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^ept^boi sripuoniUj l - s ^ = 3 ' ' mstautJpon j fatchvanda KeaSonaMeFrio^si ' I J O t ’l ' sUfeiaif r Aa N-ATpas bade »aieu, to hej: forsaken cHit.fi., ‘ The shaft of ' EWyJeaVs thollndjan^s ; ‘ , ,4nd rends thp beai t already seared by care— ■ Aimed bj his arelcomed—unsuspected guest. It wringsa shriek, to drovvu the victim’s pratf’r. ’ Fotn f o raling, biagreenjenameled turE, ' ;J . leep tiod \by fleil’s-airthitioua sdif^- [ “^Old utakod west kinds of Proaide 18^00 JO. ^ytaU|for ■ • ^ aSgebtlg-lS^. ■ , 5 ’ ■ in ajivd,hoo|._ dKE^V ,Padne’etbt.„ __ TrH Mercy’s shriek rang through his f..rest wi)^, . |; And paled Oppression swore|]ie. was not NATOkE’s- cHitn. uiihiillotved.scene.} .1 drauif the cyimson veil , ,Wkich Pity flung o’er this lamented spot.,' To bide t|se bloodipsi pictujise of tiie vale, Where murdered Joy sleeps in the wiUl-woodgrqt. My angel w.fe flies ftoin: the Bpftif lapd, Tb clasp in iipQfVher ^pikt guiding band, I jkndthusiOh Heav’u, Itread my native wild, I Amid iny kindred dust—no Jijoger N atpre ' s child . ’Trstraej ye ,sbuisj ariose djhes yet teiniun. The serpeiit’s coiljls rouijft tby child'en’s feet— The galling links o fPow ’rs malignant cbain., Etnbit er' filrkaniir welcalke cursed deceit. But Oh, this he>ti|, this b|pedti.g heart must bow, In. wmbless du'st|l-my ra'be forgotten; now ; s weep.my Joys IB 'tlje ’aioody and n,ot I I o^arket uutil they are ,5 f & l “laayj ale& wlft'siigceT'adkedvjRa,^^^^^ . fif IpIin^dD, our 'agent, had but one,’ replii- ■ edi th^nrader . despbudingly, ‘all would be right- ff l t is iir possible,- however; .and, this yearildost to ihe.’ ' ’jBy | o meant y said the clerk, rising, with i]i|his||atiye e lergy and fife beaming in his | lyrj; ‘lohnsdn iAa/j have the balei oi ihaJl have the balcy or my scalp J|iall hail! j in a Blackfeet lodge before iO-pamow raqr li n g.’ • *iEtlv|'ard I’ e.x claimed the daughter, with an -n «t-Vii/%V\ rk-nnnn/l f.r\ tVlA a T<] t.rni. alarm^ glance! u-hicb opened to the old tra^ .derm’s ekes to w lat had liilhcrtb been a pro. fopnd licGret. ' ^rcljyou in earnest, Ur. Ray'*’ .said Mc- Pher4(||], gravely, and even sternly, \ l dip, sir; g ye me Wild Polly, (afavorite ■e,|*aud trist to me for accomplishing' :o|r ikiahed.’' , ^'oujwiil go alone, tliehT . in. tompiesa austfHmy rane lorgoiieiT now ; , ^ Tjmu|h sphiu weep, my Joys are befo ,( |Vlc Phetson (irdefcd His much Valued mare. My l ^ yi’s asiyend unheard—1 ain ni S t JV aturs ' s phild . tO fee saddled, ai d iu h a lf a n hour Edw a rd Kay theUmk Jfan IntiiaaDeity. I • ' f Wifh ttVo. ^ ^ 0 . 4 i aripeil-|o.lus te -'th, sallied forth trom Spokan . amid the olaudilts of ipe whole party, whose .fdedJess the ptTilbusiifss of Iveiiiure, fcuan Uie character of the ihan indertoph |t. McPherson,coliscioits j fervnj'urs. | • - 1 inineishausuoicJhot f t k e S t ^ o f M e M o r tar, m - U Owe g o -st, ihe e k ; its rivers a'ouuuuing mortbver. With i 'riTHRStaKCMb* fmsjo,tK--ire>vcU i,h'cs-&nsHippiy the btfmver,, vyiio;|tt skints prtuoipaHy induce Jt;-URUUS ^;f^K^f»-ES.P 4 i&|-s, 6 t}rfc! cv huntars to u-ro')t the dangers.ol Ih? great TowUich. .e teri|.ion d American w ilue |ncss., In this spot kiiOWn Ms IsllSi?' '■ *' ! ' fiid as th# Ifipoiian 1 :ort, dvVelt James McPherson kiHiLnrsen-streetJat tirteept oc'copiedlyvd.jy. k-tSeHuYiet days had left, hn uatiw# cyiiniry a poor }fo^**Ann!