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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

The city now has fine water works
but cannot utilize them because IL
hose will not couple to the hydrants.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

The work of laying the water pipes
will be finished this week.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

1t i'now thought by railroaders here
that the lion and the lamb, i. e. the
Union Pacific and Colorado Central,
and the Denver Pacific will lie down
together. In other words Mr.. Keller
expects. to act as agent for the three
railroads, in the same buildings.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

When you desire something really
elegant in the shape of a chandelier or
lamp of any kind, call and select from
the large. new stock of these articles
just received by
o21-tf CONVERSE & WARREN.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

The greatest reduction of the season,
in the price OF clothing at Polack's,
next to postofice. o1Stf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

The oyster supper given in Bon's
new building last night by the ladies' of
the NJ. L. church was a grand success.
The room was crowded the entire even
ing, and a very pleasant time was had
hy all.
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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER "a, 1877.
Rates of Advertising

Rates of Advertising
No Advertisement frserted for tess nor my
cents.
ments 10 cents per line, Nonpariel, each In
seftion ; Q insertions eight cents per line; 20
insertions, s cents per limo.
Local Notices, per line, bourgeois, each in
sertion, 10 cents per line 81 insertions 5 cents
per line.
WEEKLY LRADxR, all transient advertise
ments Is cents per line. frst insertion ; one
per line; one year s cents per line.
C~h~venne. Jan. lst, 1s76.
THE LEADER PRINTING COMPANY.
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wanted at Monkeys Oyster Bay, at Se
and 81 per week. o7-1m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

Hot coffee, Lunch and Oysters at all
hours at the Eureka House. s25-1m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24
SFirst and only

@First and only
EJSteam Printing House
e3rIn Wyoming
All kinds of Book and Job Printing
promptly executed. Call on or address
LEADER PRINTING Co.,
dawtf Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Lodging at Eureka House, Csc. s25-1m
500 Boarders

Boiled dinners 25c ut Eureka House.
s25-lm
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

Thirty narrow-guage coal cars, manu-
featured by the Litchfield (lllinois)
company, will greet the completion of
the Colorado Central to Longmont,
ready for shipment to ''the mountain
diyision.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

Underwear at prices that will insure
their sale, for cash only, at
o1e-tf PoLACK's.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

1t is with pleasure that Converse Il
Warren announce to the people of this
section Of country the arrival of their
immense fall stock of carpetings, cur
tains, shades, oil-cloths, mattings, etc.
o21-dtf CONVERSE s. WARREN.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24

Hay and wood for sale in any guam
tity. See "Van," at Whipple & Hays.
ol7-30t
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q A n. II. STAGE LINE.

ARRIVE AT DEPART FROM
Cheyenne. - 1000 a. IN. Cheyenne 2.o0p. m.
Deadwood- - 500 r. m. Deadwood .. 130a. m.
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Notice.

WANTED-A good laundress. Apply
Immediately at Dyer's hotel. o17-tf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-24
Now ct mince pie.

Have you had an attack of the cpl
zootic yetP
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DENVER PACIFIC RAILWAY.

Arrive TROH soCTH. pEfART sOuTH.
Passenger ....l&5o p. m. Passenger. t.o5 p. m.
Railroad time Is thirty-ive minutes faster
than rity TINA
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TIME TABLE.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
ARRIVE FROM EAST. DEPART WEST.
Passenger-....l:9 p. IN. Passenger. ..- l:i0p. m.
Mixed.-.--...s:0 p. m Mixed....-..3 :t5 y. m.
Freight -....-..6:i5 a. m Freight----T:Oo n. m
ARRIvB FROM WEST. DEPART EAST.
Passenger ---3=@ p. m. Pnssenger--Je4o p. m.
Mixed-....-asi0 p. m. Mixed-----s.50 p m
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

