Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-01-29

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daughter, immagined they had all
that was necessary for earthly enjoy
ment. Bell and his wife had lost four
children in their Virginia home, but
these, their first born were spared
them. Their son, George Bell, liked
the life ola hunter and farmer very
much. he assisted his father in oil
his work. Mary Bell was the pride
Of the station. Every young hunter
who stopped ut the station was sure
to fall In love with her, she and her
brother had received . passable Eng
fish education, and to the minds of
these untutored frontiersmen, she was
something more than mortal. For
suitors she stood In no want, but AZ
yet Cupid had not wandered from the
fashionable halls of the east to shoot
the forest maiden. AS has been
said, two years passed on rapid wings,
when the red signs Of Indian warfare
began to show themselves. The viii
lagos on the Red and Cumberland,
began to give evidences fturbulency.
The whites endeavored to cultivate
friendly relations and to dissipate the
clouds that were gathering. But the
Indians were jealous and deter
mined upon q war, and when they
met the white hunters in the woods
they scowled flercly upon them, In
stead of being courteous at the sta
ton, they had become impudent, and
In asking for presents they had become
exhorbitant. They no longer wrestled,
leaped and ran with the young men |;
In fact, they almost ceased to visit the
block houses. Ono Indian who had
been more friendly with the whites
than the rest, and who seemed to like
the company Of the young hunters
better than that of his own braves,
who never tired Of hunting, trapping
or fishing with George Bell, still con-
tinued to visit the station. Tehathla,
or the Young Panther" was son
of the old chief, and was rapidly rise
ing In the estimation of his tribe
Who could hunt the bear or kill the
deer as dexterously as he? When
the panther had carried papoOse
from the village, who dared follow
him into the thick bottom land and
drive his knife to his heart but Teha-
thla? Already had his tribe gave
him the name of the Young Panther.
About twenty one years of age, tall,
straight, Symmetrical in every limb to
perfection, one was lost in admiration
of perfect manhood when they saw
him and If il waspossibIe for an In.
dian to possess beauty of features,
that Indian was Tehathla. One
morning in the early part Of August,
as Mary Bell was milking her fathers
cows, she was surprised to hear herself
addressed: -..t.s........
How is it, that Telinoga's heart
causes her tongue to sing like the
birds i'm the forest. when Tehathla's
Is so heavy?"
Because the bright sun makes
mine so light, and I am glad to see
Young Panther 80 early, but what is
1t that makes your heart feel heavy,
Tehathla?n' 81 yiH .Ia'raFf ya '9-rs
Tehathla's wigmam is empty
He has no squaw to keep the fires
bright In his heart; no one to sing
him welcome songs after he comes
from the hunt; no one to laugh away
the caro- that grows black In his
breast" @
Is there not many maidcns In
your tribe, whose eyes grow bright
and hearts leap with gladness when
Tehathla smiles ? why, II the Young
Panther has dark clouds in his breast,
does he not get one to drive them
away by their smiles
Tehathla's heart has gone out to
the White Fawn, and he has come to
carry her to his wlgwam, when she
can make his home sweet with the
dews of love. VIII she go?''
Mary Bell was astonished at this
recital of love, and more SO at the
request to become his wife. He had
been in the habit of calling her
Telinoga, or the White Fawn,"
but she had no idea Of his love. She
picked up her bucket and said:
Tehathla has mistaken me for an
indian maiden. / will not 60 with
him. There are maidens in your
tribe who love tho Young Panther
he should wed with them, and not
one Of the pale-faces."
She then hurried away. Tehathla
watched her as she left him, first
with looks of establishment, then
with rage. Recovering himself, be
muttered, "Back to the council fire. u
Turning upon his heel he was soon
crossing the forests to the Red River
which he waded, and hurried up the
Cumberland TO the valley that held
the village of part of the tribe,
The old chief had divided his tribe
into several parties, and had distri.
buted them upon the different creeks
and rivers, so that they might have
plenty territory IN which to fish and
hunt. Over each party he had placed
a warrior celebrated for prowess In
arms or hunting.
| As TehathIa came upon hill that
overlooked the village, he stopped
looked earnestly at the scene before
him, and muttered, "Tehathla Is nc
longer friend to the whites; no will