The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-09

Aaron About contributes interesting
sketches from the Plains to the Phlla-
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ueiphm a's Ans y Que Of them
. Another instance Of the attachment
ofa maid Oftlie forest to a white man
ls worthy OffelatiOn In this conncc
ton. An officer had a very fine horse
OF wliiclla . petty Crow chief took .
! fancy. The Crow offered the office
twice the value of the animal, but, lav
!, Ing use for bun, the officer. would moi
sell. Asa klst resort, the Indian said
MY sister Y tlse most beautiful girl oI
her tribe, and J will give you her and
one hundred beaver skins (el50l fol
your horse The officer, struck with
tiic noyeitX0 M the 0fteE and fearlne
tlie lHlllan you'd steal lib horsc If lie
llu llot seil accepted. The girl
was with 2 d.stant poitlolDf thetribe,
afsh tlae eilaettst ozlce set out to filld her.
lnsMp weeks ne MtsFned, acconipa-
hledby q taii, well-0nned young wo-
man, whom ne introduced to the Off
Ger as his sister. TIE horse was deliv-
erc6 ana the chief bid the girl remain
with her proper owner, but by special
arrangement she vas allowed to d.
part wiff:lier Dr0fher, the officer say
ing lie w0nld call FOR her by and by.
He no doubt thought he had done o
meritorlons act and gEltificd the girl,
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Addressing the officer she saidI ''For
MANY days have waited for Yen, but
you have not come for me. Accord
ing to the laws Of our tribe I am your
wife, but | have no husband. My
brother tells me the white man has
laws of his own, and that when you are
pleased you will send for me I; but the
young women in the village say
you think i am deformed or no longer
maid., ''See, = she said, suddenly re-
moving her rObe and drawing It about
her lOins, ''they lied / ami not de-
formed, and my brother and my whole
tribe can testify that am a maid"
The sight that greeted bis eyes was
not modest one, but the child Of the
forest seemed all unconscious of her
shame. As she stood there her beauty
glowing in the rays of the setting sun,
he thought he had never seen u more
perfect picture of female l0veliness.
Herbosom hcaying with excitement,
her eyes shining like diamonds, the
mock pearls around her neck and bead
bands on her wrists and rounded arms.
made her seem a savage Venus, as with
bliishing etfiOntry she exposed her vo-
ltlptuoIs figure to the eyes Of man.
Poor child of nature! !! She knows no
harm, and driven to madness by the
taunts of her companions who told her
her future husband believed her de
formed, took this extraordinary meth II
III of convincing him that she was a
perfect woman. Quickly throwing her 4
ODE around her shoulders, she darted .
nto the woods, and a moment after /,
wards he saw her black tresses gleam-
ng among the trees rs she llastened to
he village. Perhaps she expected her
husband to follow herand claim her as {
lis bride, as Is often done among the
ndlans, who have to catdl their wives 4
fter marriage but, If so, she was
oomed to disappointment, for he gal
Oped back to the fort deeply perplexed /
{ the trouble be had got binIself into.
In few days the chief called on the I
flicer to learn his intentions toward h
is sister. The chief said his strange .
ondllct had brought disgrace upon the n
ihOle family, and he urged the officer ! !
, claim his bride or give some salts i i
,ctory explanation ofhis DELAY In : !,
latter so Important. The officer said 4 4
was against tile rules of the army for 4
,ldicrs to have Indian wives, and he :.
,lld not think Of making 90 fine a Z,
irl q corcnbine, The latter mart Of =
le arg,nIe.lt did not particularly i'm
lcss fllc Young chief and he insisted
non delivering the giFl to her prOper e
vner, saying the officer could do as .
) pleased with her afterwards. Even q
4 divorced wife she could have some Y
,nor IN her tribe, but In her present a.
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