Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-29
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large spreading oak, where the snow
was scraped away and fire kindled.
They had no food, nor did they make
any attempt to procure any. They
simply sat on the ground, smoked their
pipes in sullen silence, occasionally ex
changing word or two with each other
in their own tongue.
At last they stretched themselves up
ON the ground, wrapped in their blank
cts, and soon slept soundly.
Marian, too excited and nervous to
sleep, lay and wondered what her father
would do when he came home and
learned what had befallen her. She
looked toward her savage friend, and,
when couple Of weary hours had
dragged by, she saw him rise silently to
his feet, and, passing around to the op-
posite side of the oak, vanish like a
shadow.
Another hour passed YEARLY away,
and she began to despair again, when
she caught sight Of him returning, car
rying in his arms peculiar looking
| bundle. Stealing noiselessly to her
| side, he motioned her to rise and take
away the blanket in which she had been
| wrapped. When she had obeyed him
he carefully deposited his bundle in its
place, after which he raised the blanket,
and she then saw that it contained a
mass of snow, so shaped as to resemble
a human form. An idea Of the Indians
| stratagem now entered her mind, and
she knew that faithful friend was at
work for her.
Following his guidance, she was led
| through the bushes, about hundred
yards from the fire, to an immense
fallen tree, which had yielded to some
furious storm, where the savage paused.
He pointed to spot where an upward
curve in the trunk caused it to rise some
| distance clear Of the snow, under which
was circular hole cut through the
drifted snow down to the ground, in
which were deposited several blankets,
so arranged that she could repose with
in without suffering from contact with
| the snow.
BE pointed to the opening, and in
broken English directed her to go IN
and remain there until either he or some
of his friends should come to take her
awy. She obeyed without moments
hesitation, and, after carefully folding
the blankets around her form, he stepped
a few feet to one side, and, carefully
raising coverlet of snow-crust, placed
it over the aperture. It had been so
skillfully cut that it fitted with preci-
sion, and no one passing would have
suspected the artifce.
Bidding the girl good-by, the Indian
took the back trail for the purpose Of
communicating with the whites that he
knew were in pursuit, and informing the
father of the trick which had been played
for the rescue of his child.
The Indian who had executed this
clever stratagem had told his comrades
during the evening that he intended to
rise before day and pursue the same
course in advance of them for the pur-
pose Of killing deer, as the party were
| in want of food. In addition to this he
informed friend that the girl appeared
| SO sick and distressed that, if she did
not respond to their call in the morning,
he had better place her on the small
sled which they had stolen from the
settler, and drag her on that until they
encamped again.
When morning dawned the war party
| were astir, and, the girl still lying motion
less, one of the Indians carefully raised
what he supposed to be her body,
swathed in blankets, and placed it on the
sled. It was a trifing labor for them to
pull the load along. as they continued
| their journey northward.
The party halted about noon, when
one Of the Indians drawing the sled be-
gan to wonder at the still form, which he
had not seen move or give the least evil
dence Of life. Drawing the blankets
| apart, he revealed to the amazed Osages
the trick which had been played upon
them.
They turned back on their trail, and,
| just as night was closing in, reached the
place where they had encamped the pre-
ceding night. They approached the place
very stealthily, for they believed it more
than probable that the whites, led by
their late comrade, were in the vicinity.
The chief, in STOPPING posture, and
with the hammer Of his rifle raised, crept
within few PAGES of the spot where he
had lain the night before. Seeing moth
ing suspicious. he made signal to his
companions, who Immediately gath
cred around him.
No whites were in the vicinity, and
the Indians wnro disan,,oin&nd IF fha nv