Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-02-19

oSkeu m0flt L Ofu 1FOt wish To accom- .
pany him 80 the south side Of the War
lotto, on q hunt 2 i told him that !
would be pleased to do so, but I be-
iieved that I would prefer somewhat
to remain and Keep Miss Halle com-
pany. He readily agreed to any pro-
posaI to remain at home. and set oil
alone, Immediately aftef carly break
fast. In the afternoon about fo'clock, ;
1 took Miss Halfie's fishing rcd and
walked down to Red River FOR little
sport, Halle being too busy as she
said, to go withfine; having ho'luck
l returned tn the cottage q little be-
fore sunset; NJ ] stopped upon tho
threshold OF the passage that divide,i
the two small rooms, / overheard the
voice Of Red Foot in All angry and
excited manner, In answer to some
thing Halle had said previous to my
return. I,halted moment and dis
tinctly heard these words uttered by
Red Foot, "Paie Flower Red Foot
was happy in your smiles, before the
pale stranger, came like the double-
tongued wolf to steal your love from
me, the pale face stranger shall DIE
the death of . dog as Ne IA, and his
death shall be no common death Rt
that. When I do this the Great
Spirit will rejoice, you will smile
ngairi upon me, and Red Foot will
again be happy" As soon as I heard
these approbrious I, terms applied to
me, coupled with the declaration to
take my life, walked Into the room.
caught hole, OF Red Foot, and ejeeted
him with some violence from the
house, he made little or no resistance,
rcserving his anger no doubt like the
gathering storm, that its whitening,
blasting tliunderbolt might be the
more keenly felt when least expected;
he however before his departure, gave
me o c0ntennptuous scowl, aud said
I" Red Foot Will dance when the pale
fhce will weep" When he had ut
tered these Ominous words he strobe
sulkily towards his cabin. In about
twenty minutes Mr.. Weaver came
In, looking very pale, and very much
|agitated, and asked hurtdly what
had been said or what had been done
to Red Foot? Halle then asked
him by what means did he know that
anything had been said or done III
Red Foot? He stated that a. he was
returning from the hunt, Red Foot
passed in front of him, about thirty
yards of, and that he heard him dis
tinctly use these threatening words
=" Before another moon shall wax to
its worth, aud wane, to Its weak ness,
the pale face dog will cry and the
night hawk will boot In n1ockery OF
his misery, he shall die but vet live,
die slowly, but yet surely, die he
must, and die he SHALT Red Foot hal
spoken.p ] then detailed to Mr..
Weaver the Incident precisely as II
occurred his reply was, '"there Il
danger In the future."i The next
morning Ut breakfast, Mr.. Weaver
said in substance ~ follows:,o y,st
For the past eighteen months
have noticed an Increasing desire
upon the part Of Red Foot, to rob me
OF Halle. I Of course, could, under
no circumstances, give my willing
consent. Halle has always treated
him kindly, but never with 4 view Il
utilization, and / ann glad that 1t !,
brought to an issue at last, though
regret exceedingly lsaid he) tile cir
cumstances by which We are sur
rounded" i know continued III
''up6n whom we may rely, and that I.
s"White Owl" Cliiefdf the Choctaws.'
I did him favor about four mon ths
since, and he manifested so mucl
gratitude, that he told me, that II
ever neededa friend underany circnm
stances whatever, to come to him
and White Owl would not forget. , ?
| He further said, that it was 1ikel,
that the band OF Choctaws had al,
ready gone back 70 the foot of til,
! Wa Toto mountains, as White Ow
ha,i told him the last time that h,
saw him, that they would 60 soon, =
Mr.. Weaver, appeared Il, he deeply
impressed with our situation, an(
asked me II. / would not mount Jack
aud ride up TO the Choctaw camp
and ascertain whether they were stfl
I, there or not. fthey are there, tel
White Owl everything said he, ant
we will act In accordance with his al
vice, Immediately after, break fast
saddled JACK, and started on the trail
I This was ON Friday, May Stti, iI76O,
arrived at the Choctaw camp In safe
ty, and related every thing 70 Whit
Owl, as l had been instructed by Mr.
Weaver. White Owl when he ha.
Heard my story, hung his head n mo
ment, and said as II prophetioally, ,
The sun looks red, and the earth look
parched, see blood upon the grass
the Great Spirit Is angry" He thei
turned to me and said, "Tell IN,
white brotherato come. White )Owi
has not forgot" 'eiii'
1 Although this band was ready {.
4 take the trail homewards, they agree
TO wait until Mr.. Weaver could NOV
up for his protection, I intended b
return to Mr.. Viewers that evening
make the necessary arrangements
and return with Mr.. Weaver an
Halle to the Chootaw camp the mex
day. But There isa destiny tim
shapes our ends rough hew them hoy
b. 'u1d TO DC .oopiinued. led i,di w. is.-.