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"he is my father, nevertheless, and these are his servants---noble vassals to him by dale and moor.---Rover and Yarrow, here, lads, and offer your services to honest Sandie." And the dogs, at the sound of her wellknown voice, came leaping around her. Her father came---his reverend brow flushed with anger and shame, and the tears glistening in his eyes. "Alas, Katherine," he said, "ye went innocent to Glasgow, and ye came graceless back. I took ye back a toru and stray lamb, bleeding as ye were left by the fox, and I nourished ye in my old fond bosom, and my heart was glad when your bloom returned again. But ye were born to bring down these gray hairs to a sudden grave. I shall tell thee no more of thy evil ways, and of thy wicked wanderings

her to the dance and danced till day-light, and bore her safely home, after another battle with Dick Bell. " In all things," said the lad of Gotterbie, "this Sandie is a born fool, save in the matter of hard blows, and gore! he strikes sairer than a wiser man." He carried her to the kirk-and the feathers about her head might have nearly flown away with her body, as an old man said, who described her to me, and she behaved with much decorum after hearing a hard contest in psalmody between her lover and the precentor. On their way home, the lads laughed, and the maidens tittered, and the old women sighed, for the silly bairn of douce. Elspa Roseboro-all these matters, though they shook not the belief of honest Sandie, made an inpression upon the lady of Windie--for I see thee smile-and there is

wa's; and when she got home she began to plume herself for flight.

Sandie sat down by her side, and spoke of the pangs of delayed love, and of the bridal-day. "Alas!" said Kate, "shall I do an unwise thing? Let us go and beg my father's blessing-what hope of happiness can I have if I am undutiful?" "Ye are as wise as ye are bonnie," said Elspa; "on the morrow shall my son go with you, even to your father's abode-and may your errand be blessed." "Even so let it be," said the maiden. Before the sun rose they were on their way, and, wandering till noon, they sat down by the side of a small stream overhung with hazels, and ate some bread and honey. "When we are married," said Sandie, "we will build a little hut where these two burns meet, and watch sheep, and pull blackberries, and lie soft on beds of brekan-and, oh, the rich ewe-milk-cheese we shall eat, and the reeking curds and cream we shall sup." "In good time is the wish uttered," said the maiden; "for we are on the limits of my father's hunting land-and, lo! here comes my father himself with his two servants by his side; up, Alexander Roseboro, an ye be a man, and let us humble ourselves before him." "Before whom?" said Sandie, in amazement;- " I see no lord, but an old white headed man, shaking his locks at thee, and two sheepdogs by his side." "Aweel, my lad," said she of the Windiewa's,

no hope for her who smiles in a sorrowing father's face. Go into my. hut, I say-thou hast no longer a mother to make joyful or sad-when she saw thy new betrayer carry thee off, she held up her head no moreAye, aye, laughing again. And for thee, young man, return to thine own home-when a woman has been betrayed, she becomes in her turn the betrayer, and seeks to ensnare such innocents as thee. Return to thy home, I say-seck not the curse of a broken-hearted man-it clings and it stings, and nought can cast it from thee save the grace of heaven."

It would fill a book to relate the thousand satirical welcomes which hailed the return of Alexander Roseboro. It seemed as if his tale had taken wings, and flown to every cot and village, and that all the land had come forth, old and young, to laugh and make mirth at his misfortune. Long afterwards, when the story had died away-had again revivedand after giving place to more fleeting pleasantries, held up its head once more as brilliant as ever, I happened to pass along the road to Glenlochtar. Two fresh dark-eyed girls were trying their wit on a quiet youth who walked between them. "He's a sharp lad," said one; "he could catch a wife in the rain like Sandie Roseboro." "And throw his wits into the water out of love, like Souple Kate," said the other-and so the tale of Kate of Windiewa's lives on. NALLA.

A POET'S THANKS.

BY BERNARD BARTON.

NAY! let not sorrow cloud thy brow, nor thus in thought repine,
Because thou see'st my vigour bow, my drooping health decline;
This heart is yet in love unchill'd, my spirit is as free,
My feelings, still, as fondly thrill'd whene'er I turn to thee.

