The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-10-05
Love Tale of spotsed Tail.

Love is all potent The civilized and the bar
ba-Ocs, the weak and the strong the chieftain
and the mesnest subject Of bis clan, alike recog-
uize rs sway. Spotted Tail the direct descend
ant OF long line Of illustrious chieftains Of the
warlike Sioux. and whose name lie familiar 10 the
people Of the entire country in connection with
his recent visit with party Of his warriors to
Washington and other Eastern cities, is a very
good case 10 point Many years ago when Spot
ted Tai was young man and dashing warrior,
whose PRIDE was his horse and whose glory was
tie long string Of CORY seaps which dangled from
his saddle-bow. be met and loved dusky daugh-
ter Of the tribe, about whose resplendent beauty
We bear even TO this day, from frontiersnen.
who saw her ere age had robbed her Of the won
drous charms which made her noted in her youth.
and which did not even wholly forsake her in
her Old age
The union between the young chief and the
Indian maiden, seems TO have been character
lied BY all The fervent love Of which we read SO
mach N story. bat 80 seldom see exemplifed in
real lie; and especially was their mutual attach
neni IN strong contrast to that usually existing
between the red man and squaw During all the
changing fortunes Of his tribe, through prosperity
and adversely. in war aud in peace, in youth and
IN old age. Spotted Tail chung to his first and
eny love, with an intensity Of affection which ex-
cited the admiration and respect of friend and
foe alike Until about q year since "Wawon-
aissia, the name by which the chieftain's con-
sort was known throughout the tribe, was insep-
arabic from her liege lord, always accompanying
him on the war-path as well as on his more
pesceiui hunting expeditions But early in the
spring Of last year, she who had never known
What 1t wHs TO have days sickness was attacked
with rheumatism, which soon assumed go aggra-
waited form, as to render her entirely helpless.
and from the effects Of which she finally died
Probably the fell disease which iettered the free
limbs, chafed and fretted the active nature which
could not brook confinement, and FASTENED her
death
At the time Spotted Tall left for the East she
was quite feeble but her condition excited no
particular alarm, though it required q good deal
Of persuasion to induce the chief to make the
trp without her, be insisting upon her accom-
panying him. bed-riddeu as she was During his
absence she became worse, and a messenger was
dispatched to this city who at once called on
Col. Sullivan, and had that officer send dis
patch TO Capt. Poole, who was in charge of the
Indian delegation apprising the chief of the low
condition Of his beloved Wawonaissa," and urg-
ing his immediate return. The dispatch reached
Spotted Tail at Chicago, and he lost no time in
Fastening home. Two days before he reached
Milestone agency, the headquarters of his tribe
she died and was buried. He Immediately had
her remains disinterred, and our informant says
It was painful sight to see the profound and
bitter grief which took possession Of the chief as
be looked upon the dead face of her be had loved
so truly and well.
Over the usually stoical features of the stern
warrior great tears cOursed like torrent, while
bis broad breast shook and heaved with great
agony. He caught the inanimate form in his
brawny arms, calling her by all the endearing
names with which be had been wont to awake
the lovelight in her dark eyes in days agone
while he rained hot passionate kisses upon the
dusky marble of her dear, dead face. At the
time the gentleman from whom we derive our
information left Milestone, Spotted Tail was
giving expression to his people. All the presents
and trinkets Of every sort which be had received
while on his Eastern journey he buried, affirming
that they we're bad medicine" and in some way
responsible for the death Of his wife Many of
these presents were of great value, yet we under
stand that he reserved not a vestIge of any gift
made him while absent on the journey.
He has also discarded all his feathers. orna-
ments and clothing Of every sort, except the
breecbclout, aud subjects himself to all sorts of
personal discomfort aud humiliation He has
smeared his body with grease and filth of one
sort and another, and lacerated his person with
knives, sharp sticks, &c, until he is frrghtfu
sight TO behold Anon he will stand with his
arms folded across his chest, gazing at the SUI
for two hours at time, while not muscle of
his body moves an atom then be will clasp his
hands before him, and with eyes bent on the
ground. be will commence a mournful chant
which he viii keep up for another hour or two
this is followed BY throwing himself upon the
ground, where be will roll and tumble about in
a perfect paroxysm of rage until he becomes
completely exhausted when he falls asleep, only
TO repeat the routine of his mourning upon his
awakening. Since his return home be has not
washed himself once, and as the dirt in which he
rolls readily adheres TO the grease with which his
body is smeared, it can be readily imagined what
q filthy condition be is in.
Thus mourns this untutored savage for the
loved and lost, and rude uncouth and even ri
dicuous as are his expressions of grief, they are
none the less sincere and heartfelt and therefore
entitled to our respect, if not our approval
Cincinnati Times.
QUESTION OF PROMPT PAYMENT" Fidelis,"
Of East Boston, writes to the Boston Herald on a