The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

/ IN the far-om wilderness was filled With
lamentation and sorrow.
I but OF all who mourned fer Mary Sauu-
I GERS none inourn61 so long or bitterly as
I her little brother George. The excess Of
whose childish grief came near bverturn-
/ ing MS reason and uuderminin4 h.s health.
7 HAD ne been old enough TO comprehend tho
/ complete situation the cruelty and afro
/ cily OF the savages, as many others had
zone, ne would have devoted bis life 10 q
/ ceaseiess vengeance and become a famous
ihalan slayer But, by the gime he ha1
] reached manhood the Indians had disap-
! peared. the frontiers had been extended
I hundreds of miles toward the north and
I west, anu an Inoian had become almost
J as much Of a curiosity in Central Ken
lucky as an Eskimo or "a HinIoo. and
{ while his hostility to the red face remain
! ed undinlnished, 30 was only q barren sem
Z liment IN his own heart. Notwithstanding
! me fact that many years had interviewed.
/ the memory Of that sweet face which ne
/ had worshipped in infancy never grew
I dim And when the Lonely grave in the
! orchard, on which SO often he had, with
/ lavish hand, streWn her favorite flowers.
I gathered from the fields and woods. had AZ
/ last mound on each side OF it, where
I rested the dear parents, then was his sor-
/ row complete, and he wandered forth the
I sole representative of his family. without
/ kith or kin, to seek his fortune in the wide
| and growing west.
/ Twenty-Five years after the murder OF
/ Mary Saunders, a Geputation OF Shaw
! nees, whose tribe was then residing in
the tar west. having been removed from
/ their old homes Oh the AuglaiZe river.
I several years before were returning from
an embassy to Washington. D. c.. hap
pened TO stop in one OF the fiourshug
towns on the Mississippi. After supper,
/ when the inmates Of the hotel where
/ they lodged, together with many of the
/ inhabitants of the town, were assembled
/ in the dining-Toom. il was proposed that
the warriors should entertain the com
/ pany with some OF their war and hunt
ing dances. To this they readily con-
scented, ana space was cleared in the
middle of the floor for the cermony.
The first who presented themselves were
4 young braves who had seen but little of
actual warfare, and their songs We're con-
/ fined principally to love ditties and mar
rauons of their exploits in hunting the
bear and the buffalo. When they had all
| finished the Oldest chieftdin OF the band
| arose. lie was a man of gigantic stat
I ure, with a cOuntenauce naturally stern
and fCrbidding, and rendered positively
| bideous by the party colored painting
| with which it was covered. Unlike those
| who had preceded him, his sOug-which
consisted of q recitative chant iu broken
| English, with a pantomimic accompani-
( ment almost as expressive as words-de-
/ scribed great actions Of former days,
performed by his tribe and himself, dur
| ing their doubtful struggle with the
/ whites. for the dominion Of the dark and
bloody ground" The old mans eye grad
ually kindled with youthful fire, and his
/ voice grew shrill and piercing as he re-
called the memory of those prouder days
/ and recuunted the number of palefaces
| he had slain and painted with fearful
! distinctness the scenes of carnage in
~ -~n.s
Surprise and torture, with all the wiles
and strategems Of Indian warfare, the
| stealthy approach to some isolated cabin
| Che sudden onset the yells Of pursuers,
| and cries Of fugitives, were presented with
| a horrible reality that made the blood
Of the spectators run cold in their veins,
| and caused many to turn shuddering
away from so vivid a representation CT
| what the pioneer fathers had suffered
SO short time before.
The attention was soon in q measure di-
| rected to the action OF one of the specta-
TOYS whom may be recognized as q young
! physician lately settle in the place, who
/ o first had regarded the ceremony with
4 ContemptuOus Indifference, remarkng that
cit was difficult matter for him to endure
/ the presence of an Indian. he entertained
/ such hostile feelings toward the entire
| race lie was seen to press forward to
| the front ranks, where ny stood spellbound
| gazing eagerly upon the savage Lragedian,
| who was then in the midst of the narration
of a new adventure. at the remembrance
Of which the Indian seemed to be wrought
up almost to . pitch of frenzy, while his
| acting grew more and more violent until
it became SO terrihcally wild and excited
! that most of the ladies' left the room, IN
| able longer to endure the spectacle which
1 began 20 wear much the appearance Of a
| horrible reality. He told how, many win
tiers before when his nation was in its
i glory he had led his young men across
! the beautiful river against the border set
1 Elements in Kentucky; how, as they lay i'm
/ ambush one evening, o young maiden
| came gliding timidly IN the darkness cast
| ing fearful giances about he, Ike faWn,
| which breads the wolf when driven by
! thirst to seek the stream, and how Inc lay
/ upon his face 50 close beside the path
that he felt her garments brush him as
she passed; how the frightened captive
struggled in his arms ike bird in the
talons Of q hawk, and s-rove 50 hard 10
| scream FOR help, stretching her hand
| desperately toward her fathers cabin,
only a few PAGES off; and how, when en-
camped. she slept not, but wept and pray
ed to the white mans Manitou contin-
| ually.
Then. unconscious amid the excitement
/ of his own savage feelings OF the volcano
/ of passions ne was kindling in the bosom
OF one Of his hearers, he began to enact
! the closing scenes OF the adventure, rep
resenting with wonderful erect inc char
| acters Of victim and murderer alternately,
as the exigeucies Of the story required.
1 Nov. with brandished tomaLawk, assum-
ing q menacing mien of the one, and anon,
/ exhibiting ali the alarmed and dcspalring
| attitudes OF the other, his voice and
| gestures becoming Yet more wild and
startling as he approached the final cat
| astrophe. At length. throwing his blanket
/ over his head, he covered almost to the
floor Ike one who breads but cannot
avoid the blow; then sprnging TO his
| fun hight. with g face convuised with
rage. he seemed to deliver a furious blow,
while at the same moment yell Of devil
ish significance pealing through hall ami
! corridors Of the house, announced the &C
| couplishment of the brutal deed.
But before the appalling shouts had
died upon his lips the young physician
who nad been watching the scene so
eagerly, starting forward with cry as
savage. if not as loud, had cleared with
/ one bound the intervening space and
/ seized the barbarian 10y the wrist, buried
the keen blade Of his bowie knife again
and again into the painting breast before
any one present could interfere 10 pre-