Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-22
Logan, the Mingo Chief.
THE CELEBRATED FAREWELL ADDRESS OF
THE OLD ABoRIGINE PARAPHRAsFp.

THE OLD ABoRIGINE PARAPHRAsFp.
Irurde,te's Hooking Valley letter.
The Indians used to raise deal oi
hair in this valley, didn't they" inquired
the sad passenger, but Just then the
brakeman called out Kingston"
This is one of the oldest counties In
Ohio" the fat passenger said. Ross
county is about two wears older than the
Ohio river, and Kingston is the best
town in the county. 1t supports expen-
sive lecture courses, and the rainiest,
darkest, muddiest night in the season If
fills the house. And the town and its
vicinity is rich in historical associations.
Onlv n mile and half away from Kings
ton stands the Logan elm, under which
the famous Indian warrior and crater
made the greatest effort OF his life 4"
Logan was Kingston man, was hep
asked the man on the wood-box.
He is the Senator from Kingston, u
asserted the fat passenger, ''and went in
for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
The tree stands On the farm of James t.
Boggs. II is 4 majestic elm, seventy
nine feet high. its spreading branches
measuring q circumference of one hun
dred and twenty feet the trunk has a
rirth of twenty feet. When | rise to ad-
dress the honorable Senate, said Logan,
L don't want to lean up against no sap
ling. Give me full-grown tree or give
me death.
The President Of the Senate, Colonel
Gibson. having recognized the Senator
from Kingston, Logan laid his hat on the
desk, leaned his two handled war club
against the chair. and with a significant
glance at Ben Hill. who had Just made
some remark about this being white
mans government, proceeded to make
the following impassioned remarks
Sir, l appeal to any white man on the
other side of this Senate to say if ever he
entered Logan's cabin hungry and did
not eat all he could gorge and carry away
the rest in his pockets if ever he came
cold and naked, and did not manage to
strike the proprietor for an army over
coat and pair of trowsers before he left
the ranch. | have fed and clothed more
white tramps this summer than there are
now dollars in the Freedman s savings
bank.
.DuTing the course Of the last long and
bloody war Logan remained in his cabin,
busy on an army contract. Such was my
love for the whites that my enthusiastic
countrymen fired chunks at my cabin,
kicked my dog, and shouted, derisively,
Hoop IA : Logan he allie same Mclean
man hair cut short and heap dunk "
had even thought to have lived with you
but your boarding houses were too HON
popathic in their diet, and too heroic il
their charges to suit the Injun."
Tho pVnGf.iant pf tho Sanata hara Co1l
ed the gentleman TO order, and requested
him to confne his remarks to the matter
touched upon IN the bill.
Sir" continued Logan, feeling tn,
edge Of his scalping thing, 1.-THE censul
of Ross county would show larger whit,
population to-day, if some men hao
shown greater Difference to me than il
implied in the words the presiding Office
has Just spoken. Revenge is sweet. 81
is the principal cereal crop of Minnesota
do not mention this for the sake of al
obscure man, but simply to show my in
innate knowledge of tho agricultural re
sources of the mighty West | am inter
ested in agriculture, and every month
plant white man or two, and they sta,
where / plant EN-, and don't you forge
it. If you don't believe it, come down t.
Old ChilicOthe and | will show you In
private cemetery, and You can leave you
measure while YOU are there. For m
country, ] rejoice at the beams Of peac
and the river and harbor appropriate
bill But do not harbor a thought tina
mine is the JOY of fear. Bring on you
extra session. Logan never felt fear.
felt little high last Christmas, but tha
didn't count. Logan will not turn Oh hi
heel to save his life
Mr.. Hill interruptingD remarked tia
no gentleman with heel like a iaybir
was liable to turn on it under any circun
stance, save by long and arduous pra'
tice, and he hoped
Here the Mingo chieftain passed til
barbed end Of his thomashawk throug
the gentlcman's bosom, pinning him
the back of the chair, and remarked thi
he declined TO be interrupted, and the
concluded;
who is there TO noun for Logan
Y one. Whenever Logan drops in on
:.,l.... uI picnic, | notice there is usua
ly Il great considerable Of mourning g
ing on, but it does not appear to be f,
Logan. The invited guests who can
climb seem to feel sorry that am ther
but beyond this the grief appears to ha,
no personal reference to me"
Here he was choked of under the f
teen minute rule, and permission Civ,
him to print the rest of it.