Nous avons d enregistrer le
deces dune bien brave ct digne
personne. Nine Angelina Lam
dry, veuve Richard Gauthreaux,
est morte samedi, Is courant, a
Page de 53 ans. C'est une perte
pour la communaute, on ellie 6tait
IN exemple d'honneur ct de ver-
tn, ct une bien plus grande perte
encore pour sa famille qui Sins
pratt de ses bons conseils ct de
sa noble conduite. Un nombre i'm
mense de parents ct d'amis
Accompaniment, dimanche der
nier, les restes de cette regrettee
personne a sa derniere demeure.
prions sa falnille d'agr6er
nos compliments de condol6ance
pour la perte irreparable qu'elle
Went d'eprouver.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

quelque peu brIyamment exige
nne augmentation de salaire. lis
ont meme menace. Reponse leur
a etc faite que lie moment de mo-
differ leur contrat n'6tait pas OPP
portun. ct qu'ils 6taient libres.
Mais ills sont revenus le lende-
main faire leurs excuses, ct
probable est que le g6rant de
rhabitation Burnside leur a per-
mis- de reprendre leur travail
LOaisiGRGis.
La paroisse Est-Baton- Rouge
a envoye au Nord, cette aimee,
environ 1000 barils de pommes
de terre.
Les 6diteurs de la Louisiana
ne peuyent pas s'accorder sur
lendroit on lis yeulent tenir leur
convention. Les uns la veulent a
Baton Rouge ct les autres a la
Nouvelle- Orleans lie 8 de noyem-
bre proclaim.
-Linterdiction qui pesait sur
l'6glise du Bruly Landing, dams
la paroisse Quest Baton Rouge, a
etc leyee par Mgr Perch6. De
grandes rejouissances ont eu lieu
dams la loealite a la reouverture
de cette 6glise.
LIE Bulletin de Marksville dit
quill a etc assesse, cette aimee,
dams la paroisse Avoyelles, I00,.
900 cochons. Les habitants de
cette paroisse n'auront pas a
acheter leurs salaisons dams
pOuest pann6e prochaine.
lie jury de police de la Poin.
Ite-Coupee, atm d'empecher le vol
de la graine de cotton qui Sc pra'
ltiqne, para7t-il, snr une waste
echelle dams les regions cotton
lnieres, Went d'imposer une licen
ise de $500 sur tous les mar
lchands qui trafiquent sur eette
merchandise ct une amende de
$400 sera infigee a ceux Qui ache
| tent de la graine sans license
lC'est ce qu'on peut appeler cou
lper le NAL a sa racine.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20
Fats Divers.

Quatre individus du Colorado
en- sen allant d la pGche a IN lac
yoisin decouvrirent en- route une
mine dor qni va bient6t les rem
DIRE pIusieurs fois millionnaires.
III Y a quelques jours le due
d'Aumale, en- presence de la gar
nison de Chaumont, en- delivrant
rordre dc Grand Officer de la
Legion d'honneur au general
Jeanningros, a dit: "Soldats, il
y a quarante-deux ans lie caporal
Jeanningros, qui CONNIE vous
portait lie sac ct lie monsquet, re-
|cevait sa premiere blessnre. II y
"a trente-quatre ans je donnais au
lieutenant Jeannlngros, qu'on
|surnommait lie Bayard des z0ua-
yes, la croix de chevalier della l6-
|gion d'honneur. Aujourd'hui. je
|donne au general Jeanningros,
six fois bless6 sur lie champ de
|bataille, petoile de grand off,
|cier. Get ordre ma jamais d6core
|un c9ur plus vaillant.r1Jean.
|ningr0s 6tait colonel de la legion
|etrangere dams pexp6dition du
Mexique.
"A une conference bien re-
|cente lie fameux chef indien Sit
ting Bull dit quill ne voulait plus
I;svoir de transactions avec les Of
fciers americains; qa'ils 6taient
tous d'infames mentenrs ct de
mauvaise fol.
Small, le membre du Congress
lde la Caroline du Sud, homme
de couleur, est bien pres d'entrer
au penitencier de son Etat pour
un terme d'environ cinq ans.
Les mineurs de la Pennsyl-
vanie, du Michigan ct du Wis
consin ontform6 uneorganisation
Isecrete sous IL nom. de "Iron
! Hearts, Les membres pretent le
lserment d'obeir aux ortires de
rassociation au peril de lenr vie,
de defendre les int6r6ts de Forga.
lnisation, de ne jamais reyeler
lIeurs secrets ct de seconrir leurs
Ifreres, membres de lassociation.
Onl croft que le President
nommera le general Harlan, tlu
Kentucky, juge de la Cour Sa.
Epreme des Etats- Unis en- rempIa.
cement du senatenr David Davis,
Idemisslonnaire.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20
Depuis lundi dernier la pluie

