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io hiTlks UmdlSana (©ffoBiirdlA LEGEND OF FORT HARRISON PRAIRIE.ooBY L £ L I Ati8wingwroviwbIstomithanskinlishcthisscreifreethe t dealpDOjTIn the mouth of September, 1763, on the [ banks of the Wabash, on a high knoll of ground, now almost within the corporate limits of the flourishing city of Terre-llaute, was situate an Indian village. There, before the axe of the bold pioneer had stripped the virgin earth of the primeval forest, stood a luxuriant growth of giant oaks, beneath which, was a thrifty undergrowth of young scions.—North and south, along the banks of the river, the vast forests were endless, but east, only a few hundred yards, and the extended prairie almost limited the visifp with its broad ex pause. The river which' here makes a sweeping serpentine bend, reveals, for more than two miles, its swelling bosom to the eye. Overlooking all this — at the top of this knoll — on a bluff bold show, stood this Indian home.The forest, the prairie, the bluff and the river, all conspired to make it a spot of surpassing beauty. The prairie breeze, cooled by the ^ shady grove, kissed the tawny cheeks of the young savages as they gambolled on the green turf. The bubbling music of the waters hymned forth an anthem to the Great Manitou.—The young fawn from the dense thicket, look- S^a ed out upon the scene, then bounded off into the deeper forests. The place was a ruralnECddawisfe-:de-aeofingthe i wh; warTBited t himrowgerTbat!thedenwaicanseekmParadise, and nature, and nature's offsprings sca here met, wondered, loved aud embraced. At
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Terre Haute Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Tue, Sep 16, 1856
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Vigo C.
IN, USA 19 Oct 2020
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