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IIUDSOK, ST. CROIX CO., Wlijf FEBRUARY 28* 1995.ON LAKE PEPIN-J builJ if til© bkuOn our northward trip,piisecd throughP1 Lake Pepin in the night time, so that wo I, could not sco much of its scenery- T.nee \ of our bouts were Ufahcd together, and .line | beatc »' proceeded along the whole length ul the Lake, exhibiting to .my stray occupants of tho shore » startling and fiery spectacle.On our return wo were more fortui ale.( Wo catered upon L*ke Popin at the dmti I of a beautiful day. Toward the southern | extremity of the L’ike we saw the high j btulF, with its sandstone pinnacle, known as j. tho Maiden’s R ndc- It was my lortune to ' j be standing on the hurricane dock, with i, my foot upon a life-preserving stool, and j my elbow loaned upon my knee, when ‘-onic of my lady acquaintances of tho cxcmion [ broke,in upon my eontoioplution?.11 * We have come to you,’ said ono, 4 ForJ the authentic version of the legend which Ogives to that rock its name. Please to sit 5 down, and tell it like a faithful chronicler.’ j ‘ Authorities differ/ said another, 4 us to f whether tho maiden, who threw herself j from the rock, had a lover now, 1 insist 51 upon it that she had.’. i 4 Please to he seated, Indies, and you * i shall hear the whole story, although it is 1 many years since I received it front a Sister ! of Charity m Montreal.’»I 4 But I insist upon it that a lover must be introduced/ said the lady number two.‘ [ cannot promise/ said 1,4 for tho story will cotno to my recollection only by degrees, as I go aloag, What all all wo cill it r*4 Call it/ eaid the first lady, hesitatingly,4 call it—'we no na’s Hock.5 4 Wo no-ua’u Rock is shall be.*Know, then, that many year a ago, shortly before tho indefatigable Jesuit missionary had penetrated this country, o» given to this beautiful lake the name ol that old king of the Franks which it now beer-, tho Dabcotabs or Sioux Indians oocupiol rhe region row partly included within the- limits of Minnesota and Wisconsin.The Dahootahs were confederate band-, i subdivided into clans, and they differed | from the Indians ca^t of the Mississippi in 1 ,!i relying mom exclusively upon hunting the bison. They were a fierce, aggressive people, and so improvident that periods oF famine among them were quite common.On such occasion# they would suddenly break up their settlement a and move to distant hunting grounds!, leaving their iDfiria old men, who wore unable to travel, behind to perish.On n oold day in January, an tlic edge of the clump af trees which you sco a shot I distance hack from the Maiden’s Rock, an old Indian might hare been scon cowering about a fire. Isbton.vb had been loft to die. i 11 is people, dtiveu by hunger, b.id goae i west in search of the bis on. A small pile J of wood, some morsels of food, a hatchet,‘ a birchen vessel filled with water, and a bow and arrows were by liis side; and a | few stakes covered with deer skins, disposed in a conc-likoshape, formed the wig warn for his shelter and repose. The ground wai covered with enow, and tho wind blew keenly from the north-west.... • 4 Go, my children/ tho old man hud eaid,| when some bbcuiciI to hesitate in their act 1 ■ of desertion, ‘go where you can git food. re • Leave mo to the Great Spirit’s euro. At i the beet 1 have but a brief while to live.idle the vI roe and cook tlm food. Slio must do tvety men.ul thing, while the bush, nd links on in idleness. Alt Ih.s 1 oi.iii.IUnr d the j had good tioatmcnt after it. Bu' then, | when her drudgery is over, she inu*t bej rfj'oundlvn w.kh.g,! oijiimpment ! She paused, hoping to re-tSmt, (-he hud | treat uoscen; but thie vu now ivnp««.