I know, although thou speak'st them not, the thoughts which fill thy mind;
Thou think'st thy minstrel's earthly lot unworthily assign'd;
Could wish of thine that lot dictate, much brighter it would be,
Yet far from cheerless is his fate who finds a friend like thee.

I own I should rejoice to share what poorest peasants do,
To breathe heaven's heart-reviving air, and hail its vault of blue;
To see great Nature's soul awake in flow'ret, bush, and tree,
And childhood's early joys partake in quiet haunts with thee.

Yet more, far more, 'twould soothe my soul with thee, dear friend, to stray,
Where ocean's murmuring billows roll in some secluded bay;
The silent cliffs, the speaking main, the breezes blowing free,
These could not look, speak, breathe in vain, if felt and shared with thee.

Yet though such luxuries as these remain to us unknown,
We from our scanty store may seize some joys of tend'rest tone;
Proudest Prosperity had brought no purer bliss to me,
Than bleak Adversity has caught in darkest hours from thee.

Had Fortune on our prospects smiled and sunshine round us flung,
Had flowers alone our path beguiled, where many a thorn has sprung, -
That thornless path, those sun-bright skies, though lovely they might be,
Could ne'er have taught my heart to prize what most I prize in thee.

The bird whose soft and plaintive song is heard alone at night,
Whose note outvies the warbling throng that hail day's garish light,-
The flower that spreads, in wilds remote, its blossom to the bee,-
These, these the touching charms denote which I discern in thee.

Thy voice in care, in grief, in pain, has been to me as dear
As Nature owns that night-bird's strain in watches dark and drear;
What to the bee that flow'ret's bloom, or sun-light to the sea,-
All this and more, in hours of gloom, have I oft found in thee.

While some, as every joy decreas'd, their sympathy denied,
Or like the Levite, and the priest, pass'd on the other side;
My cares Thou didst not coldly scan, nor from my sorrows flee;
The kind, the good Samaritan was still a type of thee.

Though I may darkly pass away, as in the noon of life,
And sink, by premature decay, from being's feverish strife;
Yet thou, at least, hast been a friend, a noble friend to me,
Nor with my mortal life can end the tribute due to thee.

Believe it not! the love that gives to life its truest zest,
The warm affection that outlives the sunshine of the breast,-
These, these are boons surpassing far what bends the worldling's knee;
These, which the world can never mar, I owe, dear friend, to thee.

And should some fragments of my song, which thy applause endears,
Borne on the stream of time along, survive to distant years;
May such around thy cherish'd name a fadeless garland be,
And with the poet's purest fame be twined his love for thee.

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EXPEDITION FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS..

WITHIN the last half century, the most important and valuable additions have been made to the geography of the New World. Before that period, indeed, the operations of war and policy, and the speculations of trade, had laid open many of its wilds and recesses; but still some of its most prominent features were involved in obscurity, and the mind dwelt, with a species of awe, on its mighty waters, whose volume proclaimed the length of their course, and its interminable forests---the haunts of a race, whose very name was inseparably associated with ideas of craft, rapine, and cruelty. The skill and enterprise of different navigators have been successfully employed, in tracing the vast outline of its shores; while efforts no less persevering, and, in many cases, equally successful, have been made to explore its interior. In these attempts the American government has been honourably conspicuous; and its exertions have been at once stimulated and aided, by the progress of population in the Western States, and the acquisition of Louisiana from France, which placed at its command a rich and varied territory, inexhaustible in natural resources, and almost indefinite in extent.

were stopped by the Spaniards; and he was compelled to desist, without fulfilling the purpose of his employers. At a later period, another party, under Captain Sparkes, endeavoured to ascend the Red River, from its confluence with the Mississippi. When, however, they had proceeded nearly three hundred miles, they were met by a strong detachment of Spaniards, and deemed it prudent to return. The most remarkable of these enterprises, and, in fact, one of the most memorable in the annals of modern discovery, was that of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in 1804, 1805, and 1806. These gentlemen explored the Missouri to its source, traversed the stupendous barrier of the Rocky Mountains, and in their descent towards the coast of the North Pacific Ocean, dispelled the doubts which had been long entertained, respecting the origin and direction of the Columbia River. They, were so fortunate as to effect their return, after a dangerous and toilsome journey of nearly 9,000 miles, without any serious casualty.

