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young gopher, which the providence of Abram had provided. Meanwhile
the master-spirit who had raised the storm which even he could not
now allay, had he desired so to do, with bowed head, and face
cunningly hid in the folds of his hunting-shirt, that the people
might not see his exultation, slowly left the council-house, and
took his way, by one of the numerous cross trails intersecting the
plain, to a distant part of the town. CHAPTER III. ITUNWAII. A
Celebrated Seminole chief, discoursing upon the peculiarities of
his people, once quaintly said, " Indians are like fleas,?put your
finger on 'em, and they are not there." There is truth in the
remark, however we may understand -it. Nowhere in history do we
find accounts of such a remarkable race of savages, who talk so
wisely yet act so foolishly, whose movements are so capricious, and
whose character is such a singular mixture of good and evil,?the
heroic and the abject, the grotesque and the dignified. Not
destitute of virtues, the Indian is prone to the lowest vices. He
is patient, eloquent, and hospitable ; he has fortitude, courage,
and firmness ; but he will lie and steal, and drink to the worst
excess, is treacherous, cruel, and ungrateful, untamable as the
hyena, and implacable as the viper. 9 A species of land tortoise
found in the pine-barrens of Florida. Says Irving, in his Sketch
Book, " There is something in the character and habits of the North
American savage, taken in connection with the scenery over which he
is accustomed to range,?its vast lakes, boundless forests, majestic
rivers, and trackless plains,?that is, to my mind, wonderfully
striking and sublime. He is formed for the wilderness, as the Arab
is for the desert. His nature is stern, simple, and enduring;
fitted to grapple with difficultie...
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