-ihlc. t.htiged the little' Several Inditt.a 6t«r ed up end ft'ipiu.vuhod ,j'te a neat iiDiut- ‘ her, r*nd a second gl.une w.is not ne Jed to I roufid, iir,d v iib a floor of bark, j assure li ;r that among them she saw her was tp cad tic skin of a bison.) father and tnuih.iiijiko .cut, wc i winchstick of wood thrown it By h'ji'ig huge Btiipr of hark slcpiug i Uaok i'i. Tula worthy chief had inside lb her head. Yeslm-Jay my muihi’r ivas bear J ng-:in»i. the trees to wbijh the wigwam was1 old people er-mewhnt uneomf-jitable from cn for not beating me hard enough, bcoiuae bound, she made a safe -dace for the dcpos-! Ilia repeated twining them with the fact I Faid I would iognor die th in mu ry; and.it of tho rciibcii klc other provisions, j that he had bought ilroir daughter of th- m so I would !’ Sho constructed a cant - in anticipation on twice over, and be lit. cheated out of the* The iLdinn’o is a bad life,* mid the old the rivet’s melting in tl e apt tag ; anJ out purchase. As lluilmh had no small degree man. ‘ What you say is truo. Indian wo of the dc?r sk.n hie hi ide moccasins and of influence in llii* tribe, the old couple felt men arc slaves; and Indian old men are. belts. And then u go .d p.ut of tho di.y■ very imeiey at their d mghtcr's der .lection,abandoned, as I to die.’'Father, you shall not die if I can help it. 1 will build vour fire, peel bark to prove jour (.belter, and btOnk holes ice to catch you fish.’For a moment the old man’s Indian up- ! nthy wan melted, and a strange, unwonted I strange though feeling; which, a little more indulged, would consciousness of her lonely situation would I disencumber herself of her canoe, and every have brought tears to his eyes, btule thro5 probs upon her heavily. Rut she was natu thing that could impede her flight. Sheeful, and her day- j then placed herj idle or deepilt;ml:n. the when iho wind howl.d, and1 whined in eddies over ho bluff, she would j and feed the fi.e fir hours, and iLcuj ivoulo visit her ; and I Isobringing in it having pi mod them in a posi'ion ofdelit-iit.d little time for i ora to ono who evidently bv Ms frequent its. UecuLioaally! taunts aud dunning, was not disposed to let them-deep over the debt they had IncurreJ There was, consequently* an exclamation ol general .iuipri»o aud s: appearance of \VV. t'oniitfaclioji nt the llcr tit sfe‘ Wcnoaa doesrvos a better hu‘•blind than | drc Daheocah would make/at id tho old mt 4 It jg hard to speak against odVs own i tion ; but what I have eeen, 1 have scon Wenona doos net desire to bo a slave, « so s!jo wi’l go uowedded.’4 Father, 1 would willinglj, iaii like slave, if there were loving words to repay ; but the angry thrally checrtul ami hr. 1 eful, and her day-j then placed her arrow in the Btiiug of her ,vere olisrer 1 ng.it than gloomy, j bow, and, retreated a tew steps, cuUtd upon I.} She was saddest when the thought of a lit-' tae approaching p irty to stop. There was ' tie sister w l.o had d’Cu the winter belore. j something so imperious in her tone that- j But one night she dreaued that littls We- | they instantly obeyed. She then brieflydihaika c.uua to her finely wigwaui, and ’ told them that she had v. illrlv nvn frorn her | promised to lcaj ficr 1a good time to a land' tribe j that eh? looked to none of *.h»m for oii like a i more ttv.utmil than a iy she had yet e:-,:n. support; end /ie wirj'cd to Lc alone. To and looks' wloro there wen birds and fruits all the (this her father repl.ed !u violent lavguigethe tJow, year rourtJ, and tv fie; 9 no violence was ordering her to coils immediately to fitin.of the r is well liAn unkrto the 1of a!too.s.ownasfsequent!Our Fthe contempt 01'a man, is more than I can done, and no harsh words vtjere spoken.) submit to. 1 think the great spirit Ins' Alter this, Wemxiii w is contort, and btie J5 different from other Ihibcotali tSaying this* Wenonn seized the hn.lt.Let, and troniling ligntly nnd fie*jtly ever the snow toward that grove of oak which you see in the direction of the north west, cut a bundle of dry boughs and brought them to the firs. The old man and m uden then at took of a frugal meat of dried venison, jloved to recall all tl 0 pm 11 cuUr. dream. Thcio wire S'ttle biothci .