Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-07
LOVE OF WHITE FAWN.

tate and the United States government
pushed them 10 the bcggarly lie Of rcser-
walton rations the time once was when the
Sioux girl could not 90 astray without
sharing the same social ostracism as that
meted out rs punishment for her white
sister. When tho Sioux dwelt in and
around the famous hunting grounds now
known a. Mlnncsota aud Dakota, the same
nicely Of distinction prevailed among them
~ Ia any refined white community ~ bc.
tween the moral aud the Immoral woman
Indeed, Il has been limited that these In.
dlnns went step farther than the whites
In their respect Tor yirtue In their women,
that one OF their braves, emulntinR Roman
heroism, killed his wife. and that one of
their chiefs slew his daughter for the nm
forgivable onensc.
Nobody knew this better than Charles
Dorr, n young Michigan man, who went to
Minnesota In the early COS aud found
employment ~ clerk IN one Of the shops
oi the advance settlements.
Dnrr was fond Of hunting and 1shlng
sud his good naturcd aud shrsyl employer
SLOWED him ample time for the bent Of his
inclination, when, on the occasion Of the
young mans dr., sally for game and fish,
be- returned full handed aud with suflicieut
to support the family for a fortnight.
On one Of these single handel eypedl.
tious from the settlement down the Rcd
river OF the north. late Va tho fall, DORIS
birch bark cnnor was upset 10y sliding up
upun concealed rock midway the com.
p1rntively narrow stream, and Durr took
header into the cold water
knowing the stream 10 we'll. his quick
eye would have avoided the accident under
ordinary circumstances. but his eyes were
elsewhere At the time, aud intent upon the
graceful form " an Indian grl who stood
upon the wooded bank III thc river, for the
Rcd river banks are prairie ON onc side aud
wopdc'l on the other
Dorr heard ringing laugh On he made tho
plunge; bat he swan like a curk and soon
arose, shaking the water from his head
like retriever. lie struck out Tor tho
shore, hut hn scarcely struck half DOZEN
strikes bcioru the girl with one Of tho ca
nocs. which were drawn up on shore, was
by his side, 20 agile were her movements
Turning II deity a. she reached him Dor.
with one hand lightly placed on the side "
the canoe and swimming alongside, was
padded ashore. Returning rapidly ahu
recovered the canoe aud the paddle, but
DORIS rihc and q act Of traps were AZ the
bottom Of tho river,
Now the ordinary Indian maiden would
have left Don 30 aink ~ swim. and get hi.
own canoe ~ bsst no might, aud would
hlvo stood laughing AZ the exhibition
irum the foyer N the shore until the eur.
tain Of Durr went down, 10 matter that
the ruln swollen river swept the swimmer
hclplcssly along. Il would have hccn be-
cause they knew a brave would lose caste
by b,ing helped by women In anything but
n battle whrfu the foes were two 10 one,
but Il was 90 ordinary Indian glfl who hal
helped Dorr out OF his diiilrult u not duu.
grruus prrlicamcnt
Sho was White Pawn. daughter NJ Gray
otter, chief Of the principal band u the
Minnesota Sioux. the Impulses NJ whose
kindly heart m0lIlicl the strict Observance
OF tribal forms and rules. Besides, her
womau's instincts told her that she hrfsclf
was not little In fault Tor the accident a.
she had Observed DORIS steady Pa1e. which
hal pleased aud hai not abashcd the Ia.
kota beauty, who. like all 81 her sex, Ind
just the faintcst trace Of tho tOluctts la
her composition.
The accident had occurred opposite tl,r
.ncnmpurnt 81 White Offers band. which
was bat . low rods back In the timber.
Thlther sho invited him, and played tho
Kind hostes. la tho chiefs tcpce In tho nb,
sencu OF her father, and Durr. before RUS.
log lire, dried himself hunter aud warrior
fashion, and stillci his chattcfing teeth
with q swallow Of whisky from a euriously
carved cup Of elk horn.
Not word bad passed between them up
"a the moment when Dorr arose 10 10, and
then he cssaycd 60 thank tho lady Ia hl.
bot but bricig,t Sioux.
Now h. Il known tho Indian possesses ~
keen q sense VI the ludlctous conveyed by
broken language ~ that entertained hy the
white, aud this was the secret that locked
the Tongues Of the twain up 10 that mo-
menL But locking their tongues Tor this
fraaon unlocked another secret, aud that
was the secfrt Of their admiration Tor one
another Dorr was smittcn, and the Mhlte
fawn Furnished another Of the hundred
keys to woman's heart. She responded
~ English a tlmld tank YOU" aud looked
into DORIS EYES Tor any rldlculc that might
Il. there. She only Jaw glowing admlra'
ton IN thosccycs. and she dropped her avn.
Dorr went back 10 tho settlement only Ia
return the next day with an improvi-c,i
graphing hook, with which 90 rcoyrr his
gun aud trap. lie never found them, hut
failure only seemed 10 lend Impetus 10 his
industry. In fact he never looked Tor then,
after til, nrst days search. bat he found
their loss n convenient eXcus. for several
days Of absence and return 10 the shol
without bis usual quantity Of game.
While ostcnslbly occupied In tho search
lie continued 20 communicate with White
lnNn, and Ia establish % secret mectlnl:
place, instead OF openly entering the camp
like bold warrior. llc lived in q mild de-
lirium ~ satisfaction, only disturbed hy
any long Interval that separated him FROM
the Indian glrl.
later In the IAN Gray o,ter'a band took
up their long journey 10 the westward Ia
one II their great hunting expeditions and
did not wturn lill the spring, News cauc
down 20 the settlement Ofthrlr return, aud
with Il also tho news that the hunt had
brcn a comparative failure, The whites
Nrre driving on the game, THIS, together
with the fact that the government WIS not
Keeping H. plr,lge with the Indians, made
lhe prospect anything but pleasant for tho
settlement A the spring waned tho
bmluous news arrived that tho more west
Wy bands had begun the war dance, and
hen that actual hoitllitles had begun,
hut lho rumors were vague, and there wa
not the sllglheat moyement 10 Indicate
disposition 10 go on the wnrpath by era
Offers band. All was quiet.
A. may be we'll supposed, Dorr was no
lnng In rctstallIshlng his secret meeting
with White fawn, safe from tho oyo a
any providing savage, tho trysting plac
being chosen by the combined cunning d
thoHa members OF the white aud the re-
race.
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