Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-10-22
The Red Mans Love.

Love is all potent. The civilized and
the barbarous, the weak and the strong,
the thieitain and the meanest subject OF
his clan alike recognize its sway. Spot
ted Tail, the direct descendant of a long
line OF ilustrious chieitai of the war.
like Sioux, and whose name is familiar TO
the people of the entire country in con-
ntctlon with his rccent visit with party
OF his warriors to Washington and other
eastern cities, is a very good case i'll point.
Many years ago, when Spotted TMl was
young and dashlny warrior, whose pIidr
Was his horse, aud whnse glory WIS the
string OF CORY scalps which dangl, d
from Ills saddle bow, he met and loved a
du>ky daughter of his tribe, about whose
resplendtnt beauty we hear even TO this
day from tronticrsmen wilp saw her ere
age had robbed her Of the woLdrous
charms which made her noted IN her
youth, aud which did not wholly torsake
her III her old aye. The union between
/ I've young chief and the Indian maldcn
SeCnS To have been characterized by all
the trrvenJ love of which we read So
much III story, but So seldom see eXemp-
iItrd III lie, and especially Was their mu-
lual attachment III strong contrast to
mat usually existing between the red
man aud the squaw. During all the
changing fortunes OF the l:I6e, through
prosperity and adversely, in war and III
peace, in youth aud IN old age, Spotted
lall ciung TO his fist and only love with
an intensity pt affection which excited
he admiration aud respect OF iriend aud
loe alike. Unlil about year since
"Wamonaissa," he name by which the
eli e taiu's consorJ was known through
out The tribe, was inseparaOle from her
liege lord, always accompanying hm on
the ~arpath, as well as oil his more
peaceful hunting e4peditlaus, But,
early in the spring Of last year, she " ho
had never known what ii was TO have Il
days sickness, was attack ked with rheu
matism, which soon ASSUMED so aggrl, a.
ted il form AS To render her entirely
helpless, and from the effects OF when
She tiually died, Probably the iell dis
ease which tettered the free limbs chaird
aud iIelled the active nature which
could not brpok confinement, aud hasten
ed her death,
AT the time Spotted Tail left for the
East size was very feeble, bat her cCndl-
llon excited no particular alarm, though
it required Il good deal ni persuasion to
induce the Cmef TO make the TRIP with
nnL her, he lpsslrng upon her accom-
pauylng hlm, bedrdden rs she was.
During hls abScucr she became worse,
and II messenger was dispatched 10 THIS
ciy, who AT once called on Col. Sullivan
ana bad that officer send Il telegram TO
Captain PoQ, VINO was IN charge ot the
Indian delegation, appIislng the ChIei OF
the low condilior oi his beloved Wa
monaissa," and urging his immediate re-
turn. Tie dispatch reached Spotted
fall at Chicago, aud he lost no uine i'll
nastening home. Two days before he
reached MILESTONE Agency, the head
quarters of his tlib,, she died and WIS
oqrled, lie Immediately had lAe re-
mains dIsinierred, and opr inturmani
says it was IA painful sight 10 see the
profound and butter grlel WHICH took
possession Vt the Chiei as he looked
upon the dead face OF her he had loved
80 truly aud SO well, Over the usual
sLocal features of tle stern warrior
great tears coulseq like u torrept, Whllc
his broad chest shook aud hea,ed with
MS great agony. He caught the inani-
mate form IN his brawny arms, calling
her by all the endeariing uanIes with
hirh he had been wont ~ ava ke the
10y, hight in her dark eyes ~ days agone,
whllc he rained hot, passionate kisses
up III the dusky marble Of her dear, dead
t.,e. AT lhe time the gentleman from
whom we derive our information LETT
MILESTONE, Spotted Tail WIS giving eX-
p,ess Oh 10 his glief iH y panner peculiar
10 his people. All the presents aud
trlnk, Is ot every sort, which he received
white on hns Eastern journey, he buried,
atiirnring that they were bad medIcine,"
and III some way Iespunsihlc Tor Lbe
death 81 bis vile. Many OF the pres
euts were of great AalHe, YET we aider,
stand tha he reserved not II \estlge ol
ady gilt made hIm while absent On his
jolIrIry spoken OF. lIe has also DISCARD
ed all his fathers orn4menIs, and clolhcS
of every sort, except the breech-clout,
and subjects himself 10 all sorts o. per
suna discomfort and humiliation. HE
has smeared his body with grease and
filth Of on sort aud another, aud acerat'
e., his person iih kniyes, sharp sticks,
ctc,, pnlil he is trighllH sighl 10 behold.
Anon he will stand with his arms folded
across bis chest, gazing AT the sun for
two hours ~ q time, While not q muscle
Of his body moves then he will clasp
his arms before him, aud, with eyes bent
pn the ground, he will commence a
maprnfu chapt which he will keep up
Tor another hour or two; this is follow,
ed by throwing himself upon Ihe ground,
where he viii roll ana tumble about in
perfect paroxysm OF rage until be be-
comes completely exhausted, only to res
naat tho rnIntinn of hia rnnnrIinn nnnn