The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-03
HIAwATaA ECLIPsED.

JOHN COLE, the wild Indian warbler
of the Ksnawhs, hiss published a new
poem. 1t is worse than the others, and
that is saying good deal by way or a
passing criticism. 1t is about "WAHETA
and PoCAToLICo," who are supposed to De
the male and female membe respective
ly. of fra of liquor dealers
on the Ksnawhs some three hun
dred years ago. WAHETA, who is de-
scribed IN the poem as "a warrior
dashing and bold and who lived
somewhere "near the sea, got on aspree,
and hopping like flea, came his PoCA-
TALICo to see. There Is sublime poetic
imagery in the description of what PocA
did when she saw her drunken lover com
ing to see her in such fix. The poet de-
scribes the sylvan dame, who had been
standing "like bronze statue suddenly
changing her mind and taking her
plumed crest in her hand, began to
climb
"Up the tail grapevine swing,
And would there sit and sing,
Like the bright orlole on It's nest"
And the poet goes on to describe her
AS sitting on that bird nest,
With affectionate gaze
Till his iOrm she cOul Id trace,
A dark silhouette IN the SKY.
A silhouette" is supposed to have
been primitive Wheeling stogy in use
among the Indian smokers of that day.
WAHETA not liking the treatment his
girl gives him goes toward the setting
sun" and taking part in battle sends
back work that be is dead. The discOn-
late PoCA goes of in search OF her
lovers hunting ground, and is described
a. finding it on "tho wes.ermot in OF
the sun. He returns to surprise the griet
stricken maiden sud is grle'
stricken himself to find that be
mas been LETT. He takes pet
wolf and starts out in pursuit of her.
He follows her tracks toward the setting
sun until ne wears all the scent of the
VOLTS nose. Then leaving his useless
vulpin wnelp behind, he ventures his
luck following the track of buck until
tho deer's legs were worn of and couldn't
make any more tracks. He ut length
discovers hi8 lost love By shooting at an
old doe swimming in the water, misses
the deer and the arrow fails at the ieet
ot the forlorn maiden, who is sitting a.
the loot of q tree lsmenting her deplOra-
be condition.
The meeting of the lovers is described
in the following touching stanLa:
And the old legend said,
That she tainted quite dead
To meet uneXpect q ner brave,
Just as you unprepar'
Not receiving card,
Might do 10 meet one lIom the grave.
She is restored TO consciousness by his
holding paw paw to her nose. From
this TACT they agree 10 call ths stream the
paw Paw" when raven shrieks out
TX Kanawsw- -hah." Accepting the warn
ing as ominous they sccept the amend.
ment, AS described by the poe.:
.Since such strange name is heard
] ts-n,,, ha fea IN NTHI hind.
| Will call IL the great kanawaw-hAh,
| and I'll here offer thanks
/ That on lis wild banks,
| Discovertd d my lovely lost sQuaw-hsh.'
And that is the origin OF the Great
KsDaWha. The race of the Wahetahs
and Pocstalicos are gone, and new
whisky dealers now occupy their place.
But their memory will be as immortal as
the song OF the bard who tells in plain
tive tones the love deeds of the extinct
race, for he assures US in concluding
verse of his poem, that
! In the ring mound Of stones
/ You may still find their bones
With the rude urn, the paint cup and
hagon;
The elile and the scrub,
| With their feet TO the hub.
Stuck in like the spokes OF a wagon.
Murderer Convicted.
WATERFOWL, n. Y, November a.
| Van Uapd dyoLa hoe haap f0und cuiltv NJ