish had q match"
said: "Take my place, and I'll 90 and get
you one.''
He declined. This lack Of confidence on his
that time forward I avoided him. 1t was my
idea, in case anything happened to me, to SC
time the occurrence as to throw my custom into
the hands of the opposition Coroner over on th'
American side. At last policeman came along
and arrested me for disturbing the peace b,
yelling at people on shore for help. The Judg'
6ned me, but had the advantage OF hiEa. NJ.
money was with my pantaloons, and my panta
; leops va With the Indiana
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