New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23


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capablos and that - 80. a d. }. vi -
3 FmedicIne mAn - q 10y ~ ~ -.
god ana spirits, q vh1cn ~ 80 - a.
than Two dozen q ~ 49, ana =
he absolnte comme,6 -. :. -
When the General haSneo tnas ~ "A. !.
been represeneed = : sn0 - Ins.s -. =.
laughed; and then, quick - 2 - ~. ~
a1ter the cuse0@aSy peu - 49, -
onds, in which ho w1s wont g - ~
way through any emefgencJ $3.50
again, and remarked: - 81.
IAN right Bsing ont your Ma -.
Tell him that to-morrow wln NOV MN
. god-a live one -Arst elaeI. & !.
The assoctAtions o. juGgle v.tn .on-
gion had suddenly saG0otoo % ~ 49,
eral very neat little ocular deluaon. !.
unpacking = trunk that morning ~ mo
found that he had BY accident Droo8nt
from the East = toy which should nAve
remained in the hands Of his children.
This was large French danc1ng mat1e-
nette, . Acknowledgements, such - y mAde
to extend it, spiral vtxe neck M y 70
sembles 3 gira4e, t0 lengthem 10 hmoss
roll its eyes, and initiate tho most extSA-
VACANT feats Of acroba&s and coutofaon-
ists. This was declared on due Imposition
to be Just the thing to pass for gods ac-
cording to the Navajo theology, and with
a few touches Of Indian ink and COLA
powder, Lieutenant Brown succeeded N
imparting to it's countenance an indesc1ib-
ably unearthly and dreadful expression
ssIt would par" said the lieutenant -
he viewed his work with complacency,
'.for boss nightmare.
When all was ready, the Indian Wa
escorted with great ceremony into 2
darkened room, which was gradually
Illuminated by several cups Of burning
whisky and salt casting strange and
spectral light He was seated in char,
before him was little theatre. Slowly
and softly strange music began to sound
it was o concertinA skillfully played ON ~
one Of the of{icen behind . curtain-And
while Lemons was vIapt in the new sensa-
tons thus excited. the curtain rosa and
the Dancing God appeared. The instant
in began to leap the General observed on
the face of the Indian Q most peculiar
though instantaneous expression. He
was wont to say in after years that the
whole story of the war turned upon that
glance. Quick and shrewd in reading the
Indian countenance, he felt that he had
touched upon some extraor-
binary mystery. It was not . look Of
mere amazement, it was rather that Of
awe at recognition of some deep secret
already known to the beholder.
And it was indeed strange secret
which had been touched on in the cap
Ives memory. For by Q most wonderful
coincidence it chanced that there was cur.
rent among the NavaJos legend that
hey could never be conquered until tnere
should come against them an enemy bring
ng the Dancing God. This, It would
appear, for the story was never clearly ex-
claimed, was regarded ~ the Indians -
heir own guardian spirit OF safety, which
had, at some remote time, been taken
way from them by more powerful medl-
ane than theirs. ana winch, could II ony
% recovered. would prove perfect PaA-
anum.
The Indian watched with intense caro-
very movements OF the puppet but the
eats wnlcn would nave caused roars Of
augntef among owned cnuoren only
~ ~ 100 -.-Ax.-ay
leatn-nie VII. unut.etaole awe. ne was
eklng notes wan eteat care:
A1tet tne Pel,o!ance was ~ an enc. II
'ss Joogeu aoslsaolo " present nun WIN
go0o nosse, wIsP nun IN superb
'!anAet' ioao nun Wlsn gntS' ana expose
INN on the pralne' WITH the solemn -.
urance tnat Y any OF ms tiloe snooia
=, yer oe caugnt ABOUT me lott tney ment
IL connoentiy expect 70 % served IN the
anne way.
The first act OF Dancing Owl on arriving
lome was to convene grand council ct
which he faithfully narrated all that he
lad seen at the fort. It might be sup
'osed that after all he had suffered IN an
icipation, and after all he had witnessed,
he returned captive would have been COR
lially welcome. Such was not the recep-
ion accorded him. It was, on the con-
rary, intensely hostile, and the majority
# those present at once clamored for his
xecution. For it was shrewdly conjec.
ured by all the chiefs that the whole story
# the Dancing God was mere fable,
fabricated to meet the prophecy, and that
Dancing Owl had been bribed to tell it to
lis people. The proofs of this were evil
lent in the horse, the blanket, and many
'ther gifts he received ''For, " as one
Id chief explained at great length, "why
hould the long knives give him all these
iches, if not for some service? Why
lad they not at once roasted him? And
more proof were needed, was it not
o be found in the incredible lies
which the returned captive had told as to
'ens and cups, cards and eggs, none Of
which were worthy an instants notice.
n short, everything was looking well
ugh as black as possible for Dancing
)wl, when the tide was suddenly turned