426 BUFFALO LAND. 



still, as truly now as when good old Bishop Berkeley 

 first wrote the line, "the Star of Empire westward 



takes its way." 



While I was preparing these notes for the press, I 

 •eceived the following characteristic letter from Sa- 

 chem, dated at his haunt in New York. It was at 

 first a puzzle, but I found the key in a note inclosed 

 by him, which he had lately received from the Pro- 

 fessor. 



sachem's letter. 



To crack a head and break a heart, 

 Are known as Paddy's forte ; 



In kitchen, jail, or low-back cart — 

 No matter where — he '11 court. 



To don a rig, and dance a jig, 



Attend a wake or wedding, 

 He '11 sell his own or neighbor's pig 



And only rag of bedding. 



He lives a happy, careless life, 



Hand to month, and heart in hand ; 



Ready for either love or strife, 

 Building castles on the sand. 



With peck of trouble ever full, 

 Good measure, running over, 



He deals in stock — the Irish bull, 

 And with it, lives in clover. 



Love's labor is the only taste 

 That Paddy's mind inherits : 



He thinks, where maidens run to waste, 

 The harem has its merits. 



