Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-22
A TERRIBLE REVENGE.
An I,dian Girls Method of Pun.
ishing False Lover.

The legends of the ChIppewas, 4 once
powerful tribe of Indians whose wigwams
dotted the shores of Lake Superior. furnish
no more terrible tale Than that of Paw.naw-
lawa, or Bright Eyes, 4 young girl pos
scsscd of more than ord-.ary beauty for one
If her race.
The daughter Of chief she was naturally
proud of her blood and station, cold III heart
and rCvcngeful Of an insult to very dcSpcr-
alton. Often had she been wooed, but never
won The arrow that was TO reach her
breast appeared not to have been feathcrcd
until Ernest Lcgardc, an agent OF the North
American Fur Company. vcnturcd IN the
vicinity of hor people and filled her cars
with glowing accounts Of how P0cahOntas
had been respected and treated. Then her
pride awolic as it never had before, heaven.
soaring although it had always been, end
she longcd for such u position. Her fond
ness for attention was ilaltered by his
constant visits to the wigwum CT her father,
and her love of dress pImpcred by his
snowy presents. Sho held her head still
higher above her companions, passed them
with cold stare and naughty tread, and
took little pains to disguise her determine
ton to become the wife Of the white man.
50 far from finding other female So
ciety that was at all attractive, ii was very
pleasant for Lcgardc to cCqucttc with the
Indian girl, to have her watch for his COM
ing, to sec that she dressed AMI decorated
herself exclusively for him, and to feel that
she loved him. But it was Il very danger
Gus pastime. The fox was not moro crafty,
or the rattlesnakc more trcachcrous, and it
would have been better for him if he had
made either of them q companion, Yet
the girl loved him to alteration.
He was by far the handsomcst man that
mad ever visited her fathers WiTWam--onc,
in fact that any girl would gladly have ac-
copied for lover, bringing as he did, tho
charms of education and money to back
those Of manly bearing and beauty.
During the entire winter he had been at
tentivc to the Indian girl and with the com
ing of the warmer mon,hs they often Noatcd
together over the crystal waters Of 6eauti-
full stream, or wandered through the ever
green woods. At first the WhltC.Inan had
thougf' nothing Of her save as Il pleasant
companion, but as the days passed his stay
became protraCtCd, and orders came for him
to remain another year. lie began to realize
that she was necessary for his comfort, and
his liking grew into something very near
10 love. Then he built u WigWam OF much
greater prctCntOns than any in the village,
and resolved that she should ill It., in short,
be his wifc-a wife as such marriages were
viewed in that section ut taat dHy-that is,
simply marriages of convenience, to be en-
tircly ignored by the husband when he de-
parted, no matter though half dozen half
orocd children had the right to call him
father.
There was one of the number that consti.
tuted his party who looked more clearly at
the matter than did Lcgardc Old Joe Fisher
had been trader and trappcr among the
red men for moro than score Of years lie
knew their character too well to Judge them
otherwise than Alright and he shook his
head solemnly as he saw the matter yerging
toward CLIMAX.
"What arc you taking so much trouble
about that shanty fora" he asked Lagradc,
as he saw the rude but comfortable struct-
urc near completion.
ITO live in, joe" was the answer
Wasn't the one you wintered in good
enough7"
mo; 1t was cold and uncomfortable"
"And you arc not going TO live in 1t
aone!" asked tho old man, turning his
head aside, 40 if ashamed Of the question.
Cant tell yet But there goes Bright
Eyes, and want TO sec her. And he
dashed down to the waters edge, hailed her
as she was passing in her canoe, jumped IN,
and was padding away toward one of the
little islands that line the northern shore Of
the lake, flashing with their dense foliage
like cmeralds set in changing sheen Of
turquois.
There goes man to his ruin" NUT
tered Joe, sorrowfuily, as lie took up bis
rifle. Often he had intended to warn lie.
garde, but the young man was his superior.
and, intirm OF purpose, he put of the evil
day.
But the young man gave little heed 10 the
words that Joe had spoken From the mo-
mcnt he had seen the Indian girl all other
thoughts were banishcd from his mind.
With her light canoe dancing over the
waters, and dressed with far moro than Or
binary brilliancy-wth scarlet flowers
woven in the heavy braids Of her intensely
black hair-wth her eyes brilliant at the
sight Of him she loved and from whom she
hoped so much--with smile upon her full,
ripe lips, it would have been strange if it
had been otherwise.
The little island reached, they moored
their canoe and, wandering away from the