-lie had been obliged to leave in deserting! her people. And did not Wcnonu for thciul' Alas! Id 0 nil Indian boys, they find been bred up to treat their sisiersj threaten her moth' With contempt and ignominy j— and ihe cl’- j Jing her to join feet of a vilo c-dujatirn had been sacli aa! er.Mtioa^. Bet blunt their natural affections, and to! Then thefull into the water! Inuredible as it seemed A Y \NI it w *s the eonofiiHon to winch they cjiiu1. J YunkiI’vor II loka'n w i«s a 200.I deal crest-fnlleu. J lho worlus wi(h his woundfiJ 1j .lined t lie uncamp merit. 11 is three wiv.m it the first exhibited muoh eon rein 011 .seeing1 him wounded, und'np proa died him with the -crvil.ty he fi'ibitinlly exacted , hut 011 JL covering that his arm was so bhottored as to be unfit for tho future tor vice, they taunted him with mi-fimunc, and mnnifo-teJ « , wonderful in.bflcier.ee to his euSTerings. H« looked about for a hatch'd to 1 hr aw at 0 of then), but a Elight motion ot his O’in 1 mindod him of hie impotence, and lie chan cJ his rough tone to a } leading treble, bis influence with his tribe was derived chiefly from his physical e-irengtfi and vkill, and not from kis wiedom in council, ha at1 once fell into insignifieancc, and soor. found himself restricted to a single .vife, whom ht* never spoke to but in tonne of profound rlt;? sped.Tbo pjuranera nil re^crlcd time »Vc?jo-i.i was drowned 1 it would h-uo been a jnor conipliincnt to their speed and sagacity to suppose otherwise. Afinnst every version oT the tradition of ‘Yfcitonii’s Rock’ ndupl.-thcir story. Bat it docs not f How, (hi' beet use thr 7 cou’.d not find her, she w,t drowned. On ilia contrary, there h in tJi»'■■•ry fact a prcBumpin) i that she Cicapcd.The truth is, that Weaonn, who w-i.s a mi’! y it -ij?'1 Scant geduic. lie 1 .jdroifc swimmer, did escipe. S*i:nmii!£ meet her but bhe soon daub , acro“g the liver, she ceneeah’d hcml*')f her) led the diet an ee betivf-n them. db true 1 £(.-_ 1,, t-_ok up her journey tovthoiuj Indian cralt* he then changed hie po.icyand J Wiir.j^ {i)0 ?aiJi) gt,? or,-}s£icd tho trrriiorv ked Weuont whimngly if she would not} now enn^iitntes the v itMi of th:rievo j come to her dear, affusion itc parent9 ? At ( stn.te of WiscoRrin. and arrived nt Green the same time, Wenonu rc-iild see bun j ^ 3flriy ln .\uaust. Ilorc, ut the point his huTchet, bid-j wy)ere p-01,» j ^ Ruoe was sulceqnently rentios and lamKing do Llutchdt iiour.c.‘dthe Kin but on t only to not d .«refits'Mr. 15 a!the wonWe a on aidex0ruble. ^;etcd, *heJ round a Fie neb txplorit 2 conduct of several Jl“: partyiinl vtlicn ftoriulit came CD, on* of Ihem ! “ilUc them r-'ga.-d Ihe fraternal bcntiii Wenona aiaicd, or pretended to aii th approachsd ; but j sjfjri[;rjeJ- Qhc atttehed herjili' It)wutched tho firo while the other siepfc.as a weakness which no boy, who hoped to arrow nt him, he dodged behind a bush, andThe r., morning. Wen0an crossed the become a great vvarrio •,iertain. | begged helake on tbo ice to that bluff \ like hollow on its front, to:th the bowl-econnoitro.-The winter months nul never seemed to! him she would do if Wenona lcs tedious. -March, with its cold; (10 was. Iliok'th thenWbtit Gf deer!her joy She had !tiuoes! blasts, and April, will its Loncnt-* of 1ght the oldh»d passed : and tho * outh wind unlockedhoug and tbaThis she nseured would st.iy where orated her that he a fair trade of her parents, n common honesty she oughtb»w ted wrow. .kb l»r, end elu. ttn'.r*)! tetter-:,1 Ml.ew.pp!, Ml the Hue; come enj bo his erii's ; he tehl to th.it liehad hut three wives, all of whom py women—lie hid bairn suci-e^iul in hint-tug, i.nd had collected a good number oT and blight flowers{ skins, beside a qa.intiry of bear’s grouse: grass anJ by i bo had alto taken the scalp of ft Pawnee. rVcrlinn’s win noil stolen a horse . in short, there was not or » Feeling of ft ;ouug woman ;u tho tribe who would not t longer J*r0c:s ns, which wia be proud of the position he now offered to ' of happiness. I the disdainful Wenom. AVeBOna.leaning on bafora had she mown the true luxu-' her buw, ae ore fully repliedyirkled ire began to creep j over bijif nnd prairie- and tho delicate t'oli-I ago to fringe the tree.'to open amid thi•Thiefto lie in wait for the garna on which not|water3 of Lake 1'epi only her own life but another’s seemed now tha sualizbt, and Use v to depend. Her vigilance was repaid, noblo deer oatne bcuoding towards opening which lies just back of the bluff.With heating heart Wcnonn fixed the arrow , the border's of the gro/es in the string, and without pausing, shot it1 ter experience Lind g ver at tho animal. Leaping high in the air, hej independence arid soli re fell, and crimsODod the aaow with h;s life-1lQ ’Mood, ‘burily/ thought Wenona, ■' the j Nc-vi Good Spirit which dwells m woods has ba- I ry of freedom. If heretofore she had Dab cot ah, your wife 1 wll never be Youfrieodsd mo :* for this was tha first deer! roamed the pniiie, * r paddled the canoc,1«y you have hut three : there wsb r fourth,sba had ever killed. With great labor, she it was hut to ooticif ftte ter d-*gi cdation J who died of it blo.v from hw husband.-drugged the carcass to the edge of tbo bluff, the moment she entered the tikliy hovel' What a brave he must be! There is anandrolled it down over tbo icy ere^t, to j where her peojie were herded. She had n 1 othfr, who is blind of one eye. IIow didthe frozen Sako. It would have been hard . womanly sense of neatness, which now she the loose it 0 greitwork for a strong man to pull over tho ice, ecu id indulge ur. die: led. She delighted in ; and that. 1 will venture to say, a worn a Vs .-and up the liule cuoaiapmeot back ot We nature, nnd h:r Relic il v. .s new utnuan-cd | Sever will I be your wif'd never will I be one noun’s rock. But I his she did, greatly tear- j by embittering sssoui itiam. She grew in of your people again ! UM vent your anger ing the while that tho wolves would inter-! stature and beauty, and ia strength and. tipoo the poor slaves who are left to you, rupt her in rhe task. fleetncse : and iih elm »■ miffed the pure moro- j and be content !’Old Isttena’s cyea sparkled when ha saw, mg breeze, and saw the sun crimsoning the 1 By this time tho rngo of Elaokah was at what tfcu maiden bad accomplished. ! eastern clouds, or as =ho looked up to the its bight ; nod, regardless of^ danger, ho‘Here is enough* he said to keep you 1 a try heavens, or t) tho coruscations of1 rushed forth with a howl to »ei/.e her who from starving till spring/ | th® Aurora by night, she would exclaim :! had dared to give utterance to eucfa unwel‘ ' Yos, tho Great Sfirit is generous and) come truths. But Wenona, vigilant as ai both, father/ rejoined Wi- ,' should, be a burthen and a delay to you if j nona, after a long pause.To keepn0,na good ; it is man only who ia bad, and who j wild-cat and swifter than a deer, g nuyu nuThe old man «hook his tend, but s»W:»Poils »e gif s the. ore Urisheil on his | eWstion from which she ogifm : mol no race !* i arrow at her pursuer. He throw b:iasc-lfB wo, one of iho list 6»js in Jl-iy, when -! lt;«• ground, MS tho moo lodjted *t th. os Wonon.r itosiicsoemiingto that boautitoi1 Bunk of a tree some Mp,belumj, tfnhnothing.Whnt would my frther «fty ?’ asked We- jccc J°u “tempted to take me with you. Your ad women and young people must bo provided1 I for. Go!’And Ishtenah was left alone. Although o- ho bad made a virtu© of necessity, nnd ex-S; bibited the charactoreatic stoicism of hie race, in insisting upon tbua being deserted, be could not repress the bitter thoughts that visited him as the last lingerers disappeared from his feeble gaze. He recalled the times when ho had rallyed his people to the victorious onset, or saved them from a well laid ambush, or brought them off *bc safely from the assault of superior numbers. He recalled bis achievements in the abase, and tho occasion when, by foresight and energy, he had averted calamities like the present. And after all his benefits to his tribe, here w»s his reward.As he was indulging in this repining retrospection, he was startled by the sound of crackling snow, and the next moment an ) Indian girl stood panting before him. i « Wenona! What brings you here V said Jol tbo old man. ‘Do not linger or you will miss your people’s track. Already the drifting snow may have covered it/* I do not care. I stay b*re/ eaid Weno-na, throwing some dry bough* on the fire.1 Would thfi young fawn perish liket thu old disabled buck? What moves Wenona to this desperate resolve ?’‘Father, they would wed me to the ohicf Ilaokah, and I cUteat him/• In other words, you love some younger man of the tribe/41 love no man, youug ot old, unles* it bo jou, father, from whom I hare alwaja bad kindness.’Go, fooiiih fawn ! Haokah is as good as most husbands/41 would sooner die than havo a bus-bind, if all are like those of the ldacotahs/ exclaimed Wenona, energetically. cHovr much better is a wife treated than a dog ? Look at my mother! sc# her * tagger leg under heavy burthens, while her husband cat-■ric* no more than will keep bim warm.— The wife mnst cut the tree, peel the bark,‘Should I leave you, my child, trustyell, he rose to his foet, and strainedprairie, where tho hi tie house now stands,) the Great Spirit and bo bravo. Wait here j she saw a red strawberry amid tbo grass, J every sinew la overtake Wenona ; but, through the winter as long aa you oau get ) and plucked it. She then remembered Ish-1 ease ani* £raco an aQtel°P6, shefood and wanntb, but do not tarry after tenah’s injunction, md walked musingly, outran him. All the young you finvo plucked the first ripe strawberry t back to her v.igwan . It was almost with [ campnient were by this timea tiie summer. Romambor/ Wenona promised ol ediencc..1 pang of regret an sorrow that she pre-! ^or they knew they pared to leave this hoautiful region- All | ^rom flaokah unless theysoon made hwfflf u-joftil to them.A young Parisian of educiti.m nnd re* finenent, and a devout CathuHo ivsthal,! named Li Croseo, was seriously ill of a fever; and Weaoca was apncir.tcJ to watch and nurse him. This she ilnl with so much putieneo acil fidelity, that La Cr^ocvis scnously imprei-'cd ; and no so oner v. as he restored to heaUh than to in fur su'd Father Dusbnaot his desire to espou.o Wenona. : The worthy father said this this ojuM nt t bo done until the maiden was m ide a good Catholic : und they both forthwith applied themselves to her conversion. This was a ipatod. Itlime before Wenona acquired i?uf liuieut French to und erst ami their purpose; nnd then she bud so many posing questions to ask, that the learned missionary fro-qut-Rtly thought the must be especially iu stigatcd by Satan in the uo looked for difficulties she raised.( At IcngHi, tho maiden’s intclligeuce ;orfwith oac sj.dp, I seemed to pierce to the pith of the matter, uheved of all its bewildering husks, forms, mid wrappings. The beauty and bulinc^s of Christian morality dawned upon her he nighted soul, and reconciled her fully -ivid cordially to the Cl'.risiiau religion. It was t.o her, in truth; a revelation, and was received in earnest a ess and faith. She was baptized and married.The party returned soon after to Mon trcal. Lu Crosse become the chief man c one ol the beautiful villages on the 5t# Lawrence. Wenona kdapted herself eagerly to the habits and tastes of civilized life. Sometimes, as tho happy pair sat