Still anxious to acquire a more accurate knowledge of the chain of Rocky Mountains, and of the different streams which, from that elevated region, pour their tributary waters into the Mississippi, the American government confided to Major. Long the direction of the present Expedition, composed of men of sci

Between 1803, the date of this transfer, and 1807, three exploratory parties were sent out by the executive government of the United States. Major Pike first proceeded north-ence, spirit, and enterprise, and ac-,

ward, to trace the current of the Mississippi towards its source; and afterwards directing his steps westerly, endeavoured to ascertain the courses of the Arkansa and Red River. In this journey he approached the stupendous Alpine chain, distinguished by the name of the Rocky Mountains, which is evidently a continuation of the Andes in the south, and may be said to traverse the whole northern Continent, and form a peculiar and striking lineament in its geography. But his researches

companied by riflemen, hunters, and assistants. Embarking on board a steam boat at Pittsburgh, they proceeded by the Ohio, the Mississippi, and the Missouri, to Fort Osage, a military post, established in 1808, which may be considered as the utmost limit of civilized population in this quarter. From hence, while the boat ascended the Missouri, to the point designated in the journey of Lewis and Clarke, by the name of Council Bluff, a detachment was ordered to penetrate westward, a

* Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the Years 1819 and 1820, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under, the command of Major S. H. Long, of the U. S. Topographical Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party. By Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist to the Expedition. 3 Vols. 8vo. London, 1823.

cross the Konzas, and taking the nearest route to the Platte, to descend that stream, to its confluence with the Missouri. The water party experienced considerable difficulty in struggling against the current of this powerful river, and found essential changes both in its banks and channel, from the effect of inundations, since the voyage of Lewis and Clarke; but they attained their destined station on the 9th of September. The detachment was, however, less fortunate; for, after reaching the Konzas, and receiving a hospitable welcome from the Indians on that river, they were met and plundered by a war party of Pawnees, and had no other resource than to rejoin their companions with the utmost expedition.

The commencement of October was spent in different councils and negotiations, with the neighbouring tribes of Indians, under the direction of Major O'Fallan, the Indian agent of the American government, whose representations were effectually supported by the vicinity of a military force. In the meantime, the exploring party prepared for their winter residence, which was fixed in a spot, called Engineer Cantonment, a short distance from Council Bluff. The necessary arrangements being completed, Major Long returned to Washington, leaving orders for a more particular examination of the surrounding country in his absence. Such a sojourn enabled the party to study the habits, customs, and character of the Indians; and to collect much curious information with respect to the Pawnees, Konzas, Omawhaws, Sioux, and other native tribes, who frequent the upper course of the Missouri. This part of the work will be perused with interest, by those who delight to contemplate mankind in the various stages of savage life.

Early in spring Major Long returned, and, in his route, crossed a part of the country, little known, by proceeding in a direct line on the eastern side of the Missouri, from Fort Charaton to Council Bluff. On the 6th of June they commenced the second and most arduous part of their journey, by diverging westward into a vast wilderness, remote from all the aids and comforts of

civilized society, and compelled to depend, for their chief subsistence, on their skill and fortune in hunting. Their portable provisions consisted only of a supply of biscuit and Indian corn parched; and their instruments, for ascertaining and directing their course, of a sextant of five inches radius, a box sextant, an artificial horizon, three travelling compasses, and a patent lever watch. Their mode of travelling was not adapted to the conveyance of a barometer, which would have been highly useful; but they had two thermometers, to ascertain the temperature of the air. The party were provided with a competent number of horses and mules, with tents for shelter, arms and ammunition, and a small supply of Indian goods for presents.