Depuis lundi dernier la pluie
ma presque pas cesse de tomber
jusqn'a hier matin, ct ayec celia,
le vent Sc maintenant an sud-est
la temperature etait chaude. Ce
temps est tres prejudiciable a la
came, qui, au lieu de murir,
prend une nouvelle seve. Aussi
les habitants qui pensaient COM
mencer bient6t a rouler Sc trou-
vent dams la n6eessit6 de recuIer
ce travail de plusieurs jours.
La pluie a egalement beaucoup
avari6 le fourrage les lanes de
feves surtout ont beaucoup souf-
fert.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

Les elections en- France ont et6l
fayorables aux republicans. NAL
gre la preston morale, exercee
avec une rigueur sans precedent
par le cabinet de MacMahon, lis
ont triomphe des parts monar-
chistes allies ct COMPETENT sur enx
une majorit9 de cent-trente qua
ire voix. Sur 524 arrondisse-
ments, 317 ont elu des repnbli-
Gains, ct 199 des conservateurs.
Une seconde election aura lieu
dams "a ACCOMPLISHMENTS on au-
Gun des candidats ma obtenu la
majorite absolue. La minorit6 de
la Chambre sera compos6e de SO
bonapartistes, 45 MacMahonis
tes, IA legitimistes ct IA oriea-
nistes.
LIE Cabinet pense prendre la
revanche de cette defaite f6lec-
ton des membres des eonseils
g6neraux, qui aura lieu le 4 no
yembre proclaim. Les eonseillers
g6n6raux, on le salt, elisent les
s6nateurS concurrament avec les
conseillers acknowledgements ct
les d6l6gn6s des municipalities.
Or, CONNIE le terme dun tiers des
membres du s6nat expire vers lie
commencement de Fannee 1879,
les nominations nouvelles seront
faites par les conseillers generaux
elus aux prochaines elections.
Conseryer un s6nat r6actionnaire,
pour tenir la chambre en- 6chec,
est la derniere blanche de salut
dies monarchistes. Aussi vont-ils
faire des Efforts desesper6s pour
triompher a cette election. Mais
les repnblicains font bonnie gar
de, ct, encourages par leurs der.
niers succes, ills yoteront pour les
leurs, malgre La preston gouver.
nementale ct en- depit des inauen.
ces locales sur lesQuelles compte
Ie ministere.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20
No. 10.
TAKE NOTICE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ASSUMPTION.

Parlsh OF Assumption.
By virtue of the power vested in
me by law as President of the Police
Jury of the parish of Assumption,
/ shall proceed to lease for one year,
by public auction at the Court
House, at Napoleonville, on
Saturday, November 8, 1877,
between the hours of 10 A. NJ. and
2 P. NJ, the following ferries, be-
longing to the parish !:
/. At the Baptist Church.
2. At Paincourtville.
8. At Parochial Church.
4. At Napoleonville.
S. At Chevrelteyille.
6. At Labadieville.
2. At Grand Bayou.
8. At Bayou Corne.
8. At Bayou Pierre Part, opposite
Louis Comeaux.
10. At Pierre Part Bay.
Terms:
One fourth CASH, or parish
warrants approved by w. B. Ratliff,
ex-p president of the Police Jury, or
the undersigned. For the balance,
notes to be executed by the pur-
chasers with security to the satisfac-
ton of the President of the Police
Jury, payable as above, on the first
days of February, May and August.
Conditions:
The purchaser of any ferry shall
not have the right of changing the
location of the same without per-
mission of the Police Jury, under q
penalty of one hundred dollars for
each offense, recoverable before any
court of competent jurisdiction.
He shall also be required to cross
all children attending schools, free
of charge, going and coming; pro-
Ivided, that on Sundays and school
holidays no pupil shall have the
right to cross such ferries on terms
differing from those of ordinary
passengers.
VIM. w. PUGH.
President Police Jury.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