on their broad piazza amid ro-cs and Lonny-stukles, with tt.eir children playing bclore them, Li Ci-csbo to make his’wife’s eyes flash with their old bnrbaiian firo, v. ould express a pretended preference for the freedom of sarngc life, and, sighing, wii-li that tfiev ,1 eipwtjio ttm ; mtK ,JQlrag tho i^nuta i 1. wsk WStScl never failed to call forth an indignant re-tuachini Map sty The r;at 12 o*On the ' palace t request chine u tbo Kit),nF the could npearOn tl cd to th exhibit! of it a r. the bat! cngvaviit/ Tlsolid gi first dciA a tHie DuUUUalrtaud.toil Yankeebelief, comple is Willi ing mmi of the en-full chasofllcious ia |And go oast, beyond the great lakes, to ! the means of subistonce scorned so abundant; assisting him. Wenona ran to the top of the from Wenona. On one occasion, hir tho country of the Algonquina, whore you \ aronnd her; ca:th, lir, arid water seemed j bluff, where her wigwam ^®tood, and threw j }1Ui|..inj} |0 ple|.6e some wandering Iro*will find the pale faces of whom you have heard, and who will teach you much thi will do your people good should you ovi, up their etorts ; umi ] fctrwlf parity upCD u bed ot dry »r4*«W J quoijj ,plubell his ,»M „;.S ochrPj ptlt;w,and charcoal, threw a blanket over hisreturn to them/1 then, as summer ca ae on, tbo whole land-! g™«» eho had prepared some days before. , scape was clothed io such aflluent beauty ; Sbo ^ re9ted theT8 hnrdly a minute, whenthe verdant bluffs 1 wept in such graceful s^e 80uri^ voices and footsteps rousedWenona bowed her head in acknowledge- carves to the water's edge; and the distant i ber3 ftn^ springing to ber feet, she saw Ila-shoulders, decorated his heaj wilii feathers, took a sculping knife in one hand und a tomahawk in the other, and with genuinement that she had stored up iu her memory! prairie began to herve Its sparkling waves j ckah, with three or fout followers, ascend- j pKnc|, vers utility, joined in a war dance.all that the old man had enjoined. She1 of green luxuriantly ! But might there not j *nS i*10 i”1* slop© from the south and but then cooked some venison, but he partook[ be tair spots eastward of the lakef She) a ^cw rods distant. In a frenzy of indigna-sparingly, and bade her sleep, whilo ho j would go ns lsliten. h had recommended ; ) Hon, she again set an arrow m the ‘tring, watched* The command was not unwol-, but first she would collect, as a memorial, I ftod'exclaimed, ‘This, Ilaokah,for the bene-come: for she had been much fatigued by some oE the beautiful stones scattered along of your three wives !’ shot it at him be* her day’s work. Sbo slejt profoundly for! the shore. ’ t~ 1 6 '3' 1 5 •' ',fore ho had time to turn aside. It lodgedseine hourj, then started up suddenly,i bis right arm above the elbow, disablingtill-sotaThese stones, at you ere aware, waked by the cold, and found that; the fire j agates and corneliins; and Lake Pepin |materially for the active purposes of was decoying fast. Sbo hoaped upon it) has yielded them in abundance for man? | chastising his wives or scalping his foes, some wood, then, turning to Ishtenah, snid,: ycare. j Thopureucrs paused,quite confounded ul‘Father, you Bball now take your turn to j Wenona descended and ran along the) this audacious shot; but Ilaokah, with a sleep/ No answer came from him. We- shnre as far as the point we are now skirt- scream of mingled rago and pain, bade nona seized him by tho arm; it wae cold ing. She would atup here nnd there to pick i them proceed, and they dashed on toward and atiff. The soul of the old warrior had) up a handful of cgates, acd then, ae she the summit of the bluff. As they mounted departed. 