The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-12
NUMBER 10.


of this young lady, and this was no less
parsonage than Gov. Anava- of Coa-
Lula. This official no sooner heard of
81. Denis and his attentions To Donna
Maria than he ordered his arrest. 81
penis was loaded with chains and
thrown into the fortress Of Monoclaya
Donna Maria continued To assure the
young man of her devotion and of the
friendship of her father. After 81.
Denis had been confined month or
more his powerful rival appeared one
fine day at the door of his cell. followed
by file of his guards. and told ~.
Penis that if he would instantly surrcn-
der all claims To the hand of Donna
Maria that he would release him and
give him letters that would assist hin,
in the prosecution of his plans i'm the
City of Mexico. st. Denis with flashing
eyes, scorned the offer. and his repIr
was worthy of one OF the old knights of
chivalry.
Tyrant. YOU mayload me with chains.
but so long as Donna Marin honors me
with her love and confidence. 50 long
shall that love and confidence be- guard
ed as my most sacred treasures You
may take from me my life. senior. but
you cannot take from me my honor
The tyrant ordered ~. Denis to be
treated as a common criminal. but " hen
months had passed and the brave. Young
Frenchman showed no signs Of Yielding.
the wretch sent a courier bearing this
cruel message to Donna Maria: Mar
~ me, and st. Denis shall be released:
refuse, and your lover shall surely die
The fearless young girl declined th..
n al in
at once applied TO the viceroy iu the CITY
or Mexico. telling him the story of their
love The ,iceroy was moved bv the
piteous a els of the beautiful girl. and
he released 81. Denis. As soon as ~.
Denis was liberated he married Donna
Maria and resumed his journey To the.
City of Mexico. Here his pleasing ad-
dress won all hearts. The viceroy Of
fercd him a position under the Spanish
government and gave him full aut thorftv
to punish his enemy. St Denis showed
that magnanimity was numbered with
his many other fine traits of character.
for ne refused To- make any trouble. for
the man who had so cruelty Nvronged
him.
1t Is not known as to what kind Of au-
thority Was granted TO him by the Span
Al Nacogdoches and laid of a city He
ordered the lands surveyed. and granted
titles to the settlers. He established
trading posts at various points ia the
interior and rapidly accumulated a
large fortune. lie Possessed the happy
faculty of making "A friend of every
man who came in contact with him.
He was called the lust chief bv the
I
WAS well established with all the tribes
within reach of his capital While in
the height of his power two Indians
one day came to his houSe and told MIN
that they had seen a white man with a
tribe of coast Indians who held him aS "a
prisoner. ST. Denis at once offered
them a large sum of money if They
would go and rescue the white man and
bring him to NacoEdoches- The Indians
went away. and in few we, ks they re-
Appeared at St Denis house with a
naked. half-starved human being who
Mas beSmeared with dirt and painted
like an Indian. st. Denis ordered ~
bath for the poor shivering creature.
and sent a suit of his own clothes 10 the
bathroom When the man had been
washed and clothed he appeared before
his bcnefactor. St. Denis no sooner
locked at him than he was StrucI,
dumb with amazement- The man WAS
Belisle, whom ST. Denis thought he
killed with his sword in Paris BeliSlc
WAS equally as much astonished- They
| were Frenchmen, and they instantly
embraced each other and buried all
past differences. Belisle's story was a
short one, but full of sufferings. He
had recovered from the wounds in
| fiicted by the sword of St Denis anf
not long afterward he joined a colony
| of ahventlIrers who sailed TO Join the
Louisiana company at the mouth Of the
Mississippi Like La Sale, they lost
| their way. and sailed too far west Be
| lisle. with two comrades. went ashore
On the coast of Texas to enjoy a hunt
| They got lost. and the ship sailed away
and left them. After wauderin"
| through the forests for many days Be
isles two comrades perished from
hunger Belisle fell in with some coast
Indians, who treated him very cruelty
They striped him of his clothing. and
would have tortured him 10 death with
fire had not an old squaw interfered
| in his favor. He had been pr Soner
with the Indians for a long time. -.
| Denis gave Belisle an office in his gov
ernment. and put him in the way of
making money
St Denis was slain in battle with
the Indians on the frontier of his coun-
| try. and after his death the affairs OF
the colony fell into disorder. vt the
| time of St Denis death there were
about 800 white people who claimed
the protection Of his government. and
they were nearly all in prosperous cir
cumstances. Many Of them had ac-
Cumulated fortunes trading with the
Indians. and st. Denis himself was said
10 have had i'm his possession more than
100000 in gold Had he lived a few
years longer he would have anticipated
the work of Austin and Houston. and
firmly established a government in
Texas that Mexico could not have over
thrown 100 years before the battle Of
san Jacinto was fought.-Glot-~Dem-
ocrat.
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