Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 November 1822 — Page 4

skua; run poiom. FROM TH F. V. Y. KVESINC POST. SK'ETCIf, Xo. 2. Tne scene was changed A VI v sprung upon t'.ic desert rock, A )l 10 n il ) inched on the bl.tsted tree; H;- i itnl stir, once m ire in gulden lig it V i' vi jJ its march .la l beaconed him tu joy. () 1 j udv, lov ely I) -iiig prized his worth A I von his spirits from its solitude. K irtii vore the nne of heaven! h w beautiful, II )!vfiirshe was! even us the dark-eyea d l ighters Of !lh's visionary paradise. U;m i h jr cheek, so pure and delicate, T uldv strangle I with the crimson rose: A i1 ill tlu: m leic, ill the witchery

That ever loer dreamed or poet sung, ftlo'ved in lig itnaigs- ot her dark blue eye. O 1 siie was beautd d! her raven hair Hi ijj in profusion r-vi id ner neck of snow And - lit ;n n t i km glee an I sportiveness ILr gMiti.' ha.ut would catcii the scattered curls, A t I nn I tiu ii in a braid around her brow. () t io was beauiif d! lier graccly form M ve I noon eartli so l'g itly and so tree S i weenie I i seraph a a udeivr of the sky, T j ) b-.g it t vj p ire t glor.ous tor earth II- i ,ved a" re he m idly idolized, Aa.l k leel ng m devut.oa at her s.irine Bre une I M ito her prayers that vere due to I !. -a en. His spir.t s;)r 1 g t ihers ill other thoughts, AU ow ir feel ag-: vau-s ied froiii his mmd, A 1 1 on" iMLMis , devoted, deathless ardor, O ie p sio i, j n o is even to agony Cilaved in 'us uirobbmg heart and this was love! Yes, it w is love ! let the cold heart smile, A i 1 h i the senseh ss, the unfeeling fool Yh .vm1.i11 letharg.o spirit never soared "Bevon 1 its vile and perishable clay, Who steals through life, unblessing and unblest; h-'t hi a deride those throbs he cannot feel 11 it angels bless, and Heaven inspire such love.

WOh ! the heart's deep and tono moiatry, Source of Ldight and of severest woe! Tner, hangs a morning wreath on be luty's

shnne When life is in its spring, and tmie as yet N jr bights the bud, nor steals the floret's hue Lnk o ice again the mildew of decav And sorrow's canker h ive ben working there. FLOKiO. g urn F n the N. Y Dai.y Adveitiser. A s tort time since we informed our leu lers that the family of the late Piesidt-nt Dwig'it, of Yale C dlege. intended in the ensuing summi t th publish his travels in

the suite of New York, and the iSV v-Holland States; and stated that we should publish oecasional-

v some extracts Irom the manu

- . ft lt iv itinop

in which the work is executed. The author took great pains in the course of his various excursions to collect as much information of the early history of our country and as many facts and a ie dotes of the inhabitants, particularly during the period oflndi in varfare. as was in his power. In this he was m re successful than could have been expected; a al ir will probably be owing to ibis exri tions. that many very intrreMinj events which occupied in the fir it century after the settlement of the country by white in habitants are not in a great mea sure lot even to the present genera' ion. T te. following vciiunt of the suffering and heroism of one family in M iaehuetts will no doubt, be read with interest Th events heie narated took pi e a I'rtie m ore than one hunched and tweotv vea s io The mi. ui can scarcely rea.ize the fact, tnat the lde?t pu ts d niir country ee even at that period. !ia

b!e to thee av.ige invasions And v such w as toe case many years ! lwq"eorlv to the lime here nientio ed. O' e great object of th-. intnor of t ise travel" was, to s cw the pr gress of our country i.i ill tbf i -'en ts and circumstanrcs of civilization and improvement, tpmn its first settlement to t e date d his observations : Fr'.rn Preid nt Dvj gh s Travel. S'l OltY OF Ma. AN iJ 1 ir 1) Lid I' AN. nyi. 1. l.t rrr.H A Haverhill was settled in the v ic i(W7, and incorporated in oio. During tnc fust ociity-

