i'll not abandon the right.

INDIAN SACRIFICE.
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~ late Missouri paper contains a letter
trom Mr.. Wetmore, an American officer al
Council Bluffs, relating the incidents atten-
ding the attempts Of Mr.. Doueherty, the
agent OF Indian affairs, to save a female pr.


soner, from being sacrificed bv the Pawnee
Indians, according to their custom. Mr..
Dougherty, twoor three officers, and escort,
froui the garrison, ieft tn Bluffs, (Fnw A.
k,asou, on the Sun 1T .A!,.{ 80 and r.... !.
ed the grand Pawnee vilaga .a i a.


They were told that the captlye ia be


sometime fattening for the sacrifice, and that
the execution was to take place the NJ xt tay,
the fuel and all the materials being prepai-
ed. The captive was Paduc,t woman, who
had been captured by war-party two or
three months before.--The chiefs and war
riors met in council; and no argument c,
persuasion was spared by Mr. Dougherty tc
obtain the release of the intended victim
The principal men Of the tribe seemed dis
posed to give her up to the Americans, but
the women and children and a few men were
clamorous for the sacrifice. The medicine
man, or chiefjuggler, appeared among them,
and after some fleurishes, said he could SO
arrange the medicine as to secure plenty OF
buffalo and corn without burnt offering,
The captive was then led into the council
lodge with evident marks of distress, and all.
dible expressions of grief, but after she was
appr'zrd OF the interposition in her favor, her
face was Frightened with a smile. No one
present could speak her language, and all


communication with her was by signs. The
next day she was delivered to the Ameri-