Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-16

her race, and the vanished glory OF her an
cestors? Or does her sad spirit wander afar
toward the hunting-grounds whittier her brave
Gobbler.o of.the-Lightnings is gone? Why is
my daughter silent? Has she aught against
the paleface stranger?"
The maiden said:
"Faix, an is it Biddy Malone ye dare to be
calin' names! Lave this, or I'll shy your
lean carcase over the catharact, ye snivelling
blagyard!"
| adjourned from there also. "Confound
these Indians" I said, "they told me they
were tame; but, if appearances should 60 for
any thing, should say they were all on the
war-path."
I made one more attempt to fraternize with
them, and only one. 1 came upon camp OF
them gathered in shade of great tree, ma
king wampum and moccasins, and addressed
them in the language Of friendship:
"Noble Red Men, Braves, Grand Sachems,
War-Chiefs, Squaws and High-you-Muck'a-
Mucks, the paleface from the land of the set
ting sun greets you You, Bene6cient Pole
cat-you, Devourer-of Mountains--you, Roar
ng.Thundergust--you, bully-boy- -with-a- glass
eye-the paleface from beyond the great wa
ters greets you all War and pestilence have
thinned your ranks and destroyed your once
proud nation. Poker and seven-up, and vain
modern expense for soap, unknown to your
glorious ancestors, have depleted your purses.
Appropriating, in your simplicity, the prop
erty Of others has gotten you into trouble.
disappearing facts, in your sinless inno-
cence, has damaged your reputation with the
soulless usurper. Trading for forty-rod whis-
ky to enable you to get drunk and happy and
tomahawk your families, has played the ever
lasting mischief with the picturesque pomp of
your dress, and here you are, in the broad
light of the nineteenth century, gotten up like
the rag.tag and bobtail of the purlieus of New
York For shame Remember your an
cestors Recall their mighty deeds Re.
member Uncas !--and Red Jacket--and
Hole-in. .the-Day - and Horace Greeley !!
Emulate their achievements Unfurl your
selves under my banner, noble savages, Illus
trious guttersnipes-
"Down wild him p
''Scoop the blagyard! p
"Hang him !'
"Drownd himw
It was the quickest operation that ever was.
[ simply saw sudden flash in the air of
clubs, brickbats, fists, bead-baskets and moe
casins-a single flash, and they all appeared
to hit me at once, and no two of them in the
same place. In the next instant the entire
tribe was upon me. They tore all the clothes
off me, they broke my arms and legs, they
gave me thump that dented the top of my
head till it would hold coffee like saucer;
and to crown their disgraceful' proceedings
and add insult to injury, they threw me over
the Horseshoe Fall, and got wet
About ninety-nine or hundred feet from
the top, the remains Of my vest caught on
projecting rock, and was almost drowned
before I could get loose. l finally fell, and
brought up in world of white foam at the
foot of the Fall, whose celled and bubbly
masses lowered up several inches above my
head. Of course [ got into the eddy. l
sailed round and round in it forty-four times,
chasing a chip, and gaining on teach round
trip a half mile-reaching for the same
bush on the bank forty-four times, and just
exactly missing it by hairs breadth every
time. At last man walked down and sat
down close to that bush, and put pipe in his
mouth, and lit match, and followed me with
one eye and kept the other on the match
while he sheltered it in his hands from the
wind Presently puff of wind blew it out.
The next time 1 swept round him he said:
"Got match p
"Yes-in my other vest. Help me out,
please"
"Not for Joe"
When came around again, I said:
Excuse the seemingly impertinent curIosl'
ty of drowning man, but will you explain
this singular conduct of yours%
"With pleasure. am the coroner. Don't
hurry on my account. [ can wait for you
But wish had a match"
said, "Take MY place, and I'll 60 and get
you one."
He declined This lack of confidence on
his part created GOODNESS between US, and
from that time forward [ avoided him. 1t
was my idea, in case any thing happened to
me, to so time the occurrence as to throw my
custom into the hands of the opposition coro-
ner over on the American side. At last a
policeman came along and arrested me for
disturbing the peace by yelling at people on
shore for help. The judge fined me, but
had the advantage of him. My money was
with my pantaloons, and my pantaloons were
with the Indians
Thus I escaped am now lying, in a
very critical condition. At least am lying,
any way-critical or not critical.
am hurt all over, but cannot tell the
full extent yet, because the doctor is not done
taking the inventory. He will make out my
manifest this evening However, thus tar
he thinks only six of my wounds are fatal. l
don't mind the others.
Upon regaining my right mind, said
ut is an awfully savage tribe of Indians
that do the bead work and moccasins for Nj
agara Falls, doctor. Where are they from?'
shall not be able to finish my remarks
about Niagara Falls until I get better.
Do You SUSPECT ANYBODY ?-The Har-
rodsburg People is responsible for the follow
ing anecdote:
"Our townsman, Captain Cardwell, tells the