fi vp years from its settlement it' how numerous bis assailants were,! ten of the twelve Indians. Tc siitTered often. and greatly, by sav bow bold, when an overmatch j other two escaped. With the age depredations. The story of for their enemies; bow active and . scalps of these savages, thev icthese depredations is, however, j what excellent marksmen; a de j turned through the wilderness; imperfectly known, at the pres- vout mind will consider the hand , and having arrived safely at I!aent time. Even the facts which of providence as . unusually visa- vcrhill, and afterwards at Boston

ire still Known are so uisperseu me in inc presci vauuu ui ins lamin the possession of different per- j ily. sons, as to render it very difficult Another party of the Indians to obtain them correctly. This entered the bouse immediately af kind of knowledge is daily be- ter Mr. Donstan had quitted it; coming less, and will soon be and found Mrs Dustan and hep

lost. It is much to be wished.

that inquisitive men throughout this country would glean and preserve the little which is left. U is a serious and unfortunate error of men in general to suppose that events familiarised to themselves by fireside repetition, will be uninteresting to others; and that efforts to pteserve them will be considered as either trifling or arrogant In no country, probably are the inhabitants more inquisitive than in New England. B.it their inquiries terminate, or

have until lately terminated, clue

nmse. who was attempting to fly

with the infant m her arms Mrs. Dustan they ordered to rise instantly ; and before she could completely diess herself, obliged her and her companion to quit the house; afer they had plundered it and set it on tire In com pany with several other captives, they began their march into the wilderness; she feeble, sick, terrified beyond measure, patiall clad, one of hei feet bare, and the season utterly unfit for c mforta ble travelling. The air was chil

ly and keen, and the earth cover-

fly in thinns remote in time or led a ternatelv. with snow and

' o ' - - -- place; and have been very frtle deep mud. Her conductors were occupied by subjects pertaining unleeling iiolent and revengeful to their own country. It is per- Mm der was their glory, and tor-

hahs natural to man to feel that he their sport. Her infant was

Ins own concerns, or any concerns that are familiar to him will be little regarded by those who come after him. Few parents are solii-hous to have their own portraits taken; yet after their decease, scarcely any legacy is thought more valuable by their children. I i the year 1607, on the 5th day of March a body of Indians, attacked this town, burnt a small number of houses; and killed, and cap ivated about forty of the inhabitants. A party of them arrayed in all the terrors of the Indian war dress and carrying with them the multiplied horrors of a savage invasion, approaching near to the house of a Mr. Dustan Tnis m m was abroad at bis usual 1 b r. Upon the fust alarm, he Hew to the house with a hope of hurrying to a place of safety, his family, consisting of his wife who had been confined a week only in child bed; her nurse a Mrs Mary Taff, a widow from the neighborhood; and eight children. Seven of his children he ordered to flee with the utmost expedition, in the course opposite to that in

which the danger was approaching; and went himself to assist his wife. Before she could leave her bed, the savages were upon them The husband despairing of rendering her any service, ilew to the door, mounted his horse

ami determined to snatch up the

in her nurses arms: and infants were the customaiy victims of savage barbarity The company had proceeded but a short distance when an Indian, thinking it an incumbance, took the child out of the nurse's arms, and dashed its head against

a tree. What were then the feel- j

ings of the mother Such (if the other captives as began to be weary, and to lag the Indians tomakawked. The slautrh ter was not an act of reenge nor of cruelty. It was a mere convenience; an effort so familiar, as not even to excite ao emotion. Feeble as Mrs. Dustan was. both she and her nurse sustained without yielding the fatigue of the journey. Their intense distress tor the deuth of the child, and of their companions; anxiety for those whom they had left bell nd, and unceasing terror for themselves, rai-ed these unhappy w men to such a degree of vig our that notwithstanding their fatigue, their exposure to cold, their

