Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-18

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ing tour.
"My brother Mahilygan doe
.Inot know the Crees, 2 said th.
old Blackioot, with asmile; then
suddenly shaking his tomahawl
labove his head, he exclaimed
''There is bad blood be, ween the
lBIackfeet and the Nord- Crees
Mahnygan must give him up te
u.s.
"But the poor boy has done
no harm," urged Wolfe.
"He has come into the conn-
TRY Of the BIackfeet," said the
Chief stei1ily. ssIIe must dic.''
Mr.. Wolfe was at his wits
iend.v He did not want to give
Jap Stcfnaw to be tortured and
burned. But the good-will of
the Blackfeet, if forfeited, would
mot only ruin the trade of the
post, butlput all their lives jeo-
Ipardy; for the Indians were both
numerous and welln armed, and
Ithe force at the Folt was bnt a
handful. In this dilemma Mr..
Wolfe hadrecOurse todeception.
SHY :brother speaks well, said
he to Mackamose. "But with the
white mans Manitou, this is the
moon OF peace, when no blood
must be shed. When next the
moon is at its full come to me,
and | will give up TO you the
Cree-but on one condition.
r iAnd Whist is that?7 demand
ed 1.-The BIackfoot, who had stead
lily been gazing at the trader IN
a way that 'bode no good in case
of a refusal. s4a ss14
81 wilIgive you up the C~ee,p
said DIR. Nv olfc; shut among he
white nit is held cowarlly
for many braves to fall upon one
-whoEis alone and marmed. The
Cree must have enc chance for
his life. 4 Your warriors are
fleet Of foot Mackamoze. !
will set the Cree one hundred
PAGES in front of them, and let
him run, for. hisFlife.Y = M
TO. this the Chief assented
far mere readily than the trader
had feared he would, for the
Blackfeet are famous runners,
SURPRISING in this respect all
other tribes of the North-west.
In fact, Mr.. Wolfe had hit gex-
actly the right chord. The In
dians left the post, intimating
in strong terms, however, that
they should be promptly on
hand at the appointed time.
After such a compromise and
pledge, Mr., Wolfe did not dare
even to conniye at the Cree's
escape. Bnt he put him atonce
in hard training.
He turned him out at five o.
clockeyeiy morning, ,andhad him
run three times round the inside
of the stockade, a distance of
fifty rods. He was then fed on
fresh buffalo meat, a full break
fast and given three hours leis-
ures TO digest It. Then for an
hour be was made to run at full
speed around the stockade. AE-
ter a rest Of a couple Of hours
he was given another full meal
of meat, and late in the after
noon~was put at running again
for a second heat Of All hour.
Just d light supper was given
him, upon which he, was com
mohly ready to go to his bunk
and sleep, like a Top. The men
had all taken a liking to Stemaw,
and were: determined to save
him If they couId. This rigid
system of training was keptTup
for a month every day, rain or
shine, except Sundays, when the
boy s. allowance of meat was re-
duced about one-third, and he
was, as a rule, aways kept at fun
speed, and doing his best. The
SECOND day Of his training he
ran around the stockasle fifty
four times in one hour. On the
twenty fourth day he made
eighty y-niile rounds in an hour,
and on one or two of the. last
days over ninety rounds. This
great increase of speed was pare
" the result of good, hard train-
ing, and sufficient aud very
nourishing food. 1t was a pleas
Ilrc now to see him run. He
would bound away like a deer.
PunctualIy on the morning
after the full moon in April,
Mackamoze and his party came
riding 10 the fort; and not only
they, but more than three hnn-I
dred warriors of the tribe tt
needed not their terrific and ex-
ultant whoops 10 notify us as to
what their errand was.
"Mohlarnutach bnine Cree r..
Fetch out the Creel was the
cry. se sgH
\ But Mr.. Wolfe was deter
mined to secure fair play for
his protege. The drums beat
for a parley. y
The trader then addressed