, 1891-07-23

ed the deer in the leg, and when he IA
he had chased him on the gray till bot
were ready to drop
"ThenNhe came up ia him and fire,
again without dismoun,ing, and tn
pony plunged and threw him, but stoo'
still trembling He had not been use
to having the gun fired over his head
Eagle Feather was angry, and M
iumped up and struck him with the
butt of mis- gun, aud he turned and ght
Iopea AWAY. II was Of no use TO try II
catch the pony after that, so Eagle
FeatB-r went home on foot, carrying
the deer The sisters were greatly dis
pleased. Ali night long Red Bird scold
ed and rallied at him. No one in the
lodge could sleep. Her sister said moth
ing but this, 4 must journey on foo
now But the next day the gray cam,
back to camp Of his own accord. will
the saddle and bride, and all uninjurcd
When we reached Pretty Voiced
Hawks village on the Spotted Tai
agency, we wen to my sisters house.
My oldest sister married a white man,
son, and they have a good loghouse Of
two rooms and n great many ponie.
and cattle. She cooked n great supper
for us, and we camped there for the
night. | gave her daughter Il most
beautiful dress that ! made myself-it
was made Of six very large buckskin4,
and the waist and sleeves covered with
beads. On a white ground stood four
horses-two in front and two behind
facing either way. One was blue, and
one was red, and one was spotted, and
one was black-and at the read Of
each stood "A man holding him by the
bit. The skirt was finished with deep
fringe and white and blue beads in mar
row rows above the fringe. | gave it
TO her and she gave me n pony The
next year ! brought her n striped
blanket from the south, and she gave
me another pony. / made two Of those
beaded dresses-the other belonged
I o Red Bird.
Among the hills tipped with pines
between Spotted Tail and Red Cloud
there were still, in those days, antelope
and deer. We camped there many
nights. Lone Pine shot seventeen an
telopes and eight black tailed deer, aud
the others wounded n few, but not so
many as he. The women hung up
every day long lines Of ~venison cut in
thin strips TO dry, and we dressed t.
and best skins and made many
noccasins. Lone Pines daughters were
called the finest workers and the most
Industrious. Red Bird usually en-.
1roidered in beads, and the patterns,
which size invented herself, were so
beautiful that all the women wanted
hem; but the most skillful in working
With porcupine quilts of all colors was
3lossoming Rose. Lone Pine had a
cry large tent, like those we all had in
he old days when our lodges were of
aimed buffalo skin, which were warm
n winter and cool in summer.
Every evening when the sun went
and the men, who had eaten
all day, came in with their
they would gather in this great
ent, where the women would have "A
of venison on the spit and "A
pot of coffee swinging over the
'laze, and then they would eat and
moke and tell of the days adventures,
ometimes till the middle of the night.
There had always been "A few bears in
hese pine ridges, but they said that
hey were all gone now One night,
Iowever, High Bears little brother
anne home crying, with a deep wound
D his shoulder. He was out with the
young men, when they saw "A great
'ear lying among the rocks.
High Bear went close up to it and
red, but he only wounded it, and
iigh Bear leaped on his pony and they
IL fled. The bear gave chase, and the
pony became frightened and
brew him, so that the bear came up to
and stood over him growing Lie
till as il you were dead, an he won't
ouch you'll If you move you will be
screamed High Bear. The boy
and the bear took his arm in
MS great teeth and bit it to the bone;
but as lie still did not stir and seemed
TO be dead he left him and walked
growing away. Eagle Feather now
and killed the bear. As soon rs
was left alone the boy tainted, and
you can see the scar on his shoulder.
now that he is n young man.
when our wagons were full of skins
and our ponies loaded with dried meat,
we went IN to the village beyond Red
Clouds, where Lone Pines sister lived
the II who killed herself last summer
when her husband died. Did you hear
about it On the night when lie lay
dying she said to her mother and the
relatives who were sitting with her: lie
has been n kind husband to me When
he is dead there will be no one to pitv
or care for me. will die, too, and We
will sleep together So they hid all
the knives and everything sharp that
was about the house, and as soOn as le
was dead they watched her every mo
ment and never left her alone.
'She did not cry ut all, nor cut of her
hair Mt first, for she was going to sleep
with him, but about noon-he died at
dawn-she said: 4 am going to cut
my hair now. | don't want to die"
So she cut 1t very short, and she wept
aloud with the others. Then her
mother and she were left alone. and
her mother went out for wood. and
when she came back the widow seemed
to be kneeling or the floor, but She
was deadl She had tied a cord around
her neck and fastened it to the roof.
and then kneeled down so that she WI,
strangled. Then they buried her with
her husband in Il grave.
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