The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-05-08

white man, and invite him to come forth
and taste the fire-water, and smoke the
pipe Of peace with the Pawnee Then, il
he come not forth when the Charming Ser
| pent takes him by the hand and bids him,
| the Pawnee shall smoke him out like fox,
and his blazing habitation shall make
| night pale; and there shall be no resting
| place for his foot; and children and squaws
| shall whip him into the forest, and set dogs
upon his trail; and he shall be hunted
from hill to hill, from river to river, from
prairie to prairie, from forest to forest, till
like the frightened deer, he rushes painting
into the great lakes, and the waters rise
over him, and cover him from the Paw.
nee's scorn.'
This was received with reclamation.
Mr.. Pinkney played the Indian so well
that he drew me one of the closest to him
in the charmed circle that surrounded him
His eye flashed, his lips quivered with fiery
ardor, though but in mimic scene. He
would have made rgeat actor l was SC
lost in admiration of him that placed my.
SELF beside him without knowing it, He
saw the effect he had produced upon me
and was evidently gratifiea. Taking me-
by the hand, he said:-
Warriors and braves, give unto me the
brand, that the Charming Serpent may
light the steps of the boy to the hiding
place Of the pale.iace. He shall listen to
the eloquence of the Charming Serpent
when he takes the white man by the hand
he shall learn to move alike the heart OF
the palc-face and the red man.
Brothers the Charming Serpent to-
night said he, handing me the candle, and
placing himself in an oratorical attitude
while every man lifted his candle so that it
shone full upon him-'Brothers the Charm
in Serpent tonight could speak unto the
four winds that are now bowling in the
desolate Pawnee paths of the Wilderness
and make them sink into q low moan, and
sigh themselves into silence, were he to
tell them of the many of his tribe who are
now lying mangled, unburied and cold, be-
meath the shadow Of the Rocky Mountain
victims of the white mans treacherous
cruelty.
Brothers o! that the Great Spirit
would give the Charming Serpent his voice
of thunder then would he stand upon the
highest peak fthe Alleghanies, with fork
ed lightning in his red right hand, and
tell listening and heart-struck world the
wrongs of his race. And when all of every
tribe of every people had come crouching
in the Valleys and had filled up the gorges
of the hills, then would the Charming Ser
pent hurl vengence on the oppressor. But
come said he, taking the candle in one
hand and myself in the other, the Pawnee
talks like squaw. The Charming Serpent
will speak with the pale-face, and lead
him forth from his wigwam to the great
Council-ire.
Accordingly the Charming Serpent, hold
ing me by the hand, led me up the stairs
His steps were steady. 1t was evident that
his libations had excited his brain, and in.
stead of weakening gave him strength.
What's your name said he to me kind.
ly.
William Russell, Sir
DO you know me, my little fellow 2
Yes, sir, you're Mr.. Pinkncy, the great
lawyer
'Ah, ha they call me the great lawyer
what else do they sayI'
That you're the greatest orator in the
country | replied, for what l had drank
made me bold, too.
They dol know they do, my little fel
low-I believe, in fact, that could have
stood up in the Areopagus of old, in favor
ofhumau rights, and faced the best of them
Yes, sir, too could have Illuminated over
Greece. But we are not Grecians now-wt
arc Pawnees.'
Stop, stop, Mr.. Pawnee,' called out some
one from the crowd Short was to go, he
is the tallest man.
The tallest man! re-echoed Pinkney
speaking in his natural tone. The Judge
sir, has already decided that by just leg
construction Short is short, no matter how
long he is, and if he claims to be long, sir
can Just inform him that Lord Bacon says
that tall men are like tall houses, the up
per story is the worst furnished.'' Her,
every eye was turned on Short, and there
was shout Of laughter
If continued Pinkuey, and it was evi
dent his potations were doing their work
-'if it be true, will just say to you, sir
DR.. Watts was very small man, and ht
said, and repeat it, of all small men
Had the height to reach the pole
Or mcte the ocean with my span,
would be measured by my soul
| The minds the standard of the man.
There, gentlemen of the jury, if that b'
true, opinc that the tallest man in thu
crowd is addressing you. But | forget
am Pawnec.
Brothers the tall grass is swept by til,
fire, while the flint endureth the flames c
the stake. The lofticst trees of the fores
snap like reed in the whirlwind, and til,
bird that builds there leaves her eggs un
Matched. The highest peak of the noun
tain is always the bleakcst and barest il
the valley are the sweet waters and pleas
ant places. Gentlemen said he, speaking
in his proper person, for he began to for
get his PRESERVATION, why do We value til,
gem
ASK why God made the gem so small,
And why so huge the granite?
Because he meant mankind should set
The higher value on it,
That's Burns, an illustrious name, gen
tlemen. When / was minister abroad,
stood beside the peasant-poet's grave, ant
thanked God that he had given me til,
faculties to appreciate him Suppose tina
he had been born in this land of ours, sirs
all we who think ourselves lights in Law
and craftsmanship would have seen on
stars paled -paled, sirs, as the prairie grow
dim when the eye of the Great Spirit look
forth from its eastern gates-ba that's Os
sian, and not Pawnce- upon it in its fierce
ness.
Thou the bright eye of the universe,
That opencst over all, and unto all
Art delight-thou shinest not onm my soul
That's Byron-I knew him well-hand
some fellow. Thou shnest not on m
soul'-no, but thou shinest on the prairie
The usher!-Dogberry-let's have Dog
berry = called out several of the students.
'Ha y exclaimed Pinknoy, 'Dogberry
He's Goldsmith's village teacher, tina
caused the wonder
That one small head could carry all he knew
Dogberry l-Dogberry but that sound
Shakespearian. Reading and writin,
come by nature Those certainly are no
his sentiments, I mean the defendants