Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-15
ne feared to incur the sneers Of his fellow


of the council, in which he had been the
most prominent of the younger men.
Auo-et ka heard of this. and was
ashamed. She was not afraid of the
Wolf, for he had been too good to her, and
she was spoiled When. therefore, the
Wolf lay watching her the next day she
h'oked up and scowled, ana called him a
ioyote puppy. and an old woman. and "A
toad. and asked him If he thought he would
ever he man Then Black Wolf, grieved,
rose and walked sadly down to the rock.
where he stad till the owls and bats came
around His heart was very sore, for he
was sure now that his wife did not love
him
Ochilla, about dusk, went over to Black
Woll's lodge and being curly informed by
AnO-et ka that she knew nothing of her
lords whereabouts he hurried down to the
river and found his friend.
Black VOL opened his heart to the other
and told him all his troubles Ochilla ask
ing questions and giving advice as though
to sou He had doubts us to the fair
Ano-et-ka's fealty to her huShand-he had
heard her at several dances, loudly praise
Sa-han t., but this WAS nothing, for every
Sioux woman may praise whom she will in
the dance r. re were other things also
which gave 20 suspicion but he deemed
it unwise to tell his friend Of them at
present. lie hoped the Wolf would now
become more like ct her men and subjugate
Ano-ct-ka us he, Ochilla, had subjugated
two wives So. when Black Wolf almost
weeping, had finished speaking he only
asked quietly "Why has not my brother
given the woman the qurtf'
Black VOLTS blood seemed to rush to
his heart "W'hatl Strike Ano-et-ka?
Whip henry wife, he exclaimed.
"Why not Women are strange crea-
lures and must he ruled. That is my way.
and look at my women
The Wolf did not answer. He knew
Ochilla's wives-thin, tired. bent creatures,
worn with work and child bearing. He
turned away and went back to the camp.
Thenceforth the Wolf was more like his
Old self, except that he hunted and raced
horses as much as the other men and spent
little time in dreaming. TO Ano-et-ka he
was kind but nothing more lie paid no
more attention to her than to the slave
women who did their cooking.
/ Their child, II boy, was born, but he
merely smiled when il was shown him
and said no word to her. He had
begun to have the same uneasy feel
ings that other men do when their wives
are made love to For among the Sioux a
woman. and to him her lawful husband
can mete no punishment, even if he choose
to kill the woman. Sa-han-te, Ano-et-ka's
former lover, now owner of two wives, did
not attempt to conceal his efforts to induce
Anoet-ka to become his third Indeed. it
was. when the time for the next fall hunt
came around, common talk in the village.
The day before the hunters were to start,
ssa-han te somehow dropped his knife and
hurt his foot very badly 1t was curious
wound which looked as if it had been pur-
posely made, but. as Sa han-tr said it was
done 10y accident. there was othng for
others to say. though all knew he would
now be obliged to remain at home with the
women and old men Though Black Wolf
had been grieving over that warriors at
tention to his wife, he still had faith in
her and believed her vrtuous and trust
worthy
And so the brave band went after the
buffalo and did not return for many days,
for they met the Pawuces and had several
battles in the hills, where. their foes out
numbering them. hemmcd the Sioux in
and kept them away from the buffalo
herds Then, one bright morning they
rode proudly into camp. whittier a courier
had preceded them All the people came
out to receive the hunters, and the old
medicine man came up to Black Wolf and
took his hand for the courier had told him
of the Wolf's proves, and he was glad, for
the young man had taken more scalps than
any OF his companions, at much greater
risk.
Black Wolf looked around, hoping in
TIE throng of women to see the glad face
of his wife, but she was not there. The
people near him seemed to fear to speak to
- e-t.,,
and rode down to his lodge. All was silent
He dismounted and looked about him No
one had followed him. and he lifted the flap
of the tepee and looked in. All was dis
order and desolation He understood. His
own sister HAD left her husbands lodge in
the same way, while he was absent one fall
and the man who got her had to pay twelve
ponies
Some one came up behind him. Black
Wolf turned and saw it was his old fat her
They embraced and the old man, weeping
told his son the story.
Ano-etka he said had gone to live with
Sa- han te the very day after her husband
left She took the child also The old
men had held council and decided that Sa-
han-te must leave the village to await the
decision of the absent head chief. SO he
had taken his women and children and
horses ana pllcneu MS lOuSc up the creek,
past the herd ground, where he now was
And" said old Ia ha-c chin, IF you do
not cause the chief to make this robber pay
dearly, you are not my son"
Black Wolf did not answer, but leaped
on his horse and dashed up the creek He
passed Il woman toiling under IA heavy
load of wood it was Sa nantes oldest
wife, and she, seeing who the rider was,
fell by the trail and began to wall piteous
ly. Sa-han-te, whose hair Ano-et-ka was
dressing before the lodge, leaped to his feet
and grasped his bow. but let it fall when
Black Wolf raised his hand in token OF
friendship.
The deserted husband sprang from his
horse and looked at Sa-han tie searchingly.
The other returned the gaze without finch
, ing,
Call the woman" said Black Wolf
Anoet-ka, who had fled into the lodge and
was covering under a pile of skins, came
out trembling, her baby in her arms.
The Wolf reached out and took the little
, one and stroking its head asked Sa-han-te
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