La Cour de District siegeant a
Franklin a trouv6 un homme de
couleur conpabIe de meurtre.
Dams peu de temps lie sheriff de
la paroisse Ste Marie aura la
p6nible tache de pr6sider a la
pendaison de ce malheureux.
-Samedi dernier dams la mutt,
une fataie ct malheureuse affaire
cut lieu a un bal donn6 a la resi-
|dence de III. Alcide M6lancon,
dams notre paroisses. Une al
tercation s'6leva entire M. M6lan-
con ct NJ. Jules j. Broussard, a
Ia suite de laquelle ce dernier
recut un coup de pistolet, la bal
lie p6netrant au cote droit de
|Fabdomen Broussard a succom-
be lie jour suivant. Melancon
pretend quill a agit a corps de-
fendant ct s'est constitute prison
nier. Sur rafidavit de l'Avocat
de District, accusant Melancon
d'homicide, il dut fournir caution
pour comparative a la Cour. Lon
dit que Bronssard a declare
|avant de meurir quill await eu
tort; priant que M6lancon ne soft
pas poursuivi.- Lafayette Ad
UertSser.
LIE Courier des Opelousas a
commence samedi derniel son
25me volume. Ce journal fut fon.
de en- 1862 par NM. Joel Ell. San
ldoz ct Andre Meynier. ii est ac
Ituellement public par les fills dun
des fondateurs, Leonce s. L. A.
Sandoz. LIE Courier a toujours
| lete IN fidele organe du parti de
Imocra tique.-Nous felicitons nos
confreres pour lie zele ct le talent
lqn'ils ont deploy6 dams la defen
SO de ces principles. ct nous leul
souhaitons success ct prosperite
lie M6rsdionaI d'Abbeville
rapporte que le dernier ouragar
a cause beaueoup de d6sastres
dams la partie sud de la paroisst
Vermillon. ii s'est noye une
iauantit6 considerable de chevauz
let de betes d corne. -. Lear
haute ayant chasse les chevreuils
|dans les endroits eleves, le.
lchasseurs en- ont tue en- quantits
-. La Cour de District a con
ldamne deux cabaretiers de la pa
Iroisse Vermillon d $500 on q
|heures d'emprisonnement pour
Iavoir vendu des liqueurs spiritn
leuses q des mineurs, contraire
|meDt q la loi adoptee par la der
Iniere legislature.
i Les travaiIleurs de phabita
ltion Burnside, paroisse Ascen
Ision, ont etc nal conseilIes, pa
rait-il. Lundi dernier, lis on
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

CaIiste Dupaty est arrive de
France mardi dernier. II nous
apprend que sa pauvre mere est
morte en- pleine mer, le 2 octobre,
dune attaque d'apoplexie. Pau
vre enfantl combien il lui a etc
penible de ssen revenir seul ;
combien il regrette de n'avoir pu
ramener meme le cercueil de sa
marei
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

acags, des hommes sans convic-
tion qui ont tant contribu6 a sa
RUNE, pourra So relever enfin ct
marcher a grands pas vers une
prosperite interrompue par quin-
ze annees de malheurs imm6rit6s,
ct dun despotisme honteux ct
degradant.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

Nous apprenons le deces de Nc.
Florentin Truxillo, IN honnete ct
digne habitant de notre paroisse.
II est mort lundi de la picote,
age d'environ So ans.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20
Les Mecontents.

