Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1886 — Indian Gratitude. [ARTICLE]

Indian Gratitude.

At the time when the Indians w«re scattered aldng the borders of the settlements in the neighborhood of Litchfield, Conn., a poor weary Indian arrived at a country in, and asked for something to eat. The, landlady refused, when a white man toid her to give the Indian all he wanted, and he would pay the bill. The Indian promisedhewould some time pay him, and went his way. Some time afterward this man was taken captive by the Indians, and carried to Canada. After some time an Indian came to him, and told him to meet him at a certain spot at a certain time. The man, feswing a trick or some danger, neglected* to go. , The Indian again came, and asked him why he did not come, and kindly reproved him for want of confidence, naming another hour for meeting. The white man went, and found his Indian friend, Who had a

musket, a knapsack and provisions ready. Pointing to them, he told thd white man to take them and follow him. After several days’ travel the white I man, wondering what would become of i him—for .the Indian said very little— I suddenly came to the top of a hill. The Indian, stopping him, said, “Do you know that country ?* The white man looked, and at last cried out, “Why, that is Litchfield!” “Well,” said the Indian, “long time ago you giVe poor Indian supper there. Indian tell white man he never forget,” and bidding the delighted and long-lost exile farewell, he turned and retired into the wilderness by the way they had come.— Anon.