The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

can oday relate more of startling and some
times comical adventure than this. These facts
give inspiration 70 the numerous association:
and meetings OF sold settlers" which have
lately become so popular. The past is tull Of
memories most delightful to contemplate at
distance, though the actual experiences
were such as none would desire TO repeat
Many of the newspapers of the stats have
awaited themselves OF the personal kno wi.
edge OF men now living to publish interest
ing "reminiscences Of the olden times dur
ing the past year. Among these, series
Just begun in the Rushville Republican and
written by ]. Arnold, promises unusual In
terest. In his frat paper Mr.. Arnold ex-
presses a tender and true patriotism and
home love, which in these migratory days
Of unrest are refreshing to find. Hear him
speak OF the old homestead:
] Allow me to observe that 1t is oyer fiffy-three
years since frs planted my foot on the soil OF
that farm, which has ever since been the homo
OF our family. and which am now proudly
happy 10 c. ii my owR, 1t is endeared to me by n
! thousand tender and pleasing associations CT
cnildhood, youth and mature age. There is not
spring and scarcely a tree or a shru;.
with which am not perfectly familiar, and I
can ldfu Ser drdje Inc IDEA OF thlS larm from
that OF my own personality. The thought Of
selling it-of alowinglt 10 pass into the uuap-
preciattve hands OF strangers is repulsive 10
every ieeling OF my heart and every instinct Of
my nature, and hope to live and die on il, sur
rounded BY the many mementos If the ire
vOcsble ears that have passed siuce first knew
and loved it.
Such sentiments do honor to the man, and
such men carry pure element into the
stream of social life. His we'll written &C
count of the retributive death of the great
Indian CHEF, Ben Davis, constitutes one Of
those passages in genuine history wherein
the truth SURPRISES fiction. It is an incident
worthy to be recorded and repeated, and SO
well told that nothing can be improved by
altering the following language:
In the year ls2O he had encamped on Blue
Creek. some thref miles from Rockville; he had
been lheTe perhaps a week, daily visiting the
in the widow Adams tavern, he was boasting OF
his bloody deeds, unmindul OF the angry
other things related how he, with his ban0,
had surpli sed a lonely settler in Ken
lucky. killing him with all his family,
except one boy, who happened TO be a
short distance from the cab in wien attack ed,
enemies and escaped. Now, in that crosTded
bar.rOOm, there was one intensely interested
listener, stern man, who heard rom The Ii d of
his familys sssaere; for he that n wing boy,
who had save his life by ieetness OF loot when
all his kindred fell. Without a word he left the
room The next day BEN Davis did not m axe
his appearance in b. O0kviile. but it excited little
remark, for he was cratic In his movements.
The second day some one passing his camp
found the old chief cold in death, with a bu let
hole in mis- forehead, and his p pc fallen by his
side. for he bad been s1ttiDg by his fTe smoking
when he had received HIS sudden message 10 |
visit the happy huRtiDg grounds of The lid ans /
spirit, for though he had escaped the whislllng |
shot and tTeEcbant steel in many battle, he /
nnal y fell vic i'm 10 private vengeancei Pab- |
lie opinion, while unanimf us as O the author /
OF the deed. recognized the terrible prOvOcation,
ana Justified the act the moro readily as maEy /
han lost Ilends by The hands Of the led man.
30 jud cisl inVestigali u " as ever had, and Mr.. /
Young still held q respectable standing in So
e1eiy.
Of such material surprising the extrsvagant
and brutal literature of frontier life on the
wild Bill" order, Indiana ia fun.- Her re-
citsls Of simple truth are thrilling with /
heslthful excitement, desert Ding scenes
whose characters still live and move among
Us. There are yet relies of tins pioneer
genera, ion remaining, some nearly or q lite
! century old who have a. little sympa-
ny for the efTeminaey of modern
society as had Daniel Boone. A large per
'ent. of the present legislature are born In
lianiaus, and her state officers, both retir-
ng and incoming, are DES little s1ec,ed
With the carPst-bag complaint. Much as
he state has been reviled in she past there
s none other today whose citizens are
,roudcr OF their nativity, or who
rave better reason to be proud.
The day Oh dlspsrsgsmOBt to Indiana
las passed among intelligent people every
vhere. But with all the valuable material
or record rich in pictures of artistic
roupirg and color, tho Rhetorical Society
5 not vigorous. Without sOms legislative
opp ort and encourag smeEt, probably it /
will not bs. The present legislature might
70 employed in worse b usiness than looking
fter the treasures Oi1 Hoosler antiquity:
indeed, there is an Of zen ftsld here tor the
'resDnt session to n,Sk its. work memora-
lie far down the futar, ages By doing what /
= little less than a duty of honor, in pre-
erving,s valuable hi story which is liable
o be last in oblivion.