*& A,. WELLS, a|«a. ngyv,- by tl e exafcise of that pers ^ rffchr.'> eharH-f-terilitic ot his country men. ifoacmApriiaHjyg.. , , ^ , y^jjce characierutic ot his country ie p e a l o f th e d b r r i• the position of a weii-io ■ i i t chant. . i . o r W h r f i f ' - i Greai> E x c item e n t Englislvand American plated and Bifttanii feiwiprioa. sdehas fekeBa|ket^iiandl&:j i33andVypodaiiO.GKSoC aHyRriet^^^^ very ^ pg,.j st prices.^, igj,,gngjL^Stogfe th© ? 0 odai.OGB:So£,aH,VRriet|es, at t|?e y 3 ?Se ijiiianiglM* H id e , A T.sjl.B oif THE wEsh. . wh© nwhertooL t, Jlliss McPhcrsofi,coiiscioiis offhe Some.years aKO, when the American Fur clqrk, hastily r itiii'd to her ebaniber; while Chaiidieves, Sinapdli, and otlier Indians ei impauy and Ilmasoni Bay TraUecs carried her lalJiBr,aite: caiethlly fasieniug tiiQ gates joyed with unmised satisfaction whatito thei a povyeflui dilpusiiifpn to eacti other in the and pdlting pr(>per sentinels, fit bif p‘pv and jis a-most precious luxury, 'The’ agent 'WE vv lia and rycky ferfiiory of Uie Oiegou, sow- heated hiruoeU', absorbed in rellectioa, uy ibo most lilieral of the wei eral little tofts were erected in the. mterior huge rtf^.place ,in the pviocipal apaitnu-i.t.-^ j was forgotten;.and wjS wheuue the coihLerce in peltries vvas made Irnokers: are your .Indian traders, vvhe, ped, thi0 gratified aboriginies testified their with the inaiaqs. Une ot tuese to which iu,nior| ib.ngs than one, resemble, the incu Ulelight by disposing of Sjeir 'skii|a ih an e- obf taiu reiers, 4 as pianted in a green and with vvhom iht y have to deal.\ • , oyiaFiy liberal manner. Such indeed WBa the .liey’j vvuere pasture lor cattle and Myaiivvhile, EdVvard Kjay, after leaving the activity of th# Spokan agent,and.'vifassistant a man Vvere as much as posmble , fgb rooe slow 1 ■ duw u the valley:,rclleetiug on I Ray,that wheh Sublatte received atlehgthMs ihibined with ^curity and saiety. A little ' the wisest cqu seto pursne. Bciore hini was, I sapply of tobacco, not a bea’ver ndf.'lBteink [‘s|ream bOEileredfvviLb cotton vvood and aspens ajDuri|ey ot st veiny milps, with a hundred [ skin remalped for vvhiph he couldti’a^®'’ ' \water;. whUe j wijld Udians tl ifsliug fof a pale-face victim:; valley of the j anp nojl’ess we and cah'ied a r hajes of tobacc ventured, on a i wild and ^ . ___ and uuflerordii ary circuiikstances Would-soon grass, rdn hajte ti|rned faa ;k; but he knew the opinion greeajble. h i| fellows na: I of iiinij [ and feft with pride | clerk, td ' ■ ■ one f ad ojfTered jeven, to accompan; :sides,:in the pfqi^eiice oflK in tup grand nni Bayou iSalade, a in ineishaustiDle Tseve- had io-dp mer- chant. . .1 , Oban fenterpTi sing dispositioD,| he had pen, .etrated into the ‘ nlerior in search of tarther :1th*. and faanng for some two years set- himself at- SSpokan had there driven a ith f every traders to out g eneral the e [puffers, blind theiloppo lents a-s to ! and plans' as Well as to he, e very nerhuman diibrtS give rise t and, tend iitions, ttiiu, lllparties 1^.- w|ho shows t and hufiijild, of the! ' ' ' iUto| winter. I * .McPherson ftva^ shrewid_ pnefo- It w a s about: two years i that notice' wijieh ' Vancemdnt.. B eser despondency toj unn About three !