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. Anaya. of Goa
Lula. This official no sooner heard of
ST. Denis and his attentions To- Donna
Maria than he ordered his arrest. ST
Penis was loaded with chains and
thrown into the fortress of MonocIaya
Donna Maria continued to assure the
young man of her devotion and of the
friendship of her father. After 81
Denis had been confined a month or
more his powerful rival appeared on,.
fine day at the door of his cell followed
by a file of his guards. and told 81
pcnis that if he would instantly surren-
der all claims 10 the hand of Donna
Maria that he would release HIM and
give him letters that would assist hin,
in the prosecution of his plans in tbs.
CITY of Mexico. st. Denis. with FLASHING
eyes, scorned the offer. and his reply
was worthy of one of the old knights of
chivalry-
''Tyrant. YOU maylOad me with chains.
but so long aS Donna Maria honors mo
with her love and confidence. 50 Ions,
shall that love and confidence be guard
ed as my most sacred treasures. You
may take from me my life. senor. but
you cannot take from me my honor
The tyrant ordered 81. Denis to be
treated as a common criminal. but " hen
months had passed and the brave. Young
Frenchman showed no signs of Welding.
the wretch sent a courier bearing This
cruel message to Donna Maria: Mar
~ NE. and 81. Denis shall be released.
refuse, and your lover shall surely die
The fearless young girl declined tn.
tyrant'S offer in emphatic terms. and
ut once applied to the viceroy I'm he CITY
OF Mexico. telling him the story of their
love The Niceroy was moved bv the.
piteous 4 I3c.ls of the beautiful girl. and
he released 81. Denis. As soon a. 81
Denis WA liberated he married Donna
Maria and resumed his journey u the
City of Mexico. Here his pleasing ad-
dress won all hearts. The vicerov Of
fercd him a position under the Spanish
government and gave him full authority
to punish his enemy st. Denis showed
that magnanimity was numbered with
his many other fine traits of character
for he 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 10 him by ne Span
ish officials in Mexico. lie built a fort
at 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 He Possessed the happy
faculty of making a friend of every
man who came in contact with him
lie WAS called the Just chief by the
Indians, and his fame for fair dealing
was well established with all the tribes
within reach Of hiS capital While ia
the height of his power two Indians
one day came TO his house and told nim
that they had seen white man with
tribe of coast Indians who held him a. "a
prisoner. ST. Denis at once offered
them a large sum OF money If they
wudld go and rescue the white man and
bring him TO NacogdocheS- The Indians
went away. and in a few wee Ks they re-
appeared at St Denis house with a
naked. half-starved human being who
Mas beSmeaHed with dirt and painted
like an Indian. st. Denis ordered a
bath for the poor shivering creature.
and sent "A sufof his own clothes to the
bathroom. When the man had been
washed and clothed he appeared before
his benefactor. ST. Denis no sooner
locked at him than he was struck
dumb with amaZement- The man WIS
Belisle whom 81. Denis thought he
killed with his sword in Paris. BeiiSlc
Was equally as much astonished. They
were Frenchmen, and they instantly
embraced each other and buried all
past differences. Belisle's story WAS 4
short one. but full of sufferings- He
1 haH rod h.A n
fiicted 10y the sword of St. Denis, and
not long afterward he joined 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
| Isle. with two comrades. went ashore
On the coast of Texas IL enjoy hunt
| They got lost. and the ship sailed away
| and left them. After wandering
| through the forests for many days Be
| isles two comrades Perished from
| hunger BelisIe fell in with some coast
| Indians, who treated him very cruelty
| They striped him of his clothing. and
| would have tortured him to death with
| fire had not an old squaw inierfered
in his favor. He had been a pr soner
with the Indians for long time. 81
/
| ernment. and put him in the way of
| making money
st. Denis was slain in a 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 81. Denis death there were
about 3O0 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
TO have had in his possession more than
| 100000 in gold Had he lived 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 battIe OF
San .Iacinto was fought.--Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
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