, 1870-12-10

ing beep exhuraed ut Tow hour4 from th-
oil, pcI:ia,s OF which still adhered t. il, b~-
ipg or dirk rrna~ nSture iue1tcing to = dy
luau. Tho sutler ~as 1t once etruck With the
s,cNpes~ os tho sLeom.n, snc. .biuk,oy, . r.
hsrt. the "urtatasoa sArsSo" did MI tullv
realize the value Of tho lump. tol him thn
it was ksw ween ne-h1u," and tn13e = mo-
'i~p "a though be wauia c4se IL a~ay asa
worthless piece OF dirt. lpquring c.selessl,.
- here did YOU fl d thA' p
Dut tic wiley sou OF tho forest seamtd 10
understand limeeif much better than the
suite thought he did, for he clutchad 1t the
precious chupk, a'd exclaimed: "uow! me
hig linn DO fool, il Cbemosomonethint SO:
plel y shoonedh Eere; me know where 70 get
2, I'M ton: Ihe storelaepef ~ .t , ooss esss s;s
tactics, and endeavored 10 petsusde Miz-co-
hs-na-sa 10 allow Kim where tile specimen
@As found, but Ill 10 DO purpo.s; The sem
md upt1t cling nature Of the Indian could
not be Affected by Dean's pfrsuasive powers,
who at orce saw th,t he had injured Tho old
mans feelings By the way he tsetted his ean-
tidence in The start. Had he In tho flrst
place, treated the nAtter ses1ousIy, no doubt
the Chief woutd have told hun iii. and sha1ed
his secret with him.
For eome time after THE. It uss obaerTed
that the old chief wore tHnkets made 4ppsr-
emily frcm rough Ie1d orc esrssked in tbs samo
manner IN which The suecimen first exhibited
was Many Of the Indian boys. gsandsona Of
the Chief, WIRE also eetn with rlcall piecen
Of ORC inganioue1r fitted into tna hnAns Of
their arsoNr, and inlaiJ into the bows and
auivers> All attempts, however. to ai-cover
@hc1c it waa picked 10 proved ab,rt.ve.
Trips were made Into the country border
irg on tbs bay, in order to a.c-r:A n, it posa1-
ble, the exist enca al 1ead. and sl'hough in one
Instance near the head waters OF tho T:tea-
bAw2tsee River sc1isaEs s2ecimcn Of pure
J native copper ore was found, no other id i -lea-
finn Cf fnnt11 discovered. Salt licES
ahoun,led in tho vicinity OF most Of tho
streams, and occasional signs Of coal
we're sfen cropping out from the river
| bAnkr, but our adventurern found nothing
/ to reward them for the,t trouble aud research.
| The cunning old Chief well understood why
] tbete trips were na1o. and with knowing
| 1eer and i ehsnG Of tho shon1det. ETunted out:
"HoN. Chemokomon, smart man-olg ln1un
| fool. Euexe not"
Tue p..sed on and old Mez-co-be-na-ss,
full at yelrn and hunorS, entered the happy
limiting grounds OF the Great Spirit without
! revealing to any pale fsce the spot cootaialng
the rilver.s,reaked Ieaden treasure. Abou ten
years after the death Of the old chief fisher
man pamed Smith vas engaged in his avoeA-
,ion near the mouth Ct the river, uhen 10
disns. He A9aited shelt coming. and, Atter
1aIdipg tley inte ermed him shAt they wefo n.
! most starved, not having hid anything 70 eat
| for four days. Tho fisherman divided lid
Larl-t.ck with them. in return for which they
gare him lump Of pure EsienA, or ieau o.e.
where they obtained it. they caat elv Giance,s
1t caell other. then looked cautioralv around,
when ono Of then, eaid, - You good Chemoko-
uon, gre hungry nacEec something to eat.
We 10 tell you, hut We 70 and bring sou lots,
come back pau man." which means pretty
coon. 1ha1 ssme night S1E. Smith, whllc en.
gsscd IN setting his nets out in tho bay, waa
caught in : eqna,l and drowned He had i'm
pared to 1 companion the circumstances, at
tending lis receiving the lunp- This man
thinking to profit By the information hoveret
about the SPOT for dAy or two, and WAS re
wa1ded by seeing tue canoe aprroaching. coa
tain,ng the Indians. Drawing their boat o.
when the man in question stepped ont an
confronted them. Surpecting treAcherv. tht
|. Jumped into their canoe and pushed OF. moi
however. befoie he caught glimpse Of Wis
.. appeared to be shining ore. He never a.,
them again- ...
: | 1ittIc hump-bscked Indian who boEo tbs nAu'
| Of kinG Richard among the Whites. His otht
n.me We never knew. He used tre7uentiy
| Ne seop will ore similar to that describe
above. and was often heard to say that \
knew where plenty s.jes like 1t grew, nj
more'n six miles frcm Saginaw" From TIN
;. 10 time Ho have b*en shown specinet
!. found amore our Inl,ans which cettain1y 70
to prove that We have rouething underlyis
). | rs bt side salt. Yesterday gentleman a.
= ho vas informed that ia1se chunk
;. galrua, intcIlarded with puts silver, y
- picktd up. = few dAvs einca, ABOUT four mil
= from the Saginaw River, in CAVITY caused
>. locality. hut 1t present does not aAem inclin
y u TO eay much atout it. It is quite likely ae
y ten,ls to purchase tho land in the viciai
= Who EI6wHs