The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-09-09

die than be his squaw, and he ran
aftea her, but it was like the turtle
aftor the gazelle.
"Winona went with quick feet to
the top Of the bluff, and Seco cried
out like the wild cat and the Da.
kota chief and braves who were
camped up there, heard him.
"They ran quick.
"Winona saw them, and went 10
the very brink chanting the death
song. She bowed herself to the
earth, wrapped her blanket about
her breast, aud with wild CRY
sprang out into the dark air Of the
night.
THE braves drew near the place
where tho youug sqnaw had stood,
aud they heard the sound of "a
heavy fall.
They looked down into the
blackness, but could see nothing
four trees deep, but q splash OF wa,
ter was heard aud they knew Vino
ma was no more. They went with
quick feet to the Pepin lake, but the
moving water had carried tho dead
squaw away forever, they said, aod
they turned sadly back to their
lodges"
"And they never found the body
of tho girl y / asked.
The white. haired old warrior
shook his head.
They did not find the body be-
cause it was not left beneath the
high bill, and it never went down
into the lake"
"The lover CARED it away" |
suggested, new thought entering
my head instantly.
at went away with Little Coon,
but he did not carry it. Wiuona
was not killed
Tho idea was absurd.
a human being could not de-
scend, under full power of gravita-
ton, hundreds Of feet, aud amid
broken rocks, without causing in
stant death. The red hermit di.
vined my thoughts, and ho said
Il have told you that the lovers
planned 10 deceive the Dakotas, and
they did.
"Winona secreted long, rawhidc
rope under her shawl aud dropped
it where her lover was secroted
without stopping to speak, as had
been planned.
when darkness came Little Coon
went to the top of the bluff and
making \ moose on one end Of the
rope, he laid the circle at the edge
OF the rock, put the thong around
the projecting point of stone, and
lowered the enl to the earth below,
and then went down to await the
coming Of Winona.
when he heard the death song
from the young sqnaw's lips, b,
graspcd the rope firmly.
"Winona wound her shawl about
her breast and then put the moose
around her body under her arms,
AID vas ready for tue leap
A wild cry rang ont and Little
Coon who wasa very stout young
brave, held tightly aud lot the little
squaw down.
AT the same time he pushed
with his foot large, round stone
FROM it's resting place, and it went
splashipg into the waters of Lake
Pepin. AS soon as Winona touched
the earth she and her Chippewa
lover ran to the water whore the
canoe Of Little Coon was lying, and
they padded away. The long rope
was taken with them. They swept
quickly up the smooth surface of the
pretty Perin, and when tho light
came they were hidden in u thicket
where Little Coon had left some
food.
"When tho sun went down again
they hurried away from the big river
to the east, and when light came
they hid again.
After q long journey they came
to another river, and when this was
crossed they we're in Canada. Here
they lived with new names, and be,
came friends Of the whites, and no
one knew the truth. The Dakotas
hnew that Winona was dead, aud
tho Chippewas thought Little Coon
killed at the hands of the enemies.
| have heard the story many lines