Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-11-18

now, but 10 seek Constellation In tn,
flowing bowl ] drew my fasl
from my pocket, bit It was all il
vain. A sign confronted me whicl
said: ..i
"No drinking allowed on these
premises 4 W
On that spot / might hare per
ished OF thirst, but for the saving
words of 40 honored maxim that
fitted thrbugh my memory at the
critical moment-z"All signs fail in
a dry time" Common law takes
precedence Of the statutes. / was
safed. ,--.t
THE AoBLE heb MAN. q
The noble Red Man has always
been a darling of mine, l love to
read about him in tales and legends
and romances. love TO read OF
his inspired sagacity; and HE love
Of the wild free life Of mountain
and forest; and his grand truthful
ness, his hatred Of tteachery, and
his eehetAl nobility Of character !;
Shd his stately, metaphorical man
ner of speech and bis thivalrdus
love for bis dusky maiden; and the
picturesque pomp Of his dress and
aGtoutrement. When | found the
sli6ps at Niagfa Falls full of dalnty
Indian beadwork, and stunning
moccasins, and equally stunning
10Y figures representing human be.
ings WHO carried their weapons in
holes hored through their arms, and
bodies; and had feet shaped like a
pie, l was filed with emotion. /
knew that now, at last | was going
to come face to face with the No
BILE Red Man. A lady clerk in
shop told me, indeed, that all her
grand array of tdfiosites We're
ihade by the 1ndians, and that there
were plenty about the Falls, and
that they we're friendly and it
would not be dangerous 10 speak
to them. And sure enough as l
appf6ached the bridge leadlhg
over to Luna Island, l came upon
a noble old Son of the Forest sit
ting under a tree, diligently at
work on a bead reticuler He wore
q slouch hat and brogans, ind had
q black short pipe in Ills HHotith.
Thus does the baBeful contact
with our effeminate civilization dil
lhte the pitturesqe pomp which
is SO iiatifal Ill the itidiai when
far removed from US in his native
'haunts, addressed the relic as
follows: t ..v
"Is the Wawhoo, W hang. Whang
Of the Whaok-a-Nhatk happy p
Does Il e great Specified Thunder
sigh for the war,path, or is his
heart contented with dreaming of
his dusky maideni the Pride of
the Forest2 Does the mighty
sacheih yeafii to drink the blood
of his enemies, or IL he satisfied
to make. bead retichles for the
pappOoses of the paleface =? Speak,
sublime relic Of BY. gone grand
eur=-venerable ruin, speakH ~
The relic said:
"An' Is it mesilf Dinnis Hooli-
gan, that ye'd be takin' fora a bloody
Iniin, We drawlin' lontern-jawed,
spider legged divill BY the piper
that played befofs Noses I'll ate
ye" a
/ went away from there.
Bye and bye, in the ngighbor-
hood of the Terrapih Tower, |
came upon a Daughter Of the alb
origines, in frihged and beaded
buckslsin moccasins and leggings,
seated on bench with her pretty
wares about her. She had just
carved out a wooden chief that
had 4 strong family resemblance
to a clothes-pin, and was now
boring hole through his abdo-
men to put his bow through. /
hesitated a m6ttientj and theh nd
dressed her: r
"1s the heart of the forest maid
Ell heavy? Is the Laughing Tad
pole lonely? Does she mourn
over the race and the vanquished
council fires of her race aid the
vanished glory of ancestors? Or
does her sad spirit watidcr afar to
ward the hunting grounds whittier
her brave Gobbler- of-the- Light
pings is gone? ? Why is MY hahgh-
ter Silent? Has she ought against
the pale face stranger?
The maiden said
"Faix, an is it Biddy Malone We
dare 10 be calm names Lave this
or In shy your lean carcass over
the catharacki ye sniveling black
gdard Z rt7traq g5 msqg aI
Q I adjourned from there, also,4=
"Confound these Indians," l said
"they told me they were tame-but
if appearances should go for any
thing, l should say they were all on
the war path."J y0,A@ M94a
| tiadE ore more attempt to fra
ternize WITH them, aftd only one,-
| came upon a camp Of them gatlt-
cred in the shade Of great tree,
making wampum and .moccasins,
and addressed them in tie language
of friendship:
''Noble Red Men, Braves, Grand
Sachems; War, Chiefs, Squaws ind
High -v6d- Mhek-a MdEks, the pale
face from the land of the setting
sun gteets you! You, Benefcent
Poletat-y0ti, Devoaret-of7 M6dh-
tains-yotI, Roaring -Thundergust
-yodi BGllyboye with a. -Glass-Eye
the pale face from beyond the
great waters greets you ali war |