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

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risingsSt Sthat the warrior of the. great Sioux
nation may pronounceshis DOOM" ,.
/ Intoillo centre of tile. open space before the
judges they brought the prisoner, with his
handsstightly bound behind him.: aud Mana
one, tEeing two steps forward; raised his right
hand as;if to- command attention, addressed
tho afsembl ,!. 8. j, s,e, 3 II
"Ysesfiors ofsthe great Sioux nation, what
do yeaRhen,a Hneaking wolf cutters your, wig
wan lnsyouf absence, glutting itself upon your
papocssas il lies sleeping, and chat wolfe af-
terwaMs falls iu your power? What do ye
whcnsss panther springs upon the little one
that Eta5s about your knee, and yc afterwards
find tEsslf spanthe. sleeping I Need I ask 2"
A;Enrlnurgof terrible import rose from the
swayiag nlassss7E--.swaying with the workings Of
their indicative passions, and Harry Houston
knew tho eager bloodthirsty look in the eyes
whicll surrounded him, that his doom was
sealed
tsThepale hunter" continued NIanaone, whom
the ttl!cgniurlpur had died away, s'calnc to us
as liend, and we opened our wigwams to his
tiredfse and gave him of the best to cat. he
canlos us with honey on his tongue hiding
the sting within his heart, his words were like
the ilfftst rose, but his meaning like the thorn
conceded beneath, and with Ills double tongue
he lared AWAY a daughter of our tribc-ny
chld 5nomah. What is thisfalse friends
..sLsath n'4rangiout from hundred throats,
"dcathEby the FIRE I"
said Dlanaone and II dark, sinister
slnilelplayel upon his features, eve will give
hiIisss Glance for his life, He Shall leap from
tho bid rock if he escape death then, Ills
G reat Spirit is stronger than ours, aud he
shallsbeSfrcc have said it, and it shall be
SO !',3l
Iksrc were "a fcw among the assembled
Warriors who murmurcd because they could
not baye the; den,oniacal pleasure of torturing
theisanter, but the majority took the side Of
Aiaissonc. aud tho victim was dragged, amid
terri whopps to the edge of the prccepice-
E5,ioaI ssw il tq;day ...... Il :s.3s
,rlg firth my guilty daughtor that she
hold her pale face warrior die, H4scoms
s ehiefi and poor Hsartscasc, nov
s. sl!ll 9 lysssas led.
/ her kasband stood, calm and uIniove.i ST
Look came into his clear, dark eye, MS she
left her conductors aud .boundcd to his side.
! asflarry, husband must you die7 81, she
waikd
$50 it has been decyccd by your stern faith
or, he answered, softly, "but he has chosen
for hac an c,sy and painless death. / am to
| leap from this rock"
'fTis an awful leap, said Enomah, drcam-
ly, iand It's u long distance to go-alonc" <
81 Shall have ceased to breathe before l
rcaal the bottom, darling, SO l shall feel no
pait ;"
And is all ready 2" inquired Hcartscasc
fWhon you have returned to your friends
the signal will be given, and those warriors on
our left will dart forward and hurl me from
my fonthold"
Enonahs face had heavcn-born expression
on it, as she looked up and said
'Say one little prayer to the Great Spirit,
A'"' y, ""u VIII pi"S too uOH IOrScC 10
ask your Monto to take me with you hcrevcr
you so after death, and l will ask the G rcat
Spirit of the Sioux to let me go" Then, after
bowling her head moAcnt, as if in silent
prayer she turned her face to where Manaonc
stood, i'll the midst Of his warriors, and, with
look which haunted him until his dying day,
she cried
farewell, father; in life or death am
Ilarry's only"
As she finished she claspcd her fcttcrcd hus-
band in her arms, and before hand could be
raised to stay her. bounded from the rock with
athrilling cry.
You saw the graves to-day 1t Was on that
spot they found their manglcd bodies, he still
clasped in the dead arms Of his Hcarscasc,
and since that day they have called the noun
tain-Enomahs Leap"