The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-10
shy your lean carcass over the cataract
va sniveliuu blHu0ardi',

ye sniveling blaggardl''
l adjourned from there also.
"Confound these Indiansl" said.
"They told me they were tame; but, II
appearances go for anything, should
say they were all on the war pathp"
1 made one more attempt to fratern-
ize with them, and only one. came
upon camp Of them gathered in the
shade of great tree, making wampum
and moccasins, ana addressed them in
the language Of friendship:
''Noble Red Men, Braves, Grand
Sachems, War Chiefs, Squaws, and
High Muck-a-Mucks, the paleface from
the setting sun greets you'll You, Ben
eficent Polecat-you, Devourer OF
mountains-you, Roaring Thundergust
you, Bully Boy witha Glass Eye-the
paleface from beyond the great waters
greets you ALL War and pestllence
have thinned your ranks, and destroyed
your, once proud nation. Poker and
seven-up, and vain modern expense
for soap, unknown to your glorious an
cestors, have depleted your purses. APP
propriating, in your simplicity the pro-
perty of others, has gotten you into
trouble. disappearing facts in your
simple innocence has damaged your
reputation with the soulless usurper.
Trading for forty-rod whiskey, to en-
able you to get drunk and happy and
tomahawk your families, has played
the everlasting mischief with the pic
turesque pomp of your dress, and here
you are IN the broad light of the nine
tenth century, gotten up like the ragtag
and bobtail Of the purlieus OF New
York, For shamel Remember your
ancestorsl Recall their mighty deeds,
Remember Uncasl-and Red Jacket
and Hole in the Dayl-and Whoopde.
doodledel Emulate their achievements
Unfurl yourselves under my banner
noble savages, illustrious gutter
snipes-"
'iDown wild himl'' "Scoop the blsg
gardp' Burn hinl' ''Hang himl''
"Dhround himl"
1t was the quickest operation tina
ever was. simply saw sudden 1asl
in the air of clubs, brickbats, fists
bead baskets, and moccasins-a singh
flash, and they all appeared to hit me a
once, and no two of them in the SAM
! place. In the next instant the entiru
tribe was upon me. They tore half tn
/ clothes off me; they broke my arms ant
, legs; they gave me thump that dente'
D the top of my head till 1t would holt
I coffee like saucer; and, to crown thei
! disgraceful proceedings and add insul
e to injury, they threw me over the Nj
D agara Falls, and got wet.
d About ninety or hundred feet fror
the top, the remains Of my vest caugh
d ON projecting rock, and was almos
!. drowned before could get loose.
q Of white foam at the foot of the Fal
J whose celled and bubbly masses tOwere
= up several inches above my head. {
ie course got into the eddy. / sale
IL round in 1t forty-four times-chasing
u chip and gaining on teach round tri
$ u half mile-reachlng for the san
u bush on the bank forty-four times, an
u just exactlymissing it bya hair's-breadt
u every time.
At last man walked down and 81
down close to that bush, and put pll
II in his mouth, and lit "A match, and fC
u lowed me with one eye and kept I'll
" other on the match, while he sheltert
Is it in his hands from the wind. Pre-
Re emily a puff Of wind blew it out. II
ne uext time swept around he said:
III 'GoJ match2"
Eyes; in my other vest. Help me o
please"
"NOt for JOe."
W When came around again, said
d Excuse the seemingly impertinel
1t urlosity of drowning man, but W
&c you explain this singular conduct
1t yourSp"
,h "With pleasure. 1 am the coronC
a Don't hurry on my account. l Ct
Of wait for you. But wish l had
match"
said:
TX "Take my place, and I'll go and 9
lS you one."
y He declined. This lack of confiden
gu on his part created a GOODNESS betwe
II us, and from that time forward
n avoided him. 1t was my idea, in ca
ne anything happened to me, to 50 til
a' the occurrence as to throw my cust(
~ !, into the hands of the opposition coroI
J. over on the American side.
AT last policeman came along, a
arrested me for disturbing the peace
yelling at people on shore for help. ]
od judge fined me. but had the advant;
nd Of him. My money was with my pa
his aloOns, and my pantaloOns were W
'ba the Indians.
Of Thus l escaped. l am now lying
ar a very critical condition. AT lea'
af am lying anyway-critical or not CT
The cal. am hurt all over, but l can
me tell the full extent yet, because
ts doctor is not done taking the iuventC
his He will make out my manifest
evening. However, thus far he Uni
ara only sixteen of my wounds are fatal
rL don't mind the others.
,II1 SIT is an awful savage tribe of
nan dams that do the bead work and mot
in sins for Niagara Falls, doctor. WI
and are they frUmr"
nie Limerick, my son."
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