Forhe Arkansas Iatelhgenrer.
THE UPPER CREEKS,
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The Indian. the bee, and the buffalo have been the
unwilling heraIds Of the European race to the shores
Of the Pacc the Indians linger the confines of the
Union, but the fate of the bee and the bufa 10 is dcs
tined to be theirs


In the latter par: Of May, the writer with two or
three friends left kendnI Lewis near the Vcrdipris
river, and crossed the Arkansas Tor the Upper Greek
country.


On leaving the river, the wood land dsa ppea .rd and
prairie which runs back westward to the Rocky
Mountains lay before 1t was vast nd bare but 10
the eye as beautiful as fairy land slopes, hills and
valleys were befnre us-and the nIy mark that m,
had ever preceded our Iitt road liar off, winch
scrmed Ike small thread stretched long the ground


heavy rain had drenrhed rs. ard purified the sky
Inc sun was setg away IN The rea I'm Of ether, where
earth and sky sn harmon ously mingled that the eve
behed no hrrizon Never had seen a sunset 80 beau.
tinIly clear-but anon az prog essed a lofty mound
would rise like some huge behcmoth which an,oua.
rie- tell roaIncd in ancient times over these
p:ins, and for few moments shut oul the brilliant
West fr1In view.


Next day we arrived at l.. Ae>ander's, under
whose h"sPit roof we remained TIL our depart ure
for the council ground


The first stamp dance" witnessed wa. at the .Ook
fus kee Square attended through CURIOSITY alone
but hen entered, and became seated the uiouruf,i
swell Of their dance song rose in tones rnes that
ielt respect almost amounting to reverence for
cust"m uncouth as it was, which had been ha anded


own from generation TO generation, from time imne.
moral


III" hot house circular in form and bet tween r,r
ty and sixty feet in diameter at the base; the walls
were about fee, high, and the roof high AZ The width
OF the building at the ground it in the sha De of
perfect cone. at the apex OF which aperture for
the smoke Of the great fire mmediate b, lnw on the
floor Before the dance commenced, some one was se-
IL ced to lead. Az given ,gnaI the person chosen
rose with about d"zen followers and troitrd round
from North to West. or in direction adverse tine
suns The song opened by long ye on the
part of the rader and quick whoop response from
the dancers At every turn Their numbers increased
Som the terrapIa shells joined n-the had them
fastened TO their legs Ky th",e not acquainted with
these shells it may be supp,-cd they create an un
earthly jargon. Far from IL They were a great ac.
lni-iton t." The music. sometimes the whole con
,purse would move without sound excep: the song
md The respHse-a feat wh cii could not easiiy be
performed by white ladies, each carrying as they
lid dozen or more terrapn shells filled with the mosl
,oseful materials