Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-23
TWO CENTS

~ OF ou HiiicS To TIC uill. WutFt Ill
was ground into -four, then the
question arose who would run the
flour TO New Orleans for sale. tt would
! be perlsous adventure, nearly all the
way an unbroken wilderness, the bank
lined by treacherous Indians, for more
than one boats crew had gone on that
journey never to be heard Of more,
and il New Orleans was reachad safe
ly, the return journey would b. over u
stretch of 1000 miles by land, Gas the
boats could not be brought back on
account of the currently much of this
way would be through swamps and
Everglades poisoned with fevers, and
all of it beset by rowing savages. The
hardships and dangers were we'll I'M
derstood. Now who WOULD give the
time, endure the toll? No one offered
himself, old or young, and there SEEM
ed naught to do but let the-pastor go.
The meeting was about 10 adjourn
when an elder OF the church, ga years
OF age, arose saying, sHers am /, send
nae" "Reminiscences wereof noavail,
there was no shaking his iron resolu-
ton, for rather than lose the pastor,
he would brave the danger, yea, even
death itself. His example was con-
tagious, aad out OF the now many
volunteers. two young men were Sc
lected to accompany him. The day
came for starting, and old and young,
from far and near, were there 10 see
them Off, and ask divine blessing on
their perilous mission. srhe entire
congregation walked from the church
to the river, q distance of Is miles to
bid them God-speed. Think you there
was ever procession like that oney
Cali up in memory the scene for it is
one not easily to be forgotten; four,
six, seven, eight, nine months passed
and no word came from that little
band, and they were given up as lost.
But God takes care OF his own, and
after almost years absence, they re-
| turned In good health, having sue
cessful and prosperous journey. What
they endured, the trials and hard
ships, we cat but family imagine,
here to my mind, was courage and
perseverance TO degree that seemed
impossible, yet it was all done IN
most modest unassuming manner, as
| If 1t needed no words of praise. 1t was
Of such ssstuffn as this as our from
| tiersmen were made, and Is 1t any
wonder that our hearts FIJI with pride
as we read Of their doings. and re-
member that from such stock we
sprung, and Is it strange that we de-
sire to perpetuate their memories, and
I al he str rtn rxsf, <,sar Of
| brave deeds and heroic sacrifices? OF
| the Indian, the ssnoble red man.
what shall | say? / confess to quite
a lurking admiration for this savage
of the West, and my heart has always
gone out in sympathy to him. To
know an individual or nation, we
must study their manners, customs,
surroundings and teachings. Born In
| slavery, a slave, born in ''savagery"
savage. We must therefore Judge
them, not from our standpoint OF
knowledge, but theirs. Standing upon
some lofty mountain peak they could
look to the North to the South
to the East and to the west, be-
holding fertile lands. and flowing
streams on every side, all theirs, theirs
alone, theirs by right OF discovery and
possession, have they not a right to
their own, and may they not defend
their home, their lands from the en-
croachment Of the white man. and
should we censure and blame them,
or rather not admire and praise them,
as they fought and died, just as hero
ically, just as bravely, as ever from
tiersman did, and for just as sublime
cause. We read, that the Indian,
is savage, false and treacherOus, but
had they not great proyocation? And
were they less capable of civilization
than as Speaker Reed expresses it the
"yellow bellies" Of the PHILIPPINES?
To kind treatment, they often respond
with heroic fidelity, and in some Of
the thrilling tales OF border warfare,
we read Of their chivilary Of their
devotion to duty, and OF their faith
fulness to trust even unto death,
| which the following story out OF many
that could be gathered illustrates
nature of this character. Three
scouts surrounded on all sides by saw
age foes, escape seemed impossible
and death certain, two had already
fallen, and the thire and last had Civ
en- up all hope OF rescue, when an In
dian, to whom kindness had once been
shown and protection given in an
hour Of dire necessity, sprang forward
| to the defense, Staying hissU kim
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