New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-21

trful half-breed " no still lives in the house wnere
Williams met her. Her father was q Cansdiah
blacksmith, and her mother half-caste Memo,
minee. At thirteen years Of age she was Detf0tned
to n gallant young trader from Detroit. b1t tno
wonderful missionary came, saw ana IoNpu; io
knew the Indian customs OF courtship, AM S' ts
the indispensable gifts to the girls mother, te
dusky maiden of fourteen was told one morning
that she peed not go TO school, she was TO be mar
ried to Priest Williams in the evening. IradilI0n,
it seems, still fondy describes the fashl0naoie
flutter her baptism and confirmation Dy BISHOP
Hobart in old Trinity Church in New 0rK Sixty
years ago. recalling that OF Pocahontas III L0nuOn.
But according to tho tale now told from Wlscon
sin, the simple. amiable, pious, but mehtaiy
Slow claimant of the Bourbon heritage IN looo
greater schener thirty years before pr0lecbns
the consolidation OF the remnants OF Inc DIX itl'hs
into later Indian empire OF wnlch ne was W ~
prophet and king. But as she story Is TOLD faIss
to the trust committed to him by the Churcn litise
to his pledges to the Indians. recreant 10 INC IA
tional government, the emigration scheme, the
basis of his proposed GRANDEUR failed, ana Win IL
Williams fell INTO Obscurlty and neglect.
The only singular fact in the narrative OF MS
claim to be the lost Dauphin the undoubted
acquaintance with the Prince dc JOinville: But
The explanation is simple. The Prince left Albany,
with a few friends, to follow the course OF his
fathers western journey when he was an exile ana
wanderer. Williams, who was then at 81. Regis;
heard of the plan and FASTENED to place himself
upon the steamer that was to carry the Prlnce
through the lakes to Green Bay The Prince asked
the captain of the steamer If he could direct Nun 10
someone who might recall the journey OF his Ether,
and perhaps retain some of its traditions, ana We
captain naturally introduced Williams. T.; - d:
was a guest at the dinner given by the frlnce aI
Green Bay ut which Williams also was an invited
guest, but there was no mysterious lnterVie" De
tween him and the host. Williams had pioDaDly
told with all his old missionary eoquence. ut least
all that he knew of Louis PHILIPPINES journey. anu
Louis Phppes son may very well have Dlud'n
him to the 'fuileries shOnld he come to Paris, ana
the Prince did undoubtedly SEMI MN tokens Vi H.
meinbrance when he returned 10 France.
The writer from whom we quote was impressed
wildly with the shrewd black eyes and the we'll
bred Parisan" ease and dignity OF Nllilamss
manner when he called upon herLiqr WE Lille ~
is woman-to arrange the sale OF his library 70
her husband. Not less striking was the library vi
tho frontier missionary to the indians tnan lhe re-
fined courtesy Of his address. Some oil the DOCKS
were black-etter on yellum in parchment covers,
some, Of the oldest English text, sone Oh Tue ear
ChrysostOrns, Aqunas Thomas hemDis. III was
the library that some noble youth OF the court
suddenly forsaking the world, and seeking, IKE
the early Jesuit fathers in Candada, to bury NM
self in the western wilderness. the world forget
ting by the world forgot" might have brought
with him costly editions of his uncle the cardinal
gifts from some royal decoe-tO guide his holy ana
solitary medtations.
The story passed from remembrance. 1t was
decided that we had not n lost Bourbon among us.
Madame Williams said that she never heard of 1t
until she was told by friend who had read tho
article in P,tndn's Monthly. and Williams himself
soon reapsed into obscurity. He left Green Bay,
and died ut lIOgansburg, in st. Lawrence County,
fourth year of his age. His widow, the lovely
Mademoselle JOurdain of sixty years since, stui
lives in her solitary home on a high bank over FOX
River. No relic of other days remains in the house
except the portrait of Williams. The lady last
October was still dignihed and courteous, wearing
an Old-fashoned turban of brilliant colors, and
quaint dress, half Christian, half pagan. and she
was attended By two half-caste women OF her triDe