The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-12
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A Trip Through "Capteen. +"

and which is denied all Others. Euro
pcan travellers grow enthusiastic over III
Vale of the Arno, the Valley Of tn
Rhine, and the Alps OF Switzerland,
while tourists in our own country speeaA
in terms OF glowing admiration OF Ma
CARA Falls, the Hudson River, Lons
Branch and the plains and mountains oil
the Great West. This is Us it should DC,
Nature should have her admirers, ana
enthusiastic hearts should have q chance
To give expression to their fHIlness But
in all their journCyings, tourists ana
travellers seem to have neglected one To-
cality which IS not barren in attraction,
nor tame in scenery. Or, il they have
visited it, the impressions they received
have filled them too full for utterance,
and they have been mute with regard to
il, To this, however, there is one honor
able exception. One voice has spoken,
and one pen has graphically described
this second edition Of the Valley Rasse-
los, We refer 10 "JaspGr" He writes
with quill pluCked from the tail OF the
American Eagle" and his "ink'horn has
came down Gin a horn from revolution
airy sircs." Seated on rock overhang-
ing the sparkling stream beneath, he has
caught inspiration from the scene; wrote
il out in complete rhetorical perfection,
and published it in the papers Hence,
the outside world has heard something of
the famous "CaptGen," where spelling"
and singing schools" debating clubs
and ''c0asIing parties gree to such per
fiction, andRwere INDUCED in by all the
CdpTmers, little and big, great and small,
Having heard so many wonderful sto-
ries OF that famed locality, we were natu,
rally DESTROYS OF visiting it, We did so,
and the following is 6rigf Of what we
there saw and heard, i
We have always been curious about
names. We can't help it, but such is the
fact, Hence we were curious to know the
origin of the name Cdptind, or Ms more
generally pronounced, Cdpt6ea. We look
ed in Webster and Worcester, and found
ii not. Nor vast in the Gazetteer, or last
years almanac Finally, we turned to a
genuine CdpteGaGr, himself and from him
drew the following Information on the
point in question:
"Pleasc, sir, where do you hail FROM"
"Capteen," and he turned his Cud over
with his tongue
And where is Capteen, plcasc?'
"Golly, stranger, thought everybody
kuolrM whar Capteen is?'
"WGll, well, never mind, tell me, if you
can, how the place came to be admed as
it isY
"Why the folks call It Caplcen, you
mCanY
ayes, that is what mean"
"Wcll, now, stranger, ! reckon you
don't live IN these ere parts. Any tool |
might know all about Captecn."
Gan you tell me how the name came to
be ApplicdY
"Wcll, stranger, I'm just the Teller that
can't tell you anything about it, never
studied geography, but here's Dad, he
knows
Thcworthy sire OF so noble u son now
stepped forward and politely informed us
that m MdidH qudW, whom the pale
faces called "Captna," once lived in that
locality lie further stated that Gap
tina once fed some lost whites, on HON.
my and bear meat, and they in return for
her kindness, gratefully gave her as much |
"iirc.watCr" as she could drink, from the
,nHni"l hv "ii In honor ~ iGis Indian
nail M Ni"co iho volIov onJ crock
w"rc coiicd "Gon,ino - ond That the "sct,
,Ierso "hLroviaicI ihc worI into "Cnn.
tGCn'
irrnrm"r, az o,,,jil ,,;vo mc ~, =" chow ~.
%"cc" nnd vii Irternn nj thc gregory I
SiI sb" "" Wv, Wv" ~ H. rSry on"i yh"rn yho
Indian gol ia hurird II ia icsl IN there
iorn"ns7 Jonoo, o,iII house" We rcsnrct.
miIv IccIinnI Tho generous nronosiii6n
Ton,cnm Cro"k risca in iLd so,,hwcs,crr
mar, IF p"lmomt COUNT Ohjo and winds
its wNv n tho Ohio river whioh il enters
nj povLotNn-nno,hcr Indian name nv
tLo wov Tho VALLEY nrihc sIreom ia mr..
ro v W." tIo ajiolning biI,a nrn hi,h nnd
r,"goi ami Ia "God n"0,i" ,,h" S,o" "I IN
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marry ioJios viii, a rnSoia" ,or nn,,,cn
md ~ ,comnlcIe disrc"opG f., w. ,G G" tram,
nss of fsshIan disnrnscd with shoes on.
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