Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-22

| All tue youilS men III titu bithhcH
were hanging about 10 see and TO run
after the young girls rs they passed out
aud in. When Red Bird came out
with her grandmother. saw High Bear
he had covered bis whole face with
the blanket, but | knew him by his
height and his walk. saw him follow
and take hold Of her. but she snatched
herself away from him and ran like
rabbit. He caught her again and
threw his blanket about her. We fol
lowed them and | heard her say; 4
can't bear you'll hate your Then
suddenly he let go of her and was out
Of sight In a minute.
When we came up to Red Bird she
was laughing, but she looked angry,
and she Just showed us the knife that
CLEANED in her little hand before she
hid Il again In her belt, under the folds
OF her shawl High Bear had slight
cut in his hand the next morning, which
he said he did himself when cutting a
piece of meat He would not talk TO
anybody and would not dance that
night, although they had big grass
dance and gave away twelve ponies
among their guests, and we gave them
the finest deer skins and more than
twenty pairs OF mocaSsins.
After three nights of visiting we
turned TO so back. AS we journeyed
over the pine ridges we Travelled very
slowly, and the men were all day look
ing for deer We all wished to taste
fresh meat again. We had camped
one evening in deep valley. and sat
in Lone Pines tent with my two nieces
Rcd Bird was beading tobacco pouch
and BloSSomiug Rose was making a
pair of moccaSins, with one hundred
and one rows Of porcupine work in red
and purple and the picture offs buffalo's
head on the iustep-both Of them for
Eagle Feather. The men from the
other lodges had all come in and eaten
supper before lone Pine returned. 1t
was now growing dark. lie had shot
nothing, nor had any of the Others. 1
wounded doe In the shoulder, but the
creature got away from me- he eX-
claimed angrily, as he threw himself
down.
Red Bird led away the tired mare
and BloSsoming Rose gave her father
his supper. At last Red Bird said, My
brother has not come home oh, he'll
come by and by, said her father, and
as lac was very tired they soon lay down,
but the women could not sleep. At
dawn the men all went out in search Of
Eagle Feather. and the old grand
mother cried and bemoaned herself, but
the sisters worked quietly at the moe
casins aud the tobacco pouch, though
the elder never spoke, and the Younger
said often, I think he viii be back
soon
They found him long distance
from camp in a valley among the pines
High Bear and he had been hunting
to4ether as they usually did. and the
men made High Bear take them to the
place where they parted. He Said he
was going od in that direction said
his cousin. pointing southwark. The
sun was low and | wanted 10 set back
10 camp. SO as he would not come with
me left him and came back alone
First they found his white pony tied to
tree, and little further on they saw
him lying on his face with his gun on
the ground little way OF and buck
deer lying dead beside it. He was shot
in the side and was quite cold.
Crying and weeping aloud they
carried him back 70 camp and
when his sisters came to meet him
they pulled out hSndfuls ot their
beautiful long hair and gaShed their
arms and legs with knives, and
the odd grandmother sang death
song So, crying and singing and cut
ting themselves, all along the ro&d, they
carried him home and buried him with
his kindred on the hill yonder Ii is
i've nights Journey from the place
where he died, bur they made it in
three. Ii was in the fall, but very
hot; 50 they covered the body with
SWEET leaves and wrapped it in many
blankets and skins and bound It on
the baek Of his pony, and - brought
it all the way trOm Red Cloud 10 the
Grcat Muddy river. and shot the white
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ghost lodge and kept his ghost FOR two
years loDSer he was the only son,
and very dear 70 them
The two sisters, you know, have
never married. ana they nevev speak TO
their cousin You know people said
that EstSle Feather could uot have shot
himself by accident, for his gun lay too
tar away from him. and thar Il \ strAn-
ssr had killed him he would have taken
the pony and the gun SoIne thought
jt was the work oi the spirits, but most
ssii that High Bear killed his yoOns
cousin 20 revenge himself upon Red
Bird gor her refusal 70 marry him, and
for that stab with the knife on the
niSht Of the dance. he said thar he
knew nothing of IL. and 40 one ever
really found out Eagle Feather sleeps
in tie usOcc.,sins his sister Was working
Ior him oo the DAY BE died. ani the
tob0cso po0cA Is barred with him. with
al hls Clothes aud ornsmsnJs. Only
Rel Blri kspt bis HdinS Wh.p Il
hsn.Ss On the wau over her bed -
Elaiae Gocsisle in New YoSk EveniaS
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