Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-27
ECHOES FROM HAMPTON.
HAMPTON, VA, June 12, 1878.

pdSS0u bluCc We 1C1G Old AiGCHLClu, ACniiy e year ago. As you remember promised to let you know, now and then, how things were geing at Hampton, and my intentions were good but there are so many things to occupy the attention, that the time passes, unncticed almost. We have been here almost year, and yet it seems but yesterday that we were journeying down the winding Shepaug, with it's beautiful scenery; through New York, with its never ceasiRg hustle and turmoil; on the Atlantic, with its sea-sickness and mys- tery pun D; and finally arriving safely in the haven of Old Point Comfort. What with the busy hours and days attendant upon setting up in housekeeping, the excitement of moving in- to a strange house, and the sense of responsi- bility which one experiences under such cir cumstances, my promises to write and cores pond were alike forgotten, and can assure you that the Enquirer is not the only old friend that has been neglected.
 On our arrival here our attention was given entirely to moving across the Creek from the Institute, distance of about half a mile, and in getting ''fxed" The house that we moved into was neat cottage, situated within thirty yards of the sea-shore, with grand view of Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads and the Rip-Raps. We could sit in the porch and see the different steamers pass on their way to and from Norfolk; the bulky man-of-war standing, dark and forbidding, in the waters of Hamp- ton Roads in front of Fortress Monroe; nu- merous schooners lying at anchor; the fisher. mems canoes, rocked gently by the waves; and listen to the continuous signing of the dark and mysterious ocean, in fine weather and in rough weather, we could hear the breakers dash with tremendous fury on the shore, and see the ships, schooners, yawlsand boats, rock ing and plunging in the angry waters. The white beach was visible for miles, with here and there bluff, whose feet touched the wat CTS edge, presenting an aspect of bulwark against wind and tide--strong and impregna- ble. It was beautiful picture-the scenery from this ocean cottage-and memory will ever cherish it.
 But every rose has it's thorn; and the thorn in this rose was the mosquitoes and flies. Shut up the house as tight as you please, and they
 
 mosquitoes gallinppers, I believe they are called-we never saw before, and never wish to see again. The are capable of holding two large drops of blood each, and when a man is beset on every side by them, he must fight for dear life! Their battle-cry is terrible; and their watchword must be "victory or death '" for they cling to you with a determination worthy a better cause. The flies come in swarms, and cover the walls, ceiling and floors, till nothing is free from specks. Still we en- joyed our summer by the sea-shore, for there was large orchard and grape arbor with plen- ty of fruit, and we could go out on the beach and tread clans for pastime, recreation past description.
 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
 which you mentioned several months ago was started at this cottage, on the veranda owing to which fact we gave it the name of ''The Ocean Cottage Sunday School" It began with three little children, and now numbers seven- ty-nine, both old and young The books sent us by the Congregational Sunday School in Litchfield have done much towards increasing our school, and are read with pleasure and profit. We now hold the school in an arber, which we recently erected for that purpose, very cool and comfortable for the warm wealth CT. It is built of poles with bushes for roofing; the seats are unplaned boards nailed on legs; its rather rude in appearance, but answers all pur- poses and is the best we can do for the present. They send boat across the Creek fer us every Sabbath morning, now that we have moved to Printers Cottage" on the Institute grounds. showing that they appreciate the school which, with the loving favor of God, has proved blessing in the community in which it is es- tablished. The little hamlet where our school is established, is a suburb of Hampton, without a name, nearly three miles from that village by the road, and never had Sunday school before; the children, also many of the older people, rarely attended any religious service on Sunday; but they turn out regularly now, are orderly, and seem to enjoy it very much Re- ligious papers, of any kind, or good books, or Sunday. school cards, or tracts, for distribu- ted in such waste places as these are desira- ble, and would undoubtedly multiply the tal- ents contained in them (if sent here)as did the talents of the man who was gwen five where as, if they are allowed to lie slowed away in the garrets and closets of more favored places > they are like the man who had one talent and buried it where it did the owner no good nor anyone else.
 The next event of note is the arrival of
 THE INDIANS
  of which you have undoubtedly seen extended accounts. They came in the night season of April 18th, sixty-three strong, and succeeded in taking possession of two large recitation rooms in Academic Hall, which they held all day Sunday and Monday, when all but fifteen evacuated the premises, retreating to the Nor maj school wharf, and taking the steamer Hampton on their way to their homes and hunting grounds in the far west. The re- maining fifteen, according to the notice given of them in the programme of "Ye olde folkes concerto, ''have given up ye tomahawk for ye spelling boOke, and are no more to be fear ed" Their names arc Bears Heart, Howard Charlton, White Man, E.tah-del-uh, O-het- toint, Tsah-del-tah, or White Goose: Tich-ke- met-sa, or Squint Eyes; Big Nose, or Nick Pratt; Koba, or Wild Horse Cohoe, Match es, Su-cam, Soaring Eagle and Little Chief.
 They were captured in the Indian Territory, three years ago and taken to Florida, where for time they were kept in chains. But one by one they were released as they could be trusted, till finally all were allowed the free dom of the fort, and were drilled in the army tactics. They were offered at last their liber- ty with permission to return to their tribes which the older ones eagerly accepted; but the younger ones were given a choice, to remain East and be educated, or return to their tribes sixteen chese to be educated, and are now at Hampton.
 On the Sunday evening after their arrival the whole sixtv-three were seated m tbe rlot