, 1870-01-17
.BY lkHoE ABtJpE.

And speak to you = tsh my naked beast"
It Was IN vain Urged the TITLE maid to rfde;t 10
all my sppeats hne replied, "Seyer med, pony
will bo tired enough, ard Will ride him plenty
when We nrd the buna,o."
Our drAt days Journey wRs ouly fifteen miles
loag, and early ia ths afternoon ne CINE to
,lmpid ar.eam where the Ch,ef ordered os to halt
and cAmpH Y bile the waIr.oIs pitched tbs teepees
tha equsRa brought wood snd water, and 5000
ihe 1Ies were b1sZtng and tue Kettles boiling for
aupper. Leas!nR the preparation OF the rneA To
the women, v & hopped OCT ponies and picteted
them out on the g1een grass near the camp. ses-
c1al wnr1loss remained to guard them, and the
1e1t rstulne to the village Ths Indians never
leave their horses or caUp without guard, and,
no natter how secure the colntry may BE-, they
steadily Keep ont thelf plcketaos runners.
After supper the Warriors played at ball. tnads
a.rows, repaired tnelE horse equipments, wfapped
| the loose sineHa on their bo~r, or gathered IN
| groups snd smoked. Tae women Cleared awsy
the supper, made I'D the beds Ia the lodceA. and
| c,,1ted wood and water for the morning.
In The evening atrol1ed ont With Wasnte1la,
and. aopg to tic edge CT he 1oods, saw one OF
t4ose glorious sights only to be Witnessed at ses.
or on the prat1!e-1 glorious sunset. a efes! red
Qlobe Of fire hung In the west. sinking slowly and
| prandlJ behrd the hills, llgntlpg up the horizon
and clouds Riih rolteu gold. ! Razed long and
earnestly at the beautiful scene. and stood lost IN
| th0UEut Nukll 6tUu6c4 F4iNE VI NY GuIleAQ-
| ion, who said, "Lst rs return TO tho lodge: 1t
| crows latc.' Through the cleaning We walked
back to the yllIage and, entering nY teepre bade
| Ws.nrel,a hliug NE my pipe, Bud, while smoked,
tell nc story. She brought the pipe, aa6, saat-
iBR nerself by my side, related the following ex-
trs.rdlusrJ tate:
Once there were giants On the earth. aud they
derou1ed l!i,le children. The great medicine
man OF our patton told the Chief he ahoald bet
| fun with the g1ute, and II he beas them NJ more
| CHILDREN would ever be caten By the big men.
! The Chief VA very aouous to lid himself OF rne
| gisure, beside 1t wns evident they would cat up
all tue children at aLy :s:a 40 they might as well
be bet 20 rot. A great cooncu Was called, and
after three days debate It vaa agreed the coildren
should be put up md the rtc. run With the giants
by the medicine map. Al the nation Vas present
/ TO witness tho conttst but the ganu easily won
the races se the1 demanded tho children anould
| be given Up that they might devour ther Nov,
there wAs oDe old man who had Ct1ndcold
that be lovea dearly, aud when THO rAce WAS loaf
he TOOK the child on bis b-ct, aud travelled for
mabx days t. the Wea., until he csue to great
| wood, ana IN the depth 0f the forest he eaiIt
hut, and bid away tho child, hoping the giants
| would Iot md him.
| The prophets Ind loretold that a child wo1d be
BON IL tne tribe who 1oQd WEIR ahi.e feather.
AN<VNGA AAsk4t1 4AiAns &A<9t Ht+A'e4i AAN AAAy
| all .he g]auts. ..
The old usn kept t's gralcton In great !g
no1nnce, tetltug hin they were the only people In
tue world beside tue giants aud that If the g.ants
found them OFT they would Ell ard eat them.
| The boy Vas very much afraid and bid 81 Kay At
| every Doiee hu hessd.
One day While cat hunting be stot bird, and,
| asst had pretty While feathers in It's tai he
pulled them cut ard pat them IN bis hsir. When
ha rot ri hcNn In hur rrn1 nj
saw the white feathers, IT'D. remembering what
| the proonets had sa'd, ne knew at ooc2 that his
grandson would be q great man and destroy the
eisute. Bat the cd man WA STILL afraid the al.
