12 Oct 1839
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Newspaper
Wisconsin Enquirer
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1839
Page
1
A lengthy reminiscence traces interactions with Delaware and Pawnee groups, detailing a lost sister with No English recall, intertribal kinship scenes, and reflections on charity and historical misunderstandings. It intertwines travel notes, moral reflections, and anecdotes about frontier life in the Susquehanna and Wyoming regions.
In Washington county Arkansas three Wrigh family murderers were seized by citizens and hanged without trial. The piece condemns mob justice as a violation of law and civilization, urging stern action against vigilantism and affirming faith in legal process and impartial justice.
Extract from Holly Springs dated 22nd ult reports Col. David Crockett alive in Mexico working mines. Two men claimed to have escaped Alamo forces and seen him there. Memphians know these men as reputable. rumor of thousands of troops from Tennessee joining soon to pursue Crockett.
A Dutchman in New Jersey appears more composed and courteous than others, so much so that he sits with an old hen to tend her eggs, fearing her sedentary life may harm her constitution.
The text presents a jumble of moralizing anecdotes and literary allusions about friendship and self-restraint. It rails against writing for glory while recounting parables and didactic sketches involving misused money, romantic entanglements, and social conduct, with scattered references to classical figures and a laments on propriety.
A garbled 19th century critique argues that wisdom is not the severest corrector of tally as rival factions wage metaphorical war. It notes misused power, bungling elites, and a dramatic claim from The Spirit of the Times about a man in New Orleans who has worn the skin from his face in a drama gone awry.
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