Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-04-17
AN INDIAN GIRLS REVENGE.

The legends of the various Indian
trlb0s of South America furnish no more
terrible one than that of Saw-na- da-wa
toe BERRY Hunter" young girl pos.
eessed of more than ordinary beauty fOr
one OF her race. The daug hter of the
Chief OF the Aburanian tribe of Guate.
mala. she was naturally proud of her
blood and station, and revengeful of an
insult to very desperation. Often had
She been wooed, but never won. The
arrow that was to reach her breast ap-
PeaTed not to have been feathered until
Carlos Estalez, an agent for fur house,
took up his abode in the vicinity of her
people and filled her ears with a glow
ing account of how Pocahontas had
been respected and treated. Then her
pride awoke as it never had before, and
she longed Tor such u position. Her
londness for attention was tiattered by
ms constant visits to the wigwam of her
father, ana her love of dress pampered
ny his Snowy presents. She held her
head Still higher above her companions
passed them with a cold stare and
Naughty tread. and took but little pains
to disguise her determination to become
tQe wife OF the white man.
And, SO far from other female society
that was at all attractive, it was very
pleasant, without doubt, for Estalez to
coquette with the Indian girl-to have
her watch for his coming-to see that
she dressed and decorated herself ex-
clusively for him, and to feel that she
loved him. But it was a very danger
GUS pastime. The fox was not more
crafty nor the rattlesnake more treach-
erous and bitter for him If he had made
either OF them a companion. Yet the
girl loved him to alteration. He was
by Tar the most handsome man that had
ever trodden her shores: one, in fact,
that any girl would gladly have accept
ed for a lover, bringing. as he did, the
charms of education and money to back
those of manly bearing and beauty.
During the entire winter he had been
attentive to the Indian girl, and with
shc coming of the warmer months they
often fiOated over the crystal waters of
the rivers or wandered through the
evergreen woods. At first Estalez had
thought nothing of her save as q pleas
ant companion; but rs the days passed
his stay protracted, and orders coming
for him to remain another year he be-
gan to realize she was very necessary
for his comfort, and his liking grew
into something very like to love- Then
he built a wigwam of much greater
pretensions than any in the village, and
resolved that she should I'LL it; in short,
be his wife-wife. as such MARI ages
were viewed by him-that is. simply
marriages of conveniences, to be entire
~ ignored by the husband when he de-
parted, no matter though half dozen
half-breed children had the right to call
him father.
There was one of the number that
constituted Carlos party that looked
more clearly and honorably at the mat
ter than did Carlos Old Pedro Miguel
had been trader and trapper among
the red men in that locality for more
than score of years. He knew their
character too we'll to Judge them other
wise than Alright, and he shook his head
solemnly as he saw the matter verging
toward q climax.
''What are you taking SO much trou-
bic about that wigwam for, Carlos?"
he asked Estalez one day, as he saw the
rude but comfortable structure near
completion.
10 live In, Pedro" was the answer.
Wasn't the one you wintered in
god enough''