Their route was first directed towards the Pawnee villages, situated on the Loup fork, a little above its confluence with the Platte. They transported their baggage across the Elkhorn in a species of canoe, of Indian invention, formed of a bison's skin, drawn into the shape of a basin, by a a rope, and kept distended by its contents. They then traversed the extensive prairie of the Platte, catching a distant view of the narrow line of wood, which marks its course; and, on the 11th of June, reached the dwellings of the Pawnees, from whom they expected information for their future guidance. Their reception here was, however, far from gracious; and no representation appears to have been spared, which was likely to deter them from their purpose. At length they procured three guides, who were not only well acquainted with the languages and habits of the Indians, in this quarter, but also with the language of signs-an acquirement which, from the number and diversity of the different dialects, is often an indispensable medium of communication. On the 14th of June they drew towards the Platte, and directed their course up its northern bank. They found the scenery uninteresting and monotonous: either side an unvaried plain, from two to ten miles wide, bounded by higher ground, the surface of which was undulating, and incurably sterile; the river broad and shallow,

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fordable at every point, when not swollen by floods; the bed sandy, and the range from low to high water not exceeding eight feet. From these peculiarities it derives its name of the Platte or Flat River. On the 22d of June they reached the confluence of the north and south forks, where they forded both streams, without dismounting, though the breadth of the latter was not less than 900 yards; and pursued their course up the southern bank. Such was the scarcity of wood, that they here found a difficulty in collecting sufficient to light a fire. Their vicinity to what are called the salt licks, was announced by herds of bisons, wild horses, deer, and other animals, swarming in every direction; and their curiosity was excited by a variety of curious and interesting plants, scattered over the plain.

On the 26th, a diminution of the heat, which had hitherto been oppressive, was considered as indicating their approach to the mountains; and, on the 30th, in the morning, they had the satisfaction of catching the first view of this magnificent natural barrier. At first seen faintly like distant clouds, its outline was soon marked in bold indentations on the luminous margin of the sky; and in the midst appeared a point, divided into three summits, which is distinguished by Lieutenant Pike as the highest peak. At this period of the journey, the evaporation was so rapid, as to produce a mirage, like that observed in. the deserts of Egypt; and the effect so beautiful and perfect, as to deceive the whole of the party. Here 'commenced the first of their privations; for their stock of biscuit being nearly exhausted, was supplied by parched maize, of which a gill was distributed to each man daily. They calculated on attaining the limit of their journey by the 4th of July, the anniversary of American independence; but they were obliged to hold their course over the same monotonous surface till the 6th, when they at length reached the base of the mountains, after a weary progress of nearly a thousand miles. They found the plain terminated by a range of naked and almost perpendicular sandstone rocks, rising abruptly to

the height of 150 or 200 feet, and serving as a species of skreen to the grand Alpine mass behind. They fixed their camp opposite to a chasm, which affords egress to the waters of the Platte.

On a nearer examination of the sand-stone range, they observed such different degrees ees of obliquity in its strata, as induced them to conclude, that it had been detached by some powerful agent from the horizontal strata found on the plains. It is separated from the primitive granitic range by a valley about a mile in width, through which are scattered numerous insulated columnar rocks, sometimes of a snowy white, and interspersed with mounds, formed by the decomposition of similar masses. The lower parts contain exclusive beds of conglomerate, or pudding stone, often of a reddish hue; and in the more compact portions are found the remains of sub-marine animals. This stony rampart is intersected by all the large streams which descend into the plain. The Platte is here about twenty-five yards wide, with an average depth of three feet, the waters clear and cool, and the current rapid.

On the 7th of July they crossed the Platte, in order to climb the mountain. Passing the rampart of sandstone, they began to ascend the primitive range, under an oppressive degree of heat, and found the rocks more abrupt than they expected. The surface was destitute of vegetation, except the prickly pear and yucca, and a few stunted oaks or junipers: the mass an aggregate of felspar and hornblende, approaching in character to sienite. Advancing westward, the hornblende became more and more predominant, and the fissures between the lamina nearly perpendicular, giving it the columnar structure of trap. A few interesting insects and plants were discovered; and occasionally appeared a hardy ever-green, whose short and knarled trunk, and recurved branches, showed the force and frequency of the storms it had withstood. After climbing several ridges successively, each of which they supposed to be the summit, they still found others beyond, more lofty and rugged. They halted to rest; and placing the thermometer under the shade of a

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