Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-03-24

Sac loves not the warrior. | have
never done cowardly act, and the
one who calls Osce.o coward must
prove him such or die - Turning
ne strols haughtily away. Hence
forth the warrior had a foe in the
young hunter and lover.
The warrior 10 whom the father
had promised the hand of Winona,
was brave one When the village
was attacked by the hostile Chippe-
was he had fought desperately, and,
was partly the means of defeating
them. Favored 10y Winona's par
ents and brothers, he urged his suit
with great aSsiduity. All to no pur-
pose the heart of the Indian girl
was inhexible to his love she still
refused him. Her friends did almost
everything to induce her to love the
warrior. They pictured his great
future his ascendancy to the chief,
hood his many brave qualities and
standing in the tribe, as we'll as the
mortal fear in which he was held by
hostile sHchems, twas of no await.
She loved but one him alone would
she wed OF remain single forever. To
no use, therefore, these useless har-
argues over the warrior's greatness :;
she despised and hated him. To all
who plead for the recognition of his
claim she answered:
Il had chosen "A hUDter, one who
would have spent his life with me !;
while had | accepted the warrior he
would be constantly absent from nae
on some exploit, exposing himself to
danger and me to hardship"
Bat her eXpostuaations were lost
with her parents and she could not
magry the hunter without her par
ents' consent, according to the laws
of the Ddkotas. These planned, ia
conjunction with the warrior, a
scheme to ruin the honor and life of
| their adversary.
What will cause the nation to
Danish him 7" asked the warrior.
Leave that to us" spoke up the
Indian girls brothers, 1--WE will do
that which will disgrace him."
How true they had spoken. Be-
fore morning, the two brothers and
a white renegade took their way up
the valley. All day they journeyed,
and, just as the shadows of night
fell, they drew reins in the camp of
the Sioux, then friendly; where they
were welcomed and fed ION the fat
of the land" Shortly, the renegade
went famliarly to a large tent some
distance away. II was occupied by
an Indian woman and an old man.
He puffed his pipe in silence, finally
saying:
| ugh, what White Bear want 20
II have come 10 ask a favor of
you"
Ugh, speak; me listen"
II have a plan 10y which you can
make much bright gold" At this
the half closed eyes of the old In
dian opened wide, and again came
that gutteral
Ugh Me hear. Go on"
"In our tribe lives young hunter,
Oscelo, who is in love with beautiful
| Winona. He would wed her, but
her parents forbid it. We love him
not, being no warrior-only poor
hunter. TIL village is at unrest.
We have talked with her; to no
avail. A young warrior, one of note,
is he to whom we would marry her.
| She scorns him. Talk is of no con-
| sequence she Stlll loves Tue hunter
| have come from the DakOtas with
whom you are friendly, with a plan
looking to the hunters banishment.
With your help it will succeed. 1t
is this: Let this good woman fol-
low us back to the village. Let her
| com. into the town on the following
noon, and, tell the Dakotas she is
looki ing for IA young hunter. who
had made her his squaw and then
deserted her. Looking around until
she sees Oscelo, she must rush for
ward, clutch him around the waist,
and claim him as her husband. This
will Danish him at once. If carried
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