The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-03-28
VOLUME 40.

% ones stood dissrresrsd. This sinsals,
ending Of kuksskl.s once .plsnsia .n
o b'sisns b" recalled 10 The sapeu ,it,eu,
p The .sofy ,hs, the ie~n u. earssa in The
y sishissnih century by On Indnn uhe had
? ossn sronssd By one OF The Issaias ei,,
xsns.
. Jean Bensrj came 10 this csaslry from
Q fnncs 10 l7as. btinsips With him hi.
! ~ife and bic i0'yesr.old daughter M.rie.
The hm,ly ssiilsd 10 K.k.sAi where
bennd established . "a rchsn i.ias bu.i
. nets. The frenchmsp sosn bec.ms nm.
Q OF The mosi prosperous sod moe, "a auso
li'i msa OF the iowp, Marie. HE dsush
ter. grew to be bssu,iiui -cmsu, much
eonrled by tbs mot eligible yonus man
Of the nsw eouGtty. She vas IN no hurry
TO sceeEt sny OF them, sud her fame ~ :
belle spread from Lke Michissu 10 the
Gull Of Mexico.
yonps chief OF the k.sksskiA tribe Of
indians. having beeoms converted to
Chnstiapiiy after several yesrs a study
noder the tntclase of tho Jssn,ts. built
himself house 10 k,sk.skis snd wss
taken ipie partnership in oae Of the trad
ing houses there. He vi. prosperous.
hsndsome srd we'll educated sni vas soou
received into the homss OF the white set
tiers 0oe night st . ball he hsppsnsd
to meet Marie Bsnsri.
The girl was at oocs isscin.tsd by the
tell. hns looking Indiau. who fell 10 love
With her Ut nnt sight aud made no 20
cret of his admiration. Bot Bernard ptre
soon noticed the attachment and forbade
bis dsushtr from comm unicstins with
the young Indian, To make snre that
there would be 90 mors meetings Bernard
used hn isnusDos to prevent the chief
from attending any Of Tbs social eptsrtsin
msnts given 10 Kskukis,
But love always fnds y way, and the
Young couple managed to see each other
despite all the precautions OF tho girls
father But Bernard bsesms aware OF
these meetings and again took means TO
prevent them, He wsss man OF wealth
and iDaue0ce, and he had the Indian iorc
ed out OF his pastosfsbip 10 the trading
company.
The Indian let Kssksskia For sl most
Q yesr nothing was beard OF him, aud
Bernard thought thst his daughter had
forgotten her lover, for she appeared gay
and careless. and che accepted with ap
parent pleasure the attentions OF . young
Fnnchmsn, Oss night when large ball
was at lts height Marie Bsnsri dissppesr
Cd.
Those who searched for Marie discover
cd that the young ehief OF the Ksskaskisns
had been seen that evening 10 the town.
and the conclusion ives al once resched
that the Girl bad elopsd with him, Be
nArd 1t once orasnizsd . party to go In
pursuit OF the iusitives. A there was
aeAyv sDnw on tta arnnpd. rhsir trail vAs
as their pursuers we're supplied with
last horses the young lovers we're csptur
cd after Q days chase about 40 miles from
kxsksshis. Their destination had been
the French settlement ct st. Ionic,
where the Iudisn had provided home
Tor his wife.
The Iodisn surrendered without resis
tsncs, snd the posse stsrted on the jour
ney back TO Kssksskis. taking the two
,aptives. Most OF the men who oompos
ID Bensrds party wanted TO kill the Ia
dian instantly, bat Bensrd would not sl
low II for hs said that they sbould leave
him to deal with his daughters lover,
When the party reached Kssksskis. the
girl was placed 10 the convent there.
Then Bernard took the Indian TO tbs bank
81 the Mississippi and. binding him tight
y to log, turned him adrift 10 the
river As the helpless Indian fosted away
10 bis death be raissd his eyes TO heaven
and cursed Bensrd, who, he declared,
would die violent death. The Indians
last words were 3 prophecy thst within
200 years tho waters which were then
besriog him away woull sweep from the
s,rth every vesliys Of the town, 80 that
poly the name wonld be left.
The unhappy girl died 10 the convent
Bensrd vas killed 10 1912 10 duel. The
sst trace Of Kasksskis has been obIiters
ed, end the supsrstitions declare that the
Ipdisu's curse has had something TO do
With the pssnipg OF the once Hsurishing
own, o. dark and stormy nights the
ghost Of the lndiap 10 ssid TO sppsr. Tbs
,pfcter, with strong arms bonnd and face
uptntned. hosts slowly by oa the river
where the stream sweeps by the cite Of the
vanished city 10 which Marie Bsnsrd once
lived snd in which she disi mourning
The red man that she loved.