|npn: iShe^ their' rich .fragrhhcB.oa uai^ riv,flswkAv«»‘4<.hhS ir-Pht , , ‘“ P \ - I dream^of I : ,;: dreap}s,L.-, fXhey scatter sunlight 0 9 my.Vafying wayj B|it -mid the. clouds, of .eptlajaro priceless; O f b g S L ; a n d o n e « h , o h U e t th e i; ■ = r rowsy breefces, ImrlhWowwkid ‘ digth,:satish€ the half-breed once tot lall Btrehfhjtte doi jwed for sometime., ,At,j lat jhe had bafied pursuit,,: usual track, and before great camp, where the their tents, with a view to tra®uyVit val Whiteman.. . ■ if- r, ,r ,%l- : To the right were the' w’agondpf Sublette; i to the left those of :Johnso:n, M<^het^ 0 n’s| a- genU They found the latter in vdiiy bad spir its; as his rival was expected th feBeive; th:e necessary supply of tobacco in .flip course' of the Hvould hav( detailed the wliicll attended it, [ tened, and at length he exelaifoed’ wit I;chuckle, ‘Bravo; Mr. Ray; I should just to be in your shoes; if you. hav’nt made [ Mac’s fortune, my name is not Johnson Such prime beavers, you never sak. By immortal head of General Jacked,, b u t yot icky dogP ' Ray* expressed Ms saijii factibhiit having been of sUch g f l i t Sfef V'icc~ and ifter a hasty meal they begahtheir dafy’d wprh- (First their regaled to the coni a liberal and plentiful srp! the agent’s tents, the hasty meal they begi 3t their chief$ Vhre s&mhBed rfnd jreaL dislanue, pastured lands, die buLalo £ : th^^ no 1 S even, to iiccompany hiiii, Resides,j:in the pre fence of iter he iov> led(he i|ad undfcjrtakeii Ills Loid risk, and was ;determined thafe she shou d not think him in- diijtereht and. timid. A ide of half an hour bfpught him o |it of the V£:iley, ahd upon the skirt o! a-plain o f some ixtent. Here Ray bajaedjf anUgaiiiig upon 1 10 prairie that lay at,his teet,eiiaqav’ored to disGoVei I of jibe waters, and not,a sound jLiilufcsis of-an Ameftcan wild. an' mutually their destinatioti !r in th© , field almost to sharpen ?ery sdnsative ; tjhe greatest jkno wi- • [the haunts of the. time to |moye and | these qualities serving him in-gpe athirs advanced .in a very| satjsfa iquarteiSj is’EUte to Campaign. ' and acute^ and lodsteadjhis faptory man- Mt^r the estahlish-r'f ri| usi- I unshoj it; under the ired to disGoVer SQiri.e sigii-.^ The incou shone brightly upon, the woods aud waters’, and notm sound disiUrlled, tiie itillutss pr ku American wild, ay felt the. ii tlueuce; o f the hour and place; |d forgelUng all but the delight of traveling [: tlie|moonl!| h t over that picturesque and .nffc plain removed thousands of niiles pivilizatiou, set spurs to his mare, and trptte(| svviftly along the path leading in the, di^dctipn o f the Xnaian mart. It was tipie e |e the Glerk paused, and then a s hlsitalion on the part of his mare,, brought. Irorit __ botwehn whic. i and'a broad river he had to ins'you,? p^sb. I A single glanceitold him that Indians ° W(Cre nG,af, i light smoke rose from amid the trees; whi ther they had yet discovered him |vas a natter of uncertainty; Ray, tnerefpre, dote rmined to make a bold dash ; ap| trusting p) his beast rode at a hayd gallop ,a|ohgithe. skir s of the .forest, The i^ument _hp neaVed the trees, with his hand upon il were in activl- mng L.OI pointtaent; u e ( the Iwhole distance neaved the trees, with his hand upon his ie, l^'e listene |w ith the most