Sympathy Of A Cherokee
How po'or an instrument may do a noble deed. -Shakespeare. ir records of the noble deeds of Indian women had been kept they would doubtless fill many volumes. One instance will show the high impulses that may fill even the savage heart. During the revolution a young Shawanese Indian was captured by the Cherokees and sentenced to die at the stake. He was tied and the fagots were gathered for the fire, when a Cherokee woman went to the warrior to whom the prisoner belonged, and throwing a parcel of goods at hls feet, said she was a widow and would adopt the captive as her son, and earnestly plead for nis deliverance. The warrior granted her request and the prisoner was taken under her care. He rewarded her Dy nis fidelity, for, in spite of the entreaties of his friends, whom he was allowed to visit, he never left her.
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Ann Arbor Courier