suffeiance of hunger, and their

received a handsome rewaid for

their intrepid conduct, from the legislature. Whether all their sufferings, and all the danger of suffering anew justified this slaughter, may probably be questioned by you or some other exact moralist Precedents innumerable and of high authority may, indeed, be urged in behalf of these captives ; but the moralist will equally question the rectitude of these Few persons, however, agonizing, as Mis. Dustan did, under the evils she had already suffeied. and in the full apprehension of those she was destined to suffer, would have been able to act the part of nice casuists; and fewer still, perhaps, would have exercised her intrepidity That she herself approved of the conduct, which was applauded by the Magistrates and divines of the day, in the cool hours of deliberation, cannot be doubted. The truth is the season of Indian invasion, burning, butchering, captivity, threatening and torture, is an unfortunate time for nice investigation & ciitical moralizing. A wife, who had just seen her house burnt, her infant dashed against a tree, and her companions coldly murdered one by one; who supposed her husband, and remaining children to have shared the same fate; who was threatened with torture, and indecency more painful than icrture;and who did not entertain a doubt that the threatening would be fulfilled: would probably feel no necessity, when she found it in her power to dispatch ti e authors of her sufferings, of asking questions concerning any thing, but the success of the enterprise. But whatever may be thought of the rectitude of her conduct that of her husband is in every view honorable. A finer succession of scenes for the pencil was hardly ever presented to ti e eye.

I than was furnished bv the effoits

of this gallant man with their in

sleeping on damp ground under ! teresting appendages. The artist

an inclement sky, they finished an

expedition of about one hundred and fifty miles, without losing their spirits or injuring their health. The wigwam to which they were conducted, and which belonged to the savage who had

; claimed them

mu.t he destitute indeed of talents

vi ho could rot enrofs every heart, as well as eveiy ee by exhibitions of this hnsbai d and lather flying to lescue his v ife. I er infant and her nurse, firm the approaching horde of savages; attempting on his horse to select from hi flying family, the child which he was the feast able to spaie, and unable to make ti e se-

lection; tacing m their rear tl

as his nronpitw

child. with which he was unable j was inhabited by twelve persons, to part, when he should overtake j In the month of April his family the little flock. When he e.imi set osit With tbpir e:ntiv f.w n

- - , - " " - - - .-..- ..I .--7 .!. 1 I U IIC up to them, about two hundred settlement still more remote; and hord of hell hounds ; alternately yards from his hou-e, he w as una- informed them that when they and sternly retreating behind his ble to make a choice, or to leave arrived at the settlement, they inestimable charge and fronting any one of the number He must be stripped, scourged and the enemy again; receiving and re therefore detei mined to take his; run the gantlet naked between ! turning their fne, and nrc.-entii fr

lot with them, and defend them two h.e ot Indians, containing

from their murderers, or to die by , the w hole number found in the their side A body of the Indians i settlement, for such they declared

pursued, and came up with him 'was the standing custom of their

m 9 and from near distances, fired at

him and his little company. He relumed tne fire, aud t created, alternately For more than a mile he kept so resolute a face to his enemy, retiring in the rer of his

charge; returned the lire of the savages io often, and with so good success; and shelteied effectually

Ibis terrified companions, that he

finally lodged them all. ?alc from the pursuing butchers, in a distant house. When ii is rcmembeied

nation This information, you

will believe, made a deep impression on the minus of the captive

uiiuM-u i ipiauy, as a uimcr against murdeiers, and a shelter to the flight of innocence and anguish. In the back grounds of some or other of these pictures, might be exhibited, with power

ful imptes-ion, the kindled dw el

women : and led them ii resistably, ! ling, the sick mother, the terified

to devise all the possible means ot

escape. On the 31st of i e same mouth very early in the morning. Mis. Dusian. while the Indians weie asleep, having awakened her nurse and a fellow prisoner (a youth taken some time hefoic from Worcester) despatched, with

j the UbsiaUucc oi her companions,

nurse with the new-born infant in her arms; and the fuiious natives surrounding them driving them forward, and displaying the trophies of savage victory, and the insolence of savage trirmph.

PliLYTLXi; JSEATLY Executed at this Office.