The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-03-25

old chief pointed to branch ofsasa
| fras, and the maiden seated hersel
lin silence, for she knew the custom.
of the red man, and awaited her fate
For half an hour not a word wal
spoken.
| Suddenly, a savage, painted in {
! hideous manner, with an unstrung
bow and an empty quiver, sprans
from his seat, and, advancing to the
chief, left the sad mememtOes Of {
fallen brother at his feet; then, rails
ing a wild whoop, returned as sud
denly to his seat. A CLEAN Of hel
lish ferocity swept across the cOun-
tenance of the dusky warriors as
the exclamation 'Ughr burst from
their lips. Many a scalping knife
was barred, and the arrows ratified il
their quivers as the Indians sudden
Fly changed their positions.
The old chief now arose, and
stretching out his hand toward the
East, said:
Children of the Red Hurons! our
brothers bow is unstrung, and his
empty culver rests idly at the foot
Of the Council Tree. Where is our
brother? Let the pale-face answer.
Ny children! the summer sun
saw our brother 90 forth on the war
path with a strong hand and eagle
heart; the fash of the eye was like
lightning, and the twang of his bow
string was as the note of death; the
autumn sun saw our brother stifen-
ed in death, and his scalp dripping
with blood in the cabin of the pale
face.
My children! our brothers blood
cries for revenge! Let the pale mai
den die. The Great Spirit is above
us. Have I spoken well? 1 have
done
As he resumed his seat the whole
tribe, with the exception of Wauki-
no, uttered their "Ughw of assent,
and party arose to carry the seIten-
tence into effect, when Waukino,
who had preserved a melancholy
silence, raised his head from his
breast, and striding deity into the
space between the chieftain and the
tribe, stretched out his arm and said !:
Chief Of the Red Hurons and war
riors of the tribe! the pale maiden
shall not die! Is the Huron a dog?
Shall he be false to his word? Let
the Sunny Eye bring forth the war
plume.
The lovely girl arose, and while a
thousand wild and astonished eyes
were fixed upon her, she drew forth
from her hosom the eagles feather,
tipped with blood, and advancing to
the old chieftain, placed the symbol
Of trump in his hand. The chief
eyed it closely, and then handed it
to q warrior, who, after scanning it
in the same manner, passed it to his
neighbor, and thus it was passed and
scanned, until it had completed the
circle Of the tribe.
While the examination was going
ON, the maiden stood with her arms
folded upon her breast, and her eyes
bent calmly upon the ground. All
were. silent until the feather had been
returned to the chief, who then said;
'Pale-face, it is the Huron's war
plume"
Then arose from the immense
throng the lruf' "ughr' and all was
again silent.
The chief then turned to Wanlsi-
no, and said:
when the Eagle was weary and
cold, and ready to die, and the dove
gave him a shelter in her nest, and
the war plum became her reward.
Shall the eagle girl his vengeance
upon the innocent bird that shelter
ed him? Hurons! it must not be; the
maid shall not die. HaveI spoken
well? l have done"
A wild yell rung from the assem-
bled warriors. and the young chief
tain, with an air of pride and majes-
ly, led the beautiful pale-face from
the presence of the council, and
placed her in the charge of her for
mer Indian attendants.
Years rolled away, and the tide Of
white population rolled like foam
capped bilIow over the West, caus-
ing the wilderness to blossom like
the rose, and making the solitary
places glad
At the close Of a long summers
day, as a more adventurous emigrant
and his family had penetrated far be-
yond the frontier,and approached the
banks of the Ohio river, they be-
held, as the sun was setting in its
splendor behind the West
ern forests, a beautiful cottage, sur
rounded by shrubbery and fields,
under high state of cultivation, a
group of well dressed children play
ing upon the lawn, and man and
woman in usual costume Of settlers
in the woods, were sitting upon the
rude portico before the door, evi-
IDENTIFY witnessing with satisfaction
the sports Of their children.
As the emigrants drew near, the
husband and wife approached the
and welcomed the new
eomers to the cottage; but nothing
could exceed the astonishment of
the emigrants as they cast their eyes
over the cleared land around them,
and then rested them upon the in
mates of the cottage. They were
satisfied that the man was of Indian
but the wife and children
had blue eyes and light hair Of the
Saxon race, and the latter a little
brownish complexion, which might
have been the effects of the summer
sun. For some time they were left
in doubt. At last, when the morn
ing came, and the enicrants were
getting ready to depart, the kind
hosts, with their children on their
side, drew near to them, and taking
them to a beautiful arbor, formed
Of the vine Of the wild grape, sup
ported by sapplings, on the bank of
the broad Ohio. related in turn the
incidents; and when they
had reached the period where we left
them, the Y ifc drew from her bosom
an eagles feather tipped with blood,
and throwing herself upon her hus
bands neck, said:
My eountrymen, it is Waukino,