The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-10-10
SATURDAY MORNING, OeTo DER 10 1868

=, ~ lSIlODrER III r.!R IU. 1905:
rising that tho warrior of the great Sioux
natioas nay pronounceihis DOOM" .a
Intpsflle centre of the open space before the
judges shey brought the prisoner, with his
hands sIghtly bound behind him, aud Mana
one, tSEIng two steps forward, raised his right
hand ,asif to command attention, addressed
tho assembly, ,.st..a d
i"Ysaftiors ofthe great Sioux nation, what
do yes yhensas sne2 king wolf enters your wig
wan lisyouf. abscnce glutting itself upon your
papocse:as il lies sleeping, aud that wolfe af.
terwaa falls in your power2 What do yo
when panther springs upon the little one
that ftass about your knee, and yc afterwards
find tsl panther sleeping Z Need ask Z" 4
ANrlnurs of terrible import rose from the
swayiaa; mi pss7z--swaying with the workings of
their indicative passions, and Harry Houston
kncwshy the eager bloodthirsty look in the eyes
whiclAsurroundcd him, that his doom was
scaled So
'sIhe pale hunter" continued Nanaone, whom
the tho n Mnyrnur had died away, s'canc to us
as a friend, and we opened our wigwams to his
tired and gave him of the best to cat, he
call6st0 us with honey on his tongue hiding
the sting withinhis heart, his words were like
the stsfGst rose, but his meaning like the thorn
conceded beneath, and with his double tongue
he iGrcd AWAY q daughter of our tribc-my
child Enomnh. What is thisfalsc friend s
doolEa
.'.Daatht!'' rang out from hundred throats,
"dcathby the, frer'
':sso said DIanaonc, and Il dark, sinister
smilefpiayel upon his features, eve will give
hinsS chance for his life; He Shall leap from,
thoispald rock If he escape, death then, Ills
G reaf Spirit is stronger than ours, aud he
sllallsbe free. have said it, aud it shall be
so
Teore wcre a fcw among the assembled
warIicrs who murmurcd because they could
not Iaye the sdenoniacal pleasure of torturing
theiSanter, butthe majority took the side OF
MalIspne, and tho victim, was dragged amid
terri Il NteS8loops to the edge of the prccepice-
y.eal Ssw il today:
ring forth my guilty d,.ughtor that she
ell Old hor pale face warrior die, conf
aliai and poor Heartsease, nov
g; u lsysas;ls I'D. syllsEs
her lea sasband stood calm and iinmoyeii. il
sleek came into his clear, dark eye, MS she
left Der conductors and. boundcd to his side
| Harry, husband, must you aie7" she
walled
$50 it has bcou dccrecd by your stern faith
or, he answered, softly, "but he has chosen
for nc an easy aud painless death. I anl to
Leap from this rock"
."rTis an awful leap, said Enomah, drcami-
ly, 1and tbs a long distance to go-aonc."
81 Shall have ceased to breathe before !
rcaql the bottom, darling, SO | shall feel no
paia i"
And is all ready ~ inquired Hcartscasc.
TWhon you have returned to your friends
the signal will be given, and those warriors OH
our left will dart forward and burl me from,
my foothold."
Enolnah's face had heavcn-b born expression
it, as she looked up and said
"Say one little prayer to the Great Spirit
Harry, and will pray too; don't forget tc
ask your Monito to take me with you hcrevcr
you so after death, and l will ask the Great
Spirit Of the Sioux to let me CO." Then, after
bowling her head a moMcnt, as if in silent
prayer, she turned her face to where Manaouc
stood, in the midst Of his warriors, and, with
a look which haunted him until his dying day
she cried:
Farewell, father in life or death l am
itarrys only"
AS she finished she claspcd her fcttcrcd hus
band i'll her arms, aud before IL hand could be
raised to stay her, bounded from the rock with
n thrilling cry.
You saw the graves to-day. 1t was on that
spot they found their manslcd bodies, he still
c!asped i'll the dead arms of his Hcartscasc
and since that day they have called the noun.
Enemah's Leap"
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