ants ntshE Kill aud eat the boy, for he was Jet
small .ad: 70 ne did not tell b, n OF what great
horo1s ere ID tttEe for him
Not mary days after he had shot the hid, the
10y vas ont hurting n the woods, and, a. was
his wont when tired, he laid doHn Ia the shsde ot
= great tree to t1eep. And RS he elept he
besrd voice saying. "Go home, you
wesrer Of the bite feather. and Hhen Joa sIeep
you Viii dseam Ct a plpe and sack with sieat
white feather, and when Jour wuse up you viii
n1d them, AZ see that 3ou Eeep taem." When
the boy heard tteee words be JUMP I'd up and
looked whence the voice procecdrd aud PAW
wooden man nxrd firmly In tho ta.1h. He IVES
gtel1ly assonished, for hs dld 10: toow there
were asy man IN Tic world beside bis arant-
father. So he ran hone and slept, and sure
eIozgt he Ire1 e1ued he saw q pipe and Eack, and
great whlta teltaet ID Il: aud whea he Eafcd up
sSu - 't,,eS "s.G .uste. nc NAL so'a ute etAno.
..sue. ~ s.s .,ne a.' sa,, ~ w "oo1, acu ~
80 80 .ss.. - ~. 49, t,,S ou p,pe
tbs old nsu would only npswer, ' Put the feather
IN your halr, n1d you I'll one dsy became great
an and deEtsoy all your enenlee' So tbs boy
braided the feather In his hair, and immeds-
ateiy he felt very strong, and TO ses ht1
suengsa ~ss real ne vent ont and
e1H9 o'efafeW Gteat uee. afo
no became very proud Of Ms strength Next dsJ
ne fA,d 20 n1mseu' now tnat aua 10 sttong WI
sooa. aou pur ~ .as ~co.eI MAJ noo ns'os nam
noma ~ .a.s ~ -. WV o.ln. eua " VEIL
~ uS .o- - 80 .o.s's. Nea .''eo " pa'
olo w. oal' AAsuouSa 10 o'a.a optoos gseas Ices
ne eon'd not ses ma wooden man ont Of the
Rto1na' sneteas no Sok SelJ aaafy, and s1tuck
The uhu IN The tace, but only hurt himself for the
man had IN lroo nead. The wooden man laughed
heartily u nis ra9e ara 2a!a 10 the boy, See. my
son, sueneth Ii not tne only fntny va must have
N the Fofao, ana. IN man or nation, It u OF
ntue ese W1shoos Eisdom: nov, II you vii das
aooos me- you caa easA5 lit me" Inen na duy
Aoous eae n.su suo h.tea me- oo- ana ee4.eo n,n
Ho1ue on ue oaeA. "ue" 1ao ou H2an "a" tue
WOODEN man ne 1ea 70 me eas1a On MA faee. ana
MhA H1eotaJ uta'ot 1of nc Aue" u "as Tue Soa
INC 9Ants nsd stolen when they overcome
~ HS|3S1t eA4S@ "o'N0 A@l4V AS
luck had corA 70 his people. The boy
hade his grandfather got up aud tell
WY he vas Arid. Then the Old man daid,
~ soo' ~naFeFef sou ~iao VIII ee g. for 'h1sts
LIS AtpoHeHal goa tne saan stole and hid
hFsI. 1ne 5cunR uan n once ngnted MS pipe
na wenea lo1 sone pigeons 1of nn dinner. aod
lnu eoAte4y sseat nocAs 1asusd lfom tne smose
o. sis pspai 1aeo 10 "noed 1of some f2oolfA aud
nundfeos q 1aem came 17mplo2 cut Of the xoodk |
he sook 5000 care OF his pfpe aud the wo3den |
ntu, snd sofe his white feather, and lived 10 the |
Weod with his Rrandfasher undl he gre n to % |
tail rAn-
One usy The wocdea man said - the boy. uho |
was now called Chscopee, "fou ara big and
auon3. 90 ana nay the giants oot % nos fooash,
!M "uoom, ana DOE suen8th. musf Ntn tne vic.
Iot1. ~ Jou ta!nk Q! notu'nK ese uou! II II oooe.
1oa VIZ XIII NJ Inc asanta. TO ano GO Fhe-'
Aa1s Aae EEK nntn1n4 me SoonR man eet on
elc5e, ahd sstef tFave!log auooeed sleep1 be
came 70 ms land Of the g1an4. When they
taw him and ooserved that he vote
white feather 10 ha hair. theJ laughed
atd tcomog11 safd. $50 tnis = Inc lfs1le man who
mas conc 70 XII us al. Lesshe cookspot on soue
"a!et 70 Doll 0'u N. aoo We HM soon naa1e an
eaa o. nin o1 esl1n8 olRn- one' anoft leEf,'
e1eu one ol tao xaaa.A oAoce "a J8 ~oue khe
*aut ~ II aeA1 nos cn1oopee ony saso' IL