1 sa’.v others more beautiful, she would thvo-w] it, they beheld Wenona nt the very edge ofThe maiden sat in mate, overpowering j aside those she ha 1 gathered, and replace! tho fearful precipice, looking back upon affliction for many hours. The anguish of ^ them with new treasures. She was thus utter bereavemaot and desolation 6eemcd lured onto wande* several miles; and rhe to deprive her even of the relief of tears, evening twilight van far advanced before At length she recalled her promises to the , she regained her v igwam. It was now too old man. She found a place under a high late to start upon bar pilgrimage. No mat-bcow-drift, where the ground wos yet un-(ter ; she would ommetjee it early in thefrozen ; and her© she dug a grave ond de~ j morning.posited bi3 mortal body. And it wqh not1 When morning came, there were many till all this was done, and the snow had preparations to make ; and theauti had been been replaced over the spot of interment,! up a couple of lours before she had setaud the fire bad been heaped anew withi forth on her joLrney,A it a;tive at and wi skeptic races. travel!1 they h: Mubon among plish I the fev rathersheep,selves,arkscome i under who d:She carried herthem with a determined glanoo. ‘Brave woman-efcasftre ?’ she exclaimed, ‘let me ecu you follow!’And, with these words, sho sprang from the cliff, eome sixty feet far Out among tho trees that slope from tho base of the wall Or rock toward the water ; and before her pursuers could reach tho edge of the precipice, she had swung from bough to bough into the river.There was uBut when he found that his diugulse disturbed Wenocrt, so thut sbo wept p:i96 ately, he threw it aside, never to rcvumA proud woman was she, when, with her two boys and a little giil, La Crosse first drove her up, in a p-tintcd sleigh, to ttie little Catholic church where Sunday service Wih held- No wonder Lbat the emotion of gratitude surpritcd all othsrs as fhe knelt in prayer. A still prouder woman was she, wheD her children could reod, and write, and one of her boys attained snch proficiency on the ba is.viol that he was employed by the priest to lead the choir In church.— They grew up a bright aod intelligent race, and Wenona lived to see them all happily settled upon adjoining farms.And this is the end of4 Wcnooa’s Rock/ —[Knickerbocker Gallery.perfor the Kc con d it tho P the B1 half Jfulfilan Egto cla the d(call tThowood, that tears and lamentations gave)cnnoe fastened bv a strap on her back, j surprise from Hookah and bis young menCautious.—On its being proposed in a public meeting to present Commodore Stockton with a gold snuff Lax, a speaker cnaae objection, on the plea of it© being injurious to the public. An explanation being desired, it was said that the Comoio* exclamation of horror and j dore might, on account of the now snuff' box, be led into the habit of taking smiif— agreat! asked tho c nevervent to Wenont/a grief-i her hatchet anc arrows in her bolt,! they witnessed this intrepid leap. No one i very dangcroua practice, for every time theBut the grief of the young and healthy and provision for jevera!days in a.pouch of cared to risk his neck by imitating it. They is like a flesh wound that belulls them—it.1 doer skin that hurg at her side. What was! separated, aod run TOund each side of th© soon heals. Left entirely to her own' her dismay, after descending tbe hill and j bluff towards the base ; bat lo their a maze-reeourcc6f Wenona found hourly occupa-! passing through jonjer little belt of wood-] ment could see no trace of Wenona. Was tion for her hands and thoughts, and at1 land, in coming suddenly upon at Indian lit possible that she had leaped so far as toRum Old Commodore” look a pinch, oil New Jersey would sneeze—the effect of which, united, could bo nothing less than a small earthquake. Tho proposition wassake i mum to do Arabunanimously rejected.—[New York paper.»too,dolla one ifall,
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Hudson, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1855
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