On a beauconp reproche d
l'americain cette maxine qui, en-
efet, nest pas tres morale, .:'Fai-
tes de rargent, honn6tement, 81
vous pouyez; mais faites de Par
gent
Jusqu'a quel point cette maxi.
me est-elIe entree dams la vie
commerciale. aux Etats- Unis,
c'est ce quill nous importe peu de
constater. Mais nous pouvons
affimer qu'elle y a penetr6 bien
profondement dams les mGnrs
|politiques.
"Attrapez des places, honn6te-
ment, 81 yous pouyez; mais, a
tout prix ct par tous les moyens
possibles, attrapez des places. =
Telle est lidee qui domino dams
le monde, helas, trop nombreux
|des politicians.
Funeste tendance qua tEop fa-
yorisee, pendant une quinzaine
|d'ann6es, le parti republican,. II
|etait temps qu'un parti q Pesprit
plus moral ct plus 6leve nit IN
terme q Get etat de chooses. On en-
etait arrive aux Etats- Unis d ne
plus distinguer lie bien du NAL, lie
merite du demerite; tous les
moyens semblaient bons pour ar
river lis n'6taient plus frappes
|du m6pris public. On admettait
Ia peu pres en- principe que la po-
llitique ct la morale etaient deux
chooses parfaitement opposes,
parfaitement inconciliables.. C'e-
TAFT aux honn6tes gems a ne pas
Is'en meier; VOLTA tout.
Ce qni Sc passait aux Etats.
Unis, en- general, Sc manifestait
dams des proportions encore plus
linquietantes dams la Louisiana,
llivree depuis 81 longtemps aux
lintrigues ct aux malyersations
des carpet baggers,qui ne yoyaient
dans leurs fonctions qu'un moyen
1de battre monnaie ct encoura-
Igeaient autour d'eux Pabandon
|de tons les principles ct les pail
modes les plus ehont6es.
C'est dams ces circumstances
Iqu'a eu lieu la revolution morale,
Iinauguree par Wade Hampton,
.ldans la Caroline du Sud, ct par
/ Nichols, en- Louisiana. Revolu
ltion qui n'etait qu'une protes-
ltation contre les turpitudes du
lpasse, ct don't on ne ponvait at
.ltendre qu'une reaction contre lei
Imeurs deplorables d'alors.
/ Que devait faire nn homme
'lcomme Nichols, appel6 soudain /
Ilr6gen6rer son Etat 7 evidemment
.Irappeler le pays au respect, q Il
pratique des vrais principles, a l.
,lloyaute, a phonneur, q la fidelite
lImeme dams le malheur. N'est-s;'
lpas an sein de ladversit6 politi
-lque que le bon citoyen donne 81
lveritable mesure 2 Et a qui s.
llfier, dams une Guvre de regene
Iration morale, 81 ce nest q ceul
lqni, dams les temps les plus dif
sIficiles, ont do resister aux plu
slfortes tentations de Pambiti0n e
J de roster fideles d lenr drapeau
Nous ne craignons pas de Pa
sIvouer, il est des situations qui, s
> elles ne legitiment pas, 81 ellie
!, ,ln'excusent pas certaines fables
lses, leur fournissent au moins i
benefice de circumstances attenu
Iantes. II nest pas donne q ton
lie monde de porter vaillammen
ttdix, douze, Qninze ans, le poid
dun ostracisme immerit6 ayan
: sIpour compagne une cruelle mise
!. re. Linaction forcee, l'impatien
: ice, la colere que souleve en- YOU
sIl'obligation de courber la t1te dc
want des hommes que Pom sal
E Iinf6rieurs d soi-meme, ,moralemen
let intellectuellement, la lutte In
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

On travaille toujours a la bat
ture de Palo-Alto. Sans les
pluies de la semaine 10 travail
serait d peu pres termine.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20

Quatre individus du Colorado
en- sen allant d la pGche a un lac
yoisin decouvrirent en- route une
mine dor qni va bient6t les rem
Dire plusieurs fois millionnaires.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-10-20
LOUISIANA.

La Cour de District siegeant a
Franklin trouv6 un homme de
couleur conpabIe de meurtre.
Dams peu de temps lie sheriff de
la paroisse Ste Marie aura la
penible tache de pr6sider a la
pendaison de ce malheureux.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-18
street Car scene.

