The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13
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80 THE MYSTERY OF
1.-The Hills Around Hickman ;"
EXPLAINED
ALE ABOUT THE PEOPLE "wHo ONCE
IN THE DISTANT LONG AGO LIVED,
LOVED, SUFFERED AND WENT
TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

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BY A TRAVELLER OLDER THAN THL
80 -f WANDERING JEW.
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/ am old-how old, I nor other man
knoweth not How long had lived be-
fore saw the foot prints of the Wandering
Jew, near sBherings' Strait, the same spo-
of in the first chapter of Eugene Sue
history of that strange individual, | have
no mode of ascertaining And why
have escaped that mortality to which the
huRIani ss Subjected, siRce time began ,sis
to ME alike inexplicable Not like my
brother, the Jew, have / sought death
on the battle field, in, tie plague city,
in the confagrationi of Rome, nor on the
treacherous depths Of old ocean. Ny
life has not been entirely pleasant so far,
yet | have no reason to particularly com
plain of its vicissitudes.
had travelled pretty much over Asia.
left the Himmalaya mountains taking
Jerusalem and Jericho in my route Titus
had just then made his great conquest.
and the doomed city wore lwo -begone
aspect, aud the Abrahams, Isaacs and
Jacobs, and the Sarahs, Deborahs, and
Lydias, were ia lamentation over their
sad fate. Ileft the sorrowing city, ours
ing the mother of empires, and passed
on to Jericho place where, from some
cause or other, every one who does not
yield compliance to the behest of some
other individual is sent to or beyond
[ found it not to be so bad place after
all. Tbs inhabitants were kindly dis
posed, and indeed the place was not that
Botany Bay Que might infer. Crossing
the Red Sea in one of the canoes that
was left by Pharaoh when he went after
that good old Moses, made my way
to Egypt. ] gave superficial visit TO
karnak. the Luxor, the temple of Isis.
the Pyramids-but not liking that land
of darkness, | wound my way on an ex-
ploration of the interior of Africa.
reached the SUBMITS of the mountains
of he Moon, and looI2ng beyond, beheld
deep valley, in W-ich were moving
- - seven giant Nubians, each with
ffhlien following at his heels.
esg the appearance of thugs gen
ae Dad particularly the Nubians aud
.ary 25c changed my course, and bore for
zs.,e retreat of Dido, which place reach
cd o. beautiful sunny evening; and as
was their custom, the nobility = the col
ony, were sauutering along the pebbly
shores of the. Mediterranean NV ap-
s'ias...i sis.s..i ttFsgs-i the attentionz the
gery interesting Account Of her escape
rom her brother-in- law with all the
of her murdered husband, which
hcS said she applied to the use of her col
aud the building of the great city.
nNss very pretty, and gracious-she
- extraneous airs of regal dig
g chatty and asked me many
ds Ia where / came from and
sights L had seen. 1 replied as well
lssthe nature"f my eomplaisancy, would
allow, and Up by begging the
boon to rer night In her domin.
ons and spec ssage to Europe. /
found myself on opean ground at
place, afterwards called New Carthage, 4
where l met Hercules with his big club,
making his way Westward. 1t was the
rip that he discovered the mouth of the
YEA bySwhich he was wandering, and
,amed that giant rock, now known as
the pillars of Hercules. Her
Jules was rather vain fellow, Dragged
of his exploits particu-
arly his battle with that enormous "old
SOW" His figure was commanding. but
rad very low brow-very much like
'ur Heuans and Sayers of pugilistic
anne, and the scullion billiard players
# to-day. fs.@
: Europe was familiar to me, and knew.
Is Western portion was filed with bar.
'arians, and having notion that thg
North must have attractions for a travel |
er, struck out, only stopping few
lours at Seguntum, place which |
modern historians, have made famous, as /
~ its destruction began what is. called |
he Punic War, which ended only in The /
otal annihilation of Carthage. From I
hence l struck bee-iine to the land of /
ce and snow. As | was passing along
3herings' Strait, the foot prints men
ioned at the commencement of this vera /
ious article, were noticed. / attempted /
o follow them, but heavy snow storm /
ct in, aud they were soon lost to sight. I
According to my reckoning fonndered |
bout the north pole for seven months I
md when | found myself, l was in the |
and of the. Esquimaux.. was not pre-
possessed with the Esquimaux. They I
ire very diminntive people, and feed on /
jeals, bears, aud other polar animals |
When their sum aier, as they called it, set
n, 1 departed Southwark The Esqui-
naux teld = me that, a tradition existed /
'mong them thata long way South there /
we're nations of peoples, and they had \
40 doubt Of its truth.
l. met with many difficulties on EY
way; but knew that should overcome /
hem, for their was a charm about me |
hat deied all danger. After travelling /
many days over fields of ice and snow. /
the same route afterwards followed by |
Sir chm Franklin until he friz,) came /
o a milder climate. Trees1 and shrubs /
ippeared, and wild animals of the doInesl /
ic kind of other lands were to be seen /
about, Still no peoples /
onward l went for many weeks, passing
Trough country of beauty unparal-
eled. One day just as had reached
he south bank Of large river, dis
overed, at no great distance from me,
noving things that l took to be of the
aman form. They wore scant robes of
be hides of animals which they had
illed with their rude implements of the
ant. They lad, as I afterwards learn
a, observed me sfgne time before 1 did
hcm. There veal five of the party, and