Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-27
INDIAN SUN NJ MER.
a sKEr,H ar TBE isDfsS sUmMsR-
TINS ~ skvA0E DsYs


mor ,,, ,ha .rI,,, s,r,v., away from town
an1 c,,,o a., ros, ,, :, s,nmr In tho middl,
"'' yam" " 'o'. "" o'''i wv
ot sunny WOODS.
When the sun Il OUT, ana tho wihu rom
the south, there In no better weather In the
weather oili 80 than IL found In much abused
Novemher for one can swing a cat or indulge
a, - 49,. .-,,I.,,, l.,,r with norfcct com.
'"'y o'"o' '.,
lori hnd no PefHP'n''on - .....,
PhilosophiE.ng on .these matters mo puos
ton suddenly arises, why Ia this called In
dian summer
uhy ata IN, say.vea have a separate and
-; .,t,tn,, -, .,r,,,o, and -, nr,,Iv i'm.
I'', - .l..,,.,i,., -, :, a., !, Ia.
press thoir PorS"na''y upon " ''"' n"7
borne their name among the race thht mas
conquered and almost eNterminsted them
with a view In investigating this matter
the writer made applir,tion TO the proper au
ihnritIea and securad "A pre-s ticket 10 the
halls of the rast lie renamed in the woods
while II expanded to miles oi forest, a. time
drined swiftly back ward TO tho Indian sum
mer of the year 1856.
Except that the trees were larger and the
thlcket denser, tho scene before tho mind's
nv, diusrea l,lIe from what had heen noted
i no d., t,,,, ,,,i,,,,,. -, ,,,. s,,,,,,
,r - 80 - ,' ', -, -
'ioeS' th''Ao' an" 'o''S b''""u H' "o'o w
cool bfight gray nut the sunny Hlu" Oh every
trunk aud twig shone with glow like that
OF frosted silver, and a dry leaf hanging here
aud there, or dying on some eddy OF the
wind, seemed the only thing not ready for
the SNOW
It was glorious Indian summer day and
llk.NhIetss Ia training, all the forest trees
seemed hracpd for the coming trial. Super
fuous clothing thrown aside showed their
strong and graceful outlines, a. standing
brared towards the quarter from which the
winds blow fiercesL they held up between
them and the sky a misty veil of interlaCing
twigs aud branches. All this suggested
"a
blizzard that soon must come bowling from
the bleak northwest Through the ssried
columns OF the trees IL n figure moving 4;
nearer. 1t IL man stopping forward and
moving with a swift swinging stride (; a pc
culiar stoalthy motion that Is due to the fact
that his toe-, turned inward, first touch the
ground, and seem in~tinCtiveiy To tiud the
fTmest spot
r,,, ,,,.~ry o, rur s,.uyrp
.,.,,,. .-. -, III, ,.,,,
ihe 'ee' huc 'oAS arc c"'oiou N'i No'o
thing gray and greA@y. The rest oi MS iofm,
10 the top Of his slouched shoulders, - hid.
den by a close drawn robe Of slightly
darker shRae. and from IL rises a lean. gsunt
,,, Ill 80 ,.,,,, ',,,a,t, IT, dr.,,,, IT.
,,'.,,,a", i,',,' -, 80 hrnaS ,'c,,t,
"a -, t,.nu go ,a, -, n,,, ,,",s,rr,
80, - - t 80 ,,mt
III w" a,t,or ,aa,or ,ro%pm
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, ~ ,ta,s W '''' ''''N' ''"h' "
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I.,t.
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49, ,a..na ~. ,,.,Gia sba,,,s n 80, -,
nnsa hroonirg ,aathnrs ,an",Ie, iwi,I, TI.
