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


heard Red Bird stS, Where Is the
gray ponyf Blosomlns Rose silently
handed him food and drink, out he
would not touch them lie had wound
"a the deer In the leg. and when he ran
ho had chased him on the gray til both
were ready 10 drop,
'sThen he came up to him and fired
again without dismounting, and the
pony plunged and threw him, but stocd
still trembling, He had not been used
10 having the gun fred over his head
Eagle Feather was angry. and he
jumped up and struck him with the
butt OF his gun. and he turned and gal
loped away. lt was of no use 10 try to
catch the pony after that 50 Eagle
Feather went home ON foot, carrying
the deer The sisters were greatly dis
pleased. All night long Red Bird scold
ed and rallied at him. No one In the
lodge could sleep. Her sister said moth
ing but this, I must journey ON foot
now. But the next day the gray came
back to camp Of his own accord, with
the saddle and bride, and all uninjured.
when we reached Prctty.Noiced
Hawks village ON the Spotted Tail
agency, we went to my sisters house.
My oldest sister married white mans
son, aud they have a good loghouse Of
two rooms and great many ponies
and cattle. She cooked a great supper
for us, and we camped there for the
night gave her daughter n most
beautiful dress that made myself--it
was made of six very large buckskins
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 head 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 a pony The
next year | brought her striped
blanket from the south, and she gave
me another pony. made two Of those
beaded dreSses-the other one belonged
to Red Bird.
Among tho hills tipped with pines
between Spotted Tail aud 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, and
the others wounded few, but net 50
many rs he Tho women hung up
every day long lines Of venison cut in
thin strips to dry, and we dressed the
largest and best skins and made many
moccaSins. Lone Pines daughters were
called the finest workers and the most
Industrious Red Bird usually en-
broidervd in beads and the patterns.
which she invented herself, were so
beautiful that all the women wanted
them; but the most skillhul in working
with porcupine quilts of all eolors WAS
BloSSoming Rose. Lone Pine had a
very large tent, like those we all had in
the old days when our lodges were of
tanned buffalo skin, which were warm
in winter and cool in summer
Every evening when the sun went
down and the men, who had eaten
nothing all day, came in with their
booty, they would gather in this great
tent, where the women would have a
haunch of veniSon ON the spit and q
great pot of coffee swinging over the
blaze. and then they would eat and
smoke and tell Of the days adventures,
sometimes till the middle Of the night,
There had always been few bS2rs in
these pine ridges, but they said thar
they were all gonS now, one night,
however High Bears little brother
came home crying. with a deep wound
10 his shoulder He MAS cut with the
two young m,n. when they SAW great
bear lying among the rocks
High Bear wenS close up 10 il and
dred. but he only wounded it, and
High Bear leAped on his pony and they
all tied The bear gave chase, and the
boys pony became frightened and
threw him, 81 thAt the bear came upt 70
him and stood over him growing lie
stll as il YOU were dead. am he won't
touch YOU, II You move YOU will be
killed. . screarned High Bear The boy
obeye1, and the bear took his arm in
his great teeth and bit it 20 the bone;
bus as he Stul did not stir and SEEMED
20 bs dead he laft him and walked
growing away, Eagle FEATHER now
shot and killed the bear As soOn as
he was lege alone the boy tainted, and
you can ses the scsar On his shoulder,
now that he Is q young man
''When oar wagons were fun ~ skins
and our pOoies toAded with dried meat.
we went On 70 the villsge beyond Red
Cloud'S where Lone Pines sister 6vei
the one who killed herself lssss summer
Whsa her husband died pid yoU hear
about e On shS night when he lay
DIVING she said t. her mother and the
relatives who were sitting with hes He
has been kind husband 10 me When
ne Is dead there VII bS 10 cue 20 plgy
" care for uae. I VIII Die, so.A and Ne
viii sleep to4ethsr So they hi3 all
the &rdyes and everything sharp that
Ess aboos the hoass, aud As so5a As he
Vas isssa they Watched her every ulo
uaent ana never lsf. hsV abone,
she did uos cry at all uoP eut 0f her
hslr AT first, for she was solnS % sisSp
With him. hut aoo0t ta0on-hs disd AZ
dawR-she saia I am going 10 cat