St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-10


daughter of the most ravishing lowell
ness and sweet disposition. Oneorwah
words by the pen cannot fifty describe
her-the flower of the valley and the
pride of the YanktonnaiS. One evening
the old leader sat in his matched willow
cabin, reclining upon great chair quilt
solidly of rounded cottonwood, I'M
touched by tool, but softly cushioned.
The girl, recumbent. rested on a fluffy
pile OF skins, black with the glossy hue
of the bear, full-furred. Her dress
was garnet velvet from France, its
presence there in that remote region
being one of mystery and conjecture.
Her mOccasins were snowy white; on
either wrist repOsed cOiled serpento of
rich gold, and at her delicate throat a
diamond of the pureSt water danced
and sparkled in the fitting shadows OF
the evening. A red fez on her head,
while over her rich dress the glossy
hair fell in tangled ringlets to her
snapely feet. A bright wood fire blaZed
merrily before them, ever and anon re-
fleeing brilliant glow about the room
and then again disappearing, leaving
the occupants i'll the gloom. The OPP
preSSive silence was broken now and
then by a pleasant interrOgative from
the maiden. and a sleepy, grumbling
response by the aged parent. So the
hours slowly waned till the heavens de-
noted the ghostly hour of midnight,
when the graveyardS are supposed to
YEARLY yawn and upheave their
CHASTITY burdens. The girl arose, kissed
her fathers hand, and with glad
and peaceful smile, glided noiselessly
and swiftly from the room, and upon
her dOWny couch was soon wrapped in
happy dreams. Tie night, though sum-
mer, was quite crisp, and the old chief
piled high the dry logs, and. lying down
on the furS where she had reposed,
gaZed
WITH DREAMY EYES
into the mad, leaping flame. The gray
was in the dawn before drowSiness
came on, and the little god of slumber
was slowly eXerting its influence upon
the aged chieftain when the blissful con-
dition of affairs was rudely interrupted
by loud shouts and blasphemies with
out and the scuTrying of mOccaSined
feet.
Before moment interviewed through
the open cabin door in dashed, breath
lessly, two dark figures. In the waver-
ing light of the dying embers the chief
beheld two young and Stalwart braves,
painting and SpeechleSS before his daZed
vision. Wandah and Undawatsky they
were, two young sub-chiefs of his tribe,
and both fierce rivals for the hand OF
his daughter, OnQorwah. The hard
features of the father softened as he
looked upon the two noblest specimens
of his command. Bothin the prime and
vigor of manhood. Their limbs were
1.-the and supple, not unlike those of an
acrobat. They knew full well that
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two. One must fall by the superior
tact and cunning of the other. Many
and dangerous were the feats of valor
they had accomplished to obtain just
one smile from the chiefs lovely daugh-.
ter. On numerous occasions had
they swan the treacherous slate-col-
Ored waters of the grand old Missouri
feat never before executed by mortal
man. But they signally failed to best
the other on each attempt. One day
they resolved to swim the great stream
and return again without taking the
customary breathing spell. One or both
must surely go under the waters this
time. The two young braves were SO
evenly and splendidly matched and
propOrtioned that it was almost impOSSi-
bic Tor one to defeat the other in a con-
test of any nature. They reached the
opposite bank in safety. and on their
return several canoes accompanied the
swimmers in case of emergencies. 1t
was lucky that they did, for in the mid
die of the stream they encountered a
huge whiripool-the dread of all Mis-
souri, navigators. The awful yawning
vortex was rapidly sucking them down
to watery grave. They gave up all
hope, and clasped in each others arms
thew determined to die together. The
canoes drew up close to the whirlpool at
this critical juncture, just as the two
heads were sinking beneath the water,
and the paddles were reached out to the
luckless rivals, who were safely rescued
from the treacherOuS maelstrOm and
landed into the bottoms of the welcome
canoes, faint and exhausted. Indeed,
so many were these feats OF hardship
and suffering INDUCED in that it would
be difficult to relate them.