Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12

XVII.
The summer time of that fair year was
spent
BY these Young lovers in the usual way
Ihat Is, the hours were, through their
whole extent.
Given TO one purpose each and every day.
Scotake was on conquest all intent.
That being the sole object of his stav.
/ NO thought OF harm from any source ex-
Or he might from his wooing have de-
! Together maid and lover roved the fields
Ut climbed the hills all robed in leafy
Anon they saw the hunt its conquest Weld
/ or watched, from moOnlit bank. the
/ rivers sheen.
/ Nascotake, deeming love a perfect shield
Maintained a lovers, not a warrior
Tretaiks. too. was quite as much enrap-
A plot ava. was made. and wascotake was cap
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some six or eight rejected. Jealous braves
no q Wooed Iretalka long, but all in
stung to fierce hatred. like some modern
/ knaves
Determined that wascOtake must be
Hoiditng thar with him Chief. they would
! comPeIled to follow suppliant in his
This brought some other warriors 70 their
Dividing up the tribe in equal portions.
Xxx.
But an was done without the least suspi-
Excited in the mind Of wascotake.
NOT yer l-d This most threatening cOndi-
TreJalka OF her father contemplate.
/ The Chief was busy with an expedition.
| Inc maid with tales her lover would re-
late
The P'ot thus prospered in the greatest
The outlook bad for wascotake's long
health.
One perfect summer day the lovers.
Der vale and wood. assembled quite
And found they We're upon a tail cliff
Beneath which flowed the river wide
a spot designed for lovers talks and plan
or Tor the brave whose object was to
Paus,rg. the lovers quaGed the western
UncoEsc.ous Of what lurlSed beneath the
This happy scene soon changed for one of
The p,o1ters rushing hercely on their
But Wascotake though armed with but a
For quite a time the party held at bay.
/ one Of the six soon yielded mp his life.
And on the ground another. wounded.
But with such odds the combat soon was
Despite Tre,alka's aims to help her lover.
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I Bruised and bleeding. WaScotake was soon
Bound 20 a tree hy ropes Of plant vine.
Ard isl he gained his senses from a SWOOn
Eeheld his captOrS near MIN In a line,
I While TretalkaS plead.ngs for the boon
OF life We're given very scanty time.
/ With omlnous grunts and gutteral int.ma-
tiOn
That savored little Of procrasdnation.
XIV.
Z The weeping. pleading maiden cast aside
For love for her had turned TO furious
The erstwhile suicors more securely tied
Their captive, and al rapid rate
Gathered a mass Of branches az his side,
SuggeS i've of "a speedy. red-hOt tate.
I Then. tvitting him awhile upon his sta
They feii to systematic mutilation
XIV. ~
But why depict ths--aw7if'j1li>' aTrowing
In wB,-c,ss-9y Iazes,Gke took a leading part?
n.y. simply Drought in play their every
I And ended up by cuttiug out his heart.
J And as this toasted i'm the fires bright
Trarsfxed upon the apex OF a dart.
The dusky dends Joined hands in eNuha-
And hailed themselves the saviors Of the
nation.
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Meanwhile Tretalka. crazed with fearless
Rushed through the forest to her village
And TO her father and her nations chief
Poured forth her tale Of murder. TIN the
I OF heaven rang. and every quivering leaf
Portrayed the anguish of the maiden
lone
| And Aconeacoeecokaka wkaduneo
I Promised revenge in choicest Indian lingo.
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Meanwhile .Wascotake's murderers were
But quickly sought out certain Of the
And telling Of rho foe they had to Kill.
With here and there recourse TO subtle
bride
There soon assembled on a nearby hin
a fierce array OF those who took a side
Against the nations chief and his fair
Both Of whom. twas promised. they should
slaughter
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A day or two OF fruitless talk" was had
All hopes % stem the civil war We're
Then combat ragged. and desolation sad
Replaced the peaceful scenes-a fearful
To pay for any object. good or bad
And SD on wars ned wave the nation
tossed
For many moons the war-cry rang. and
Flowed freely as the great Ohio's flood.
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The end was such as often comes Of war
Treta1fa and her father met defeat
And driven from their valley home atar,
Fled for many a league I'M their retreat,
Through wood and field toward the polar
Ur-- .rsy found their safety was COM
Amid Wascotake's people by the lake.
Whe0ca he had gone for sweet Tretaika
sake
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TretaIbl's story gained her many a friend
Among the rude. red dwtierS hy me
Rovs1 r.., nj once became the common end.
An or 90 for war. and hurried tdcn 70
His solemn vow and pledSa TO- quickly send
To bloody ErlveS the foes or Ny tscol Ne;
Fun armed for war some several hundred
The warriors gathered. and soon marched
along.