The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-18

/ Chiefs Voice.
/ Ten years ago the writer spent year in
! the peninsula Of southern Florida. In the
I Inaccessible Willis Of the great eyerslade NJ.
gion there were then existing two distinct
1 tribes Of the great Seminole nation of south
! ern Indians
The largest tribe was Seminole proper, and
I lived in what is known all over the state Us
/ srhs Big CypreSs'' dark swamp stretching
aeruSs the peninsula near the northern end of
! tho everglasles. There were then several
( hundred Of the warriors of that tribe. The
smaller tribe consisting of some forty or fifty
warriors, Stait on a reservation near the heal
/ vi Pease creek and the Little Outhlatoochee
| river The chief OF that tribe was chipeo.
One night hal an opportunity of making
/ Chipcos acquaintance at the little trading
/ post where lived man named Collins, who
/ 2,,ltl as government agent We We're out at
/ thr little store in the dusk of the evening,
/ when suddenly two strapping warriors come
! striding up to the door. AMI each threw down
! his pack of skins, which he hal brought along
! t. barter for gods. Both gruntel out their
! s9il.ations in broken English, AMI seated
! tlga4,J !T'"S on n ~. near tho storr. which
/ WIS located mar IN. putli,. roaI in tho cl-e
/ of Z listl' ctarhil surrounded by the bound
! less f,r,s, ..a; hing away for miles AMI
/ miles ON every lsasli.
| ~ stIGECE BY THE CAMP FIRE
! While wat.hrng III ,va so,a.,,s rs they sot
| in silence nror.rI t!ai. car,n fir. | was lii.
tie startled ad,.p.vgi,i .Ilow.,c,." ot nv
man. of com,nlnsin, oupe,ronrc with a
rather stern co,u,eaan,. and inlescribable air
of a man accustomed 10 command. |, VA,
! cbipo Tha other two rms, n, tho onproacb
of their chief AMI salutqi him res,srtfully
! saving MS f.w WORKS Ms n,ssiblc and maxim,
| Themselves undrr,.,od ,'y r,s,u,s
Chinco thr,v ,lovnn long bucksl;n In,
a,J hay,, IN om,,v !, What v,s my s,r'
nria, 10 sae that the h,g. contained vonherS, ,
There wnr, ION or a ,}ozcn Of tho rugh look
mo oll ,,rtois,,. in th. s,c. anil IL ,pust bav,
W., .h,,l b, tva,n ~, and ia noupJs
| Tho alI ,hisf snn.n n few worJs Va c,,li,s
anl n,ys,lf AMI then invited us to s,l, 4, scat
| H., ,hr ramn fire. ~, ,ii1 :, ami tho, NJ !,
! si.o from .hp chief the ym,n,rr Of thc tvo
wnrrjn,~ WIN ,s Collins told m, WINS v,u,
T,gnrtail. a yon If the motel chief of TIM,
name. aroS, AMI ha-au 10 relate the lav'srx.
nerionce in IN, Seminal, hnu,,,n Cnrins
! ;pt,rnr,tni ,or,,ns of il in viii .no,. o,1 I
| found that Il was unit. comnonplar, I'm,
can ncv,r foryet the i,nnressio, i m,,l. nn,,
mo dn,v.rci i, tho ,,,nner n.,p,i,, IA N.
race
! Tho warrior s.ood nm .tr,ieh,.niu,, hi,,s, n
| q, hi. fnll bciyh, and with nrms fol,eI anil
h.,I erect he l4y,n In ,,etail tho occurrcnres
Of rho Jay In, n,,mlirbt f,ll IN his hand
som, f,alur,s. brinriny ont every detail nf
Tho striking nron.. which world Lay,, m,l.
n study far ), naint,r
In a low s,iIned yoce Ia hogan First h.
told Of the .arly start he made nnJ Nv gns.
tnrat indicated that the SIM was i,,,, r,,in..
| A. no nrocead,l his vote, r,s,, with tina sam
and frnm time IN time he raisn,l his hr,w,v
arm and ,oin,.sl to,he uu,rtar If tho bo,vons
| whep tho SIM was n, Inc time tba in,,l,n,
occurred which hn was then detailing wns
lost IN amazed u,n,lor nnd ,lmir,ti,, I'm,
This WINS only /, n,r,pdn His ouditn,,s showed
+boir a,t.p,i,a,,...,, ,cc,.i,,o, ,,,n,,. Ian,
no, n vorl WAS uttcr,l until bn hal co,,
nletod his tale Al tho ,ln,e he s,t dawn nnl
tho ,tbers mildly ,nnl,,,,,,i him,v f,v,r,,Jo
comments o., his sns.rcb
Thn, Nh, ,,tb.r w,r,ior vho y,s o,,i.l
Tns,,n,,,yo o,J ubn v,s ,ho ,i,btf,, cbi,f
of ono az the r,ttv ,l,ns of thn H., rvnr,ss
trim, I..o,n in tbr soma man,,,r ami ra,n,,.1
III, ,',v,n,,,rou which vo,, similar tn ,ho n,s,
h.,,u., tbnv had tr,v.l.d ,,g,th.r Collin.
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Loop d.f,a,,J,J ~ hi, chioNa;nvhi, M, ~,
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rur cAprx,,rs nv ,yn,,y np ,rorv
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