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ne, and had nothing to do but amuse myself at the evident reluctance with which my companions parted with this luxury. We have had several heavy frosts, and the forests already begin to put on the yellow brown of autumn. The morning and evening cold tell us that we shall ere long have to close active military operations and go into winter quarters. We hope to do this, however, in the Valley of the Kanawha. Speech of a Choctaw brave. The following speech was delivered at Fort Washita, by a Choctaw brave to his warriors, and is reported in the Clarkesville Standard, of a recent date: The Indians were expected in at 10 o'clock, and about that time they came in, following their drum, and an old man with a drawn sword, who delivered the speech below. The war dance was in the square — the warriors being stripped to their fighting costume.--There were two companies of them, and they advanced into the fort with heads erect, and truly martial bearing, beneath their co