Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-30

Clouds. where Lone Ilnes sister lived
the one who killed herself last summer
when her husband died. Did you hear
about it 2 On the night when he lay
dying she said TO her mother and the
relatives who were sitting with her: He
has been a kind husband to me. When
he is dead there viii be no one TO pity
or care for me. | will die. too, and We
will sleep together So they bid all
the knives and everything sharp that
was about the house, and as soon as he
was dead they watched her every mo-
ment and never left her alone.
''She did not cry at all, o cut off her
hair at 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 dier
So she eut it 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 on the door. but she
was dead She had tied a cord around
her neck and fastened it 70 the roof,
and then kneeled down so that she was
strang,ed. Then they buried her with
her husband in n grave.
wen. we ell went 10 visit them
there, as / said, and they were very
glad to see US, and they killed two dogs
and gave a great dance. II was a
woman's dance, and Red Bird put on
her beaded dress and her paint and all
her ornaments. She had a necklace of
three rows of white beads mixed with
gold ones that came down TO her waist,
and long earrings of white shells, and
little gold bells that tinkled as she
danced up and down. She was a beau
tiful dancer. Her sister never would
dance-she was such a strange girl
But she liked TO look on, and she
and l stood together at one of the win
dows.
IAN the young men in their blankets
were hanging about to see and TO run
after the young girls as they passed out
and in. When Red Bird came out
with her Grandmother, l saw High Bear
he had covered his whole face with
the blanket, but l 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 a
rabbit. He caught her again and
threw his blanket about her. We fol-
lowed them and l heard her say: L
can't bear you! l hate your Then
suddenly he let 60 Of her and was out
of sight in a minute.
when we came up 70 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 it again in her belt, under the folds
Of her shawl High Bear had a 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 hat
night, although they had a big grass
dance and gave away twelve ponies
among their guests, and we gave them
the finest deer skins and more thar
twenty pairs of mocassins.
after three nights of visiting we
turned to go back. As we journeyed
Ove 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
me evening in a deep valley, and | sat
in Lone Pines tent with my two nieces.
Red Bird was beading a tobacco pouch
and Blossoming Rose was making a
pair of moccasins, with one hundred
and one rows of porcupine work in red
and purple and the picture of a buffalo's
head ON the instep-both of them for
Eagle Feather. The men from the
other lodges had all come in and eaten
supper before Lone Pine returned. IL
was now growing dark. He had shot
nothing, o had any of the Others. L
wounded a doe in the shoulder. but the
creature got away from mer 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 he was very tired they Don lay down,
but the 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 and the tobacco pouch, though
the elder eve spoke, and the younger
said often. 4 think he will be back
soon
They found him a long distance
from camp in a valley among the pines.
High Bear and he had been hunting
together as they usually did. and the
men made High Bear take them to the
place where they parted. He said he
was going of in that direction said
his cousin, pointing southwark. The
sun was low and l wanted to get back
TO camp. so as he would not come with