While half a dozen persons were
rolling along in a Michigan avenue
horSe-car a man leaned across the
aisle and said to another: "Excuse
me, but didn't a big bug crawl
down behind your collar" "Ooh!
Ouchw exclaimed the other, as he
leaped up and hauled off his coat.
He looked the garment all over, but
there was no bug to be seen. ''Per-
haps it crawled down under your
vest," suggested the man. Off came
the vest, and it was closely inspected
without making any discoveries.
The attentive stranger then made
the victim turn around two or three
times to see if the bug wasn't hid
den under the suspenders, and when
a thorough search had been made
the stranger sat down and said at
was probably a shadow fitting
across youl collar, but felt sure
it was a bug. You can put on your
coat and vest again" The more
the victim thought about it the
madder he got, but before he put
on his coat the other man left the
car and slid down Twelfth street as
if he had grease on his HEELS
Detroit Free Press.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-18

Thus for the brilliant Parisian.
Other less distinguished spectators
who attended the sale say that the
display in most respects was disap-
pointing. The salon, hung and
furnished in garnet satin and gold /;
the little salon, all in pale green
and white brocade, the bedroom
draped with black satin and velvet
and gold, with Valenciennes lace
trimmed curtains, offered no fea-
lures Of any note. The toilet set of
solid silver, marked with the own
er's monogram, was not sold. The
bedroom mirrors, framed in Dres-
den-china, and the chandelier to
correspond, were the only really
choice things in the sale. The
bible mentioned by Jules Cloretie
was-a splendid copy of the edition
illustrated by Dore. | am told that
Mile Cora was present herself at
the sale. She sat upon the stair
case, surrounded by danes and
damsels of her own class, and look
ed with an impassive eye at the dis.
persion of her goods and chattels.
And so disappears from the stage Of
Partisan life a marked and note
worthy figure of the immoral, ex-
trayagant and shameless epoch
known as the palmy days of the
second empire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-18
An Ancient romnnawk and scaIper

An ancient fOmnhaWk and Scnlper,
The West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter furnishes this interesting
reminiscence of by-gone days:
"Relics of the olden time have
always a strange interest for the
antiquary and for those Of a curious
temperament, though less learned.
We are one of the latter number,
even in trivial matters, if they are
Of the strange and uncommon char
acter. A few days ago, Augustin
LIE Blanc, Esq, brought to the
courthouse for exhibition the toma-
hawk and scalping-knife of a Hou-
mas warrior, an Indian tribe long
extinct, whose lends once lay in
what is now known as the New
River District, in the parish of As
cension. The tomahawk and knife
are in an excellent state of preser-
vation, and show remarkable skill
in their manufacture. The blade
the former implement is of brass,
handsomely engraved, but the edge
is Of iron, so closely welded that the
line Of demarkation is only seen by
the co'or of the metals. OF course
the top or butt end is fashioned
into the bowl of a pipe, while the
tube or stem runs through the han
die, which is composed of cedar.
lhe knife somewhat resembles the
Bowie of the present day, but with
longer and sharper point. 1t is
an ugly weapon without doubt, and
not at all calculated to inspire
soothing dreams when known to be
in the hands Of some one hunting
your scalp. These weapons once
belonged to the SieIlr lie Blanc de
Villeneuve, a French noble, great
grandfather Of our fellow-citizens,
Augustin and o. M. LIE Blanc,
themselves now grandfathers), who
emigrated to this country many
years ago, and settling near the
lands of the Houmas Indians, was
made a chief Of their tribe. With
these relics of the days gone by is a
water color portrait of de Vile.
neuve, in his dress of a chief, drawn
Lhy Miss Josephine Fayrot, of Baton
Rouge, a sister Of the venerable
Capt. Bouvicre Favrot, some years
since, which represents him as a
man of very tall stature and re-
markably i'll ll.favored, while the
dress is as fanciful as the most vivid
Indian taste could suggest. While
a chief of this tribe, de Villeneuve
established the feast of the Petit
Ble'-anglice Young Corn "a GER
emony which was observed faith
fully while there was a Houma left
to celebrate it. Years have passed
away and with them the HOumas,
and beyond relic here and there,
but little is left to guide the histo-
rian in his enumeration of the In
dian tribes that once claimed Lou
isiana as their first home and last
resting place.