qo' n','I'S .on''o.n ~ 'nnS'oi nS, " ~ t',r ~,
t, .aI', a'u Nn t'' i"'o WV iIi' t1 oNp1i t t'ihS
an'I - ~. W, m ,',rt s,,,1 w., -. ,,,','
aoai,'a; g., ,.'a. ,ha hI.ni, ra,'rosan, ,ra 60
,nIsa ba has siain tbo sttons, oinr thst hs
i.a,as 90 10 ,a..,. 10 ,.,rIyara ,aiis -, ~
isSer =, % nss, az ] hat nnxsrs his narsmn
yia ~ ,'iia,I,,I H. roo,,,ar inJiaii ,rabi
,,a, ~, s,a W SieSota nna STa
IIsrhnr acro.s tho yaiIeys wbaya Tho Paonna
-. a., ,',,.g,a 80, -, ,Ia e., -, ~ na, . -
Win a s,ooiv siIent lone he oIidaa sInng
What s.ana 10 Liun n hroad rS,a tbou,h
,nars a. no tao nf toots,ons ,hat ono of 1a
cnuIJ zee and IN. IN - sjyns Tho, men haze
,assoI har",a 90 ta Syra,,i,,.,a r., tho ,ht"t.t
"a Inc sca,s n, Tho ,raa t,npLa y.bara ,La
n,,h ,,irJs ard tho ln 100 noIaa d,ay,oJ L,
a hanJ ON Inc march have hon sw,Iny ran;
iajv aronnd ,h,, rnrnar ''i
'' 's, a.a. , 49, i,,. ,,,,,,, ,t,, ,,
-, 'no NJ ~ sso n"o tiE a,pnE a'nUns ~" kiuy
,noya tbrougb dis,art 60, aya,ucs so,,'o n
iiI,r as s,Sfa,,i,, 49,, - q, 49,, ~, ,,l,
san,a SroaLino, ;,a stIon,n ,.i,, 80. hnn,
1, W 80 - - 60 ~ ,, y ', - ~, G i y .tT
10, uT VI 10 -, 49, nos' ~ ,,S
IaS ,In ~" r',' ,,I ,ha 80 ai,oI - ,.'H ~
mnbaadIrS Trosan,lv 10 fa,c,,a. 90 r,r,ow o
Lii, nS.r ,ho aas;,rr si,a nC u,hi"h tho
LiIis sIa,a cas, a sLaao,r ,.Ii,a tho ,,,as,orn
hai, ~ ~ 10 snnTiob liz orns,es ,o ,ha
80, - a,,t ,,,rn,,I,, 49,, ,ha H.,
anairs, 'ho ,i1 hn S,sSoS a. 49,
"sSiatiH anI .,"aitI,l,, ,rdn' ,ran 70 ,raa 80
n,nn,ant ha ,,,tIs,,, , bida bis ,oI'a in n holIw
L., go No. 60, ,I,a, :, ts -, ,aar aL ,.a,,
viii tTo fUr tnrnab ,nwarSs ANA 30
waist was a broad bolt of deer ak in. worked
with coIored nuiIIs Of wild ynos,, feathers
ReIov this hung a short tunic of dressed
skin Uis Ieyvinos heId mn nv s,rans fast
anad Ia tho heit wsro NJ siitT Irown bida
fron, ,hirb tha hair nod Leap onIy rar,Iv
sr,araJ i'
0Yer ,ba ,iyht shoplder bu,y a hark
oniyor ai,h asshot, til ,oshad aoairSt =,
an', n,,oTac,i,a sorna IiS,omnn ,,H;"h .as
80, a a. Lar|,eo STha ,oora ~ arr,,n,a r.s,
tn Is a. III -. w ,Noia,,I,I, 80 raa,hars
an.n,ar% m az, nrdlyod ,hn Suntar, !" ha nan Of
wealth for arrows we're made with great
care and labor, aud many al Indian miser
onen ms wealth. III mem. .,,
satbar Tan5 Of his Tnbanoo nlamnh ,.h;oh w as
worked with coiorsd uuIls even more elab
orately than the broad waist belt.
The bow he held was strong and we'll bent
but would have made poor figure aside OF
the weapons used 10y modern archery clubs.
The Indian idea was that any strong stick
with spring In II would do for a bow, but that
the arrow must be a work OF art
The string was of sinews from the legs of
deer, fastened together with great care.
There IL plenty OF game within easy shot
gun range OF our steathy hunter, who is now
crouchiDg low, with eyes fixed on the light
side OF the valley, but the forest silence has
never yet been broken 10y the report OF n gun,
~ bAOTH