Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-08-31
Au 0rigiual Sturg.
LOST AND FOUND; {;
THE WHITE FAWN OF THE FOREST.
BY MRS. HENRY DEAS.

BY MRS. HENRY DEAs.
CHAPTER XII.
Arthur's recovery was rapid, under the skill
full care and nursing lavished upon him by
his new friends His situation, indeed, had
never been at all critical though the accident
had been especially trying from the circum-
stances under which it occurred. Nothing was
needed but patience and good attendance to
bring him round again, and though not usual
" noted for the first, he found it easy to prac'
tise it now by reason of his enjoyment of the
second. OF course he did not defer giving
the clergyman's family apl account of the OBJ
iect with which he had left home and his ad-
ventures in trying to accomplish it-an at
tempt which had 80 far resulted only in fail
ure. Mr.. Carleton could not encourage him
in any hope of ultimate success. "The length
of time which has elapsed, and the entire ab-
sence of all traces of the event, are almost un'
surmountable barriers to your chances Of ma
king any discoveries" he said. II fear the
whole party to which your relatives belonged,
must have been irretrievably lost, Had there
been any survivors, tidings of their existence
would have reached their friends long ere
this .....
$50 am afraid" Arthur made answer to
this speech. 81 set out on my quest with very
high hopes-Heaven knows why, for had
no ground for them-but think now, with
you, that there is small chance of their ever
being realized. have travelled over hill and
down dale, have sought and inquired and ad.
vertised in every place, and have found no
one among the oldest inhabitants of the entire
territories of Arizona and Nevada, in one of
which the party was lost sight of, who could
give me the faintest clue for my guide, or even
remember anything at all of the occurrence"
"Were these emigrants positively known to
have come so far on their route as Arizona or
Nevada 7"
$50 lam told. They were traced after their
disappearance, by direct inquiry, to one of the
two territories. But every thing connected
with their disaster seems wonderfully confus-
ed and blotted out. 1t seems the strangest
thing in the world that they should just have
vanished, as if by magic, from the face of the
earth, and leave no sign to give hint, even.
of their fate ]"
ut is singular" unused the clergyman. IL
fear there is but one solution of the mys.
tery-they must all have been massacred by
Indians"
Chow horrible" !" said Arthur, shuddering
"But even in that case, would not some indi-
cation Of the fact have remained-their bones,
perhaps"
Not necessarily. Their bones might have
been buried, if their enemies had any object
in obliterating the deed; and their wagons
and stores we're no doubt taken as spoil. l
tell you, Indians are the craftiest race in the
world. They have ways of accomplishing
deeds of darkness thatit would defy you to dis
cover"
Il can't say am prepossessed in favor of
the noble savage judging from the speci'
mems have encountered in my travels" said
Arthur. "They seem to be the lowest, most
abandoned, repulsive set of beings imaginable
used to invest them in my Imagination with
sundry lofty and picturesque attributes, but
the reality casts all such notions to the
ground" .-..-
"Perhaps, however, you have seen only the
worst specimens" suggested the missionary.
"Now these Digger Indians are truly degra-
ded-little better in fact than the lowest Of
the brute creation; so are some of the Paw.
nees, of which there are numbers about here" :"
81 think our friend Joe is about the best of
then," said Arthur. 90 ....
ayes Joe is very good fellow, in his own
peculiar way"
HE was very kind to me, at all events"
"By the way, Millicent," said Mr.. Carleton,
turning to his wife, "did tell you that he
contemplated matrimony And he procee-
ded to give her an account of the conversation
he had held with the Indian upon that SUBJ
ject. They all joined in laugh over his re.
cital of Joe's eloquent arguments in his own
favor, and Arthur exclaimed
"Wby, passed through that reservation OF
the Crows, that they have just moved into,
the day before 1 met with my accident. saw
plenty of squaws and papooses around, but l
can't say was struck by the charms of any
of them"
"Joe assured me that his snamorato far
eclipsed all her companions in beauty and
grace" said the missionary; $50 perhaps she
was abroad, or engaged in nursing the old
chief upon whom she attends. We must
make allowance, however, for his IDEAS Of su-
nerlative beauty. They may not tally with
yours, by any means.
"yery likely not" said Arthur. l can see
m attraction in the swarthy skins, high cheek
hones coarse black hair and fattened pro6les
wb;cb seem to be the most prominent charac'
teristics of these Indian girls outward ap'
pearance."
"Probsbly we shall be able, before long, to
;udos for ourselves whether Joe's description
vas truthful one," rejoined Mr.. Carleton
"since be intends making this charming mai
den his wife at such an early period"
-.I shall scarcely have the opportunity,
cold Arthur, "for in few days time l must
take leave of you all and set my face home
ward" -. 49,.
There was general exclamation at this
announcement.
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