A COUNTY CORKMAN AMONG INDIANS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 10, 27 June 1884, Page 9

A COUNTY CORKMAN AMONG INDIANS.

THB following thrilling narrative (says the Bruee Beraht) which we 22Kn?w «£•«* E "**\™ X will be read with interest by all, especially by the friends and acquaintances of the Bey. T. Lenahan, B. 0. Pnest of this district, whose brother, the hero of the inddent was Military Chaplain through the American-Mexican war. AlSough present danng some of the hottest engagements, he escaped [unhurt When peace was restored, he retumed^me, taking Km m S ?wjf^f °* fte , war ' amongst others the memorable dagger A Co/tes, the original conqueror of the land of the MonteaumasT— to uSStSi % who was military (B. 0) Chaplain AIS«w c^ m , the Nortb Canadian provinces, and in Bermuda, kSiSSSnt ZvW U ? y ? w ?t related , to me the lowing interest, ing incident, which I give m his own descriptive way :— , nfl ' n A 5 Bt year 1832 I was riding across the prairie. After a mSti ESL !n T d ®T lDg •W»«* in & and, to my great relief, I S£^EfeJFfc *« dl8 T tan ? e > wbw *> f «>m experience, I knew to be w ™t $^ hy toe Indians, as it was a blue colour, as they burn bnt one kind of wood, different from that used by white men. I made at once for the wigwam and found a hearty welcome from the chief, mTJaf^t- M of the band8 <»Aeßt men I had ever seen Though daricskinned he had not the thick lips of the Indian, but in aU other respects he was a veritable chief. His wife was most kind, and immediately, set to-work to provide a good- dinner for me, and s,d^r^^ Qnde * r Wh . ich Bhe ? lac6d a *"**■***- Being hungry and tired I made a hearty repast, and soon fell asleep on a laree bundle of deer skins, feeling sure that I was safe for the night, and EttSr 4 / 0 '" **! "ft* 1"*1 "* day when I P'eparld o deKSl h «? e f Came *° m S and B P° k e to me so earnestly in the Indian language to stay another day tbatl was sorry I was compelled to go on I£L P £ g b TT 8 ' Ju ? taßlhadn »yfootinthesSrruphefame close to me, and, to my intense astonishment, said in a broad tosh accent-' For God's sake stay, Father, as I want you to t Zx I T? tkof *»c to the woman you saw withS and baptise my children. I will just tell you my hiS I^iT* a? ° Ih%1 h % * Waa only a lad * was a soldier in an English regiment. Two generals crossed the prairie with two »S$T a ?° Id ! erS - * was hot beaded ' and wben we encamped to? ™^fw a -, dlßp^- arO v? atQongßt the m en-the argument was £ great that it ended m blows, and the two belligerents rolled over ?2wS* ?*%"£" their P° Qiard «5 »ost unfortunate?, onl r« 5 ? UDd tbe o * h er "an away, and hid in the long grass of the prairie, and was lost to them for ever, as they could not delay to seek ZOO!* Ha T g d £ g •* hu %f m *> r toe desman tS two rSSSiSK r.°* £ c^ edltion ,' and toe man who fled from thfm was myself, and after having wandered a whole night and a day I made my way to where I saw the blue smoke of what I suspected SEf t5^S Be * tleme ° t - J?m well received there by the 3d iSf t y a v te L day I ***** I? 1 * fear of detection if I went back to civilisation, I determined to remain as long as I could. Before long I became quite initiated in their ways, and as the old «dtW 9 T Q l ar^ B^ d , he . a 5 gedm . y "^W hi 9 daughteras a wife, «t n^ A BbOald^ bb * c **&* as cMcf ' To tW s I willingly assented v*i et ;w d ff ° U ? d hCT ?, 8 g( ? od M an y woman could be. And now Father, that you know all this you must stay and do as I asked CHI. *OVU 8 xn ai^ Bwer t0 mv P r * ver that the good God sent you WiUmgly I remained, performed the wedding ceremony, TaptSed seven children, and was astonished to find that even the youngestof them knew their prayers, and even their catechism. They need not have been afraid of the Bishop's visitation and examination. The day was pleasantly spent with this peculiar family, and the good I^^T?^? B ?**! 1 *, 01 bea * tifn l slippers of the rough inside skin of deer, which she had prepared previously. I was interested seeing her working so hard,^and found™ my departuTthSr were intended for me. I have since presented them to the museum inpablm,-and having taken leave of the chief I asked him if he toL* n L« e88 * S ? *°'oM Irish f "ends He informed me that he came SSLS % Ta ? t^ Coanty 9°*** Bnd was of tQ e family of the Magraths." So the good priest told me that he made his way there m years after his return and that he found a great many peopled SiSS%- f U lOlttl Ol tt ° £ 4 b - em - r ? co ? ected th e relative who an Sff^^*; 5?" Hl 88 I . nb °toam was a great lover of curiosities, and had a splendid museum in St. Louis. He became, in some way Kmn a K?°K lememh^ TT > th * possessor of the dagger of Cortes, which he brought home, and gave it some time before his death to the toTcLm 1 ' " ***"' Father Hi gg ia Sto«m Si