anxious atten -1 Hot a sound, save the clatter of his [ mare was heard, until Ije had halfj [c|ehrep the, da igerpus; cover, Then came the mierchandise Cof. the use of tlife company. -Addition to this he had taken fp to join herfa- :en|iptoj( r, M1ss;Mu||ierspn.aiid4f imale attendant, | ” ' and so long a jou rney had thrown ich toget 3 er,'and without _ u.ous;cover, . sdundl :oS hors es in pursuit, and ' then the Bikckjfoot wa whoop with theerack of rifles. i|is epemies v ere in full chase. Now it was .. . -.u- forth here! jLookini back, he warriors Gomifo even h a d 'hharinfe;, [tains bax^k Up|h' them in illi its [their',pleasure | w a s , ' complete. ' At Irrived a< their joutoeyfs'em ijivay uepapic a. Jlerk,: and 'Mips Mel [ presided over thl establishmeptf a§ the daugl • ter e f the pwnffl? wae in duty beund to dov- Whptaver I mjglit.hdvd been the lady*| .feel- e pbor 4 e r k sought hot to .leari. .Me d i t e r e i e of. sta ’ ' ' ng^ ithUSiasm for jthe avocation.' . , _ ________ and taditurn, even his ; ^stresr'tbeu^bt herself deceived iti him,- s i ^ g ^ t l ^ f f e ^ S h i s mast^.and allowed J^fla 5 i a S r t f efraj mastor, anC nerve his. spirit. 's after lus krrivaHhe time ' left.' V lnt£ ■ , , , . — - , BOf before, ------ t have led to his ad- bfceedfhadcast a branl amfo Ihe reeds, TJ porce ided a hundredyardslefe a jf fire rose bt tween kbem and tbeiff pursuers yourtiey Magjilificent t ms the scene which now gre d - '] departed, ed thl admiriig eyds of Edward-Ray as he im^of %lted on the dther fside o f the bfeak, The.j • and f lW r t i scorch ;d by f|ie summer sun, were i , ipflaiiable _ as .stra#, and the flames spff! rapidity to the right and P p ’’, bMs that sheltereddn the 'J ' ,' Sf' * • camp with theik beaver and otter skins, whe’^° „ ^ ( the riv 4 trdder ‘ ‘ j ofeted thebesll. prk_ roStable marltot. : About :tW(r days tppointedjdhe ;heads I were .seated at their eveni and variety made, up for delicacies and. sea-' f sonlng, ; Bpffaloj de'er meat,- trout !saImoia;! [|hem| ijmwiirmgl;llingly r lack plaj me became' the wild Indian fast toward himjbut still not 1 . - _ _ J't A t-« >\ 1 .-V/-»-> r t-» I ig fast tpwarU mmjDUt suu not grouin d; and he felt sure didhe loOsen ;ious r lerchandise, and give it up to |rsuers,it ;iat he could with ease outstrip I But ,1 le was _ resolved to ser' - iteps interests, and he urged his !*d to her u most. An hour passed Thf howling, whooping fadiana, .l the worth imb^r; galloped madly after him); the dark, soelirs Wavinff m the moonlight,j;‘My amhi fortune; ;an£ Before'him! ' . . - --------- - ise ten . Eay|dokdd [forward, to the welcome V-deter|ianed to make a stand; and jT dntrance stoodj mounted on. jaf xau.;iioiae .aii oppcj'^ng fo.Q.. [Oititching a pistoll the clerk pienC!hed his. tomb, ,and rode ladly agMnsl thfo ne(W opponent, who just ] 1 tlmeL to SEfye hiimselfAeried, ‘ail right— There was no time for grek -1 they pcampefed' through t|he: Ihe , poor birds that sheltei below| alarmed, ed yards, ned tq fas Binging to their lairs until the 1 their Very nostrils, would then [se, and, leaping . over it, scour j mpingov cinders in the rear of the es reti’ 6 ated, the 1 more magnilcent, for tbe bla; A?i I cierxj lu whom ! mcr ^espondenl IsighfoofSpokan, ....v-.v-- ....... opeu jarpis, as wa^ Hick, who apeompanfod
