The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

: waters of the Housatonic and Naug.
tuck rivers; and it was at the risk of hi
life, when he paid visit to the Pequo
maiden. Old Wassamee, the chief an
Otee's father, was aware of her affectio
for the up-river warrior and was deter
mined to Illustrate any scheme to carr
her Off and compel her to wed membe
of his own tribe. So one morning, h
rose early and, telling Otee that he wa
going on long hunt and would not b
back till the sun was behind the hills, h
plunged into the dark forest with the in
tention of bringing home with him tn
one who was to be his daughters hus
band. But the maiden's suspicious hat
been aroused by her fathers peculia
actions and words and she was seizel
with a terrible fear.
The shadows had begun to fall east
ward when she left the wigwam, wen
out and sat down under tree to medl
tate upon the probable sad ending o
her loves young dream.
Suddenly, she raised her head and lis
tened. TO other ears, less delicate, the
only sound that troubled the still all
would have been the plaintive call OF
some wood bird. 1t was repeated and
then the third time. At the last, she
sprang to her feet and called back in Il
soft, low tone, when, instantly, her glad
eyes saw the young Narragansett emerge
from cluster of bushes and swiftly APP
proach. A few words sufficed to apprse
him of the impending danger and they
resolved to fly. So, chastity gathering
up a few trinkets,--
"Her bridal trousseau, | presume"
came IN droWsy voice from the ground.
G. they started. The old Pequod
chief, returning from his journey sooner
than expected, found, upon entering his
abode, that it was desolata, that the
pride of his eyes had vanished; and,
from the appearances, he at once con-
cluded that the hated Narragansett was
her companion. Hastily summoning his
followers, they soon found the trail and
followed it with that logged persisten-
cy and wonderful instinct so marked in
the savage race; overtaking the fleeing
pair, near the close of the day, as they
were resting for a few moments, in fan
cied security, on the rock, as shown in
the first plate and in this very gorge.
Startled by the fall of a lOosened stone,
they sprang to their feet with a fright
ened look backward and then, hand in
hand, flew down the gorge, resolved to
die rather than be captured. Pausing
but for a moment on the brink of the
precipice, they disappeared over the
rocks, the old chief coming up just in
time to see them go out of his sight for
ever in the dark waters of the bottom
less we'll; and, but for the strong arms
of his warriors, he would have followed
them. AS it was, he slipped to the
ground with a piercing shrek that echo
ed and re-echoed through the surround
ing forest and, it is confidently assert
ed by some of the old residents in this
that upon each anniver-
sary the echo of that wailing Shrek is
The old chiefs heart was broken.
They carried him home to his desOlate
fireside, but he never smiled again; the
light of his life was gone out and he
patiently waited the coming of the Great
Spirit to relieve him of his sorrow"
"What became of the runaways?"
asked Tom.
"What becomes of anybody that's
drowned? you heartless wretch.'
"Die, usually, [ Think" he replied.
"Wen, | confess, in this case they
lidnt.''
81 suspected as much, for the average
indian is so encrusted with grease and
lirt that -
''Stop, sir, till | get through and then
Fou may theorize to your hearts con-
ent.
Originally the waters did not rise so
ligh i'll the well as at present. There
vas subterranean passage of consider
BILE dimensions, through which they es-
aped to the river. In later years, this
passage became choked up so that now
III traces of it have quite disappeared.
1t was not a very difficult task for
hem to escape the remaining dangers,
o, in due time, they arrived safely in the
and of the Narragansetts. But so hos
lie was this tribe to the Pequods that
hey refused shelter to the young couple,
irving them out from their midst into
he wilderness. For many suns they
to the north and east, finding
pleasant land at last, Astounding with
sh and game. Here they pitched their
ent and here was founded the powerful
ribe of the Wampanoags. The old
uide claimed that he was a descendant
f Otee and a Gottherewithbo thfeet,
ear, what name! 1t nearly spoils the
Whole story--and that the adventure
f his first parents was handed down
rom generation to generation and this
EXPLAINS how easily he deciphered the
haracters on the plates.
And now I've done; but bark don't
ou hear that peculiar noise? | wonder
it isn't the traditional wall of the old
'equod Chief
"May be-" said Tom, "but it sounds
o me more like wall from the stem
orian lungs of Horace, over our long
bsence. &c. N. N.
So <zEa-r