Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-27

Ten years passed, and the line OF settle |
ment reached farther up the valley. The
/ kind Quaker family moved a dozen miles
above to the mouth Of Pine creek, and |
| Fleet Foot, with three children In add
| ton TO the nearly blind boy, determined TO
move westward with them. 1t was diff
| cult for the Indian, even with the help of
| Minnawaqua in basket making, to earn
| living for his little family. There were
white hunters in the woods now, and game
was getting comparatively scarce. Even
| after the removal to Pine creek the In
dian was sorely pressed by poverty, and he
soon determined, though with great re-
luctance. to Join his tribe at the headwaters
of the river, nearly forty miles away.
1t was a sad day. Minnawaqua, with
all the stoicism of her race, could not re-
press her grief, and tears trickled from the
beautiful but nearly sightless orbs of Star
Ewes, now handsomely framed youth OF
fourteen years. And there were moist
ewes too, ia the Quaker's family, and in
the households of the other settlers,
1t was in the autumn following the
spring when Fleet Foot Joined the tribe.
Rumors had been rife all summer that the
Indians were in ugly mood and that rad
down the river to sweep away the advanced
settlements was imminent. The conse-
guence was that the settlers were fully
armed and prepared to quickly muster all
the men within a dozen miles along the
river.
Just at daylight one morning the
Ouaker's family were awakened by VIC
lent pounding on the door On opening it
they were amazed at finding Star Eyes
there in most pitiable plight. He was weak
and haggard: his bucksldn clothing was
almost in shreds; there were only remains
, of his moccasins and his feet were bleed
ing terribly.
! He quickly told his story The Indians
: were on the warpath up the river. After
the war party started he instantly took to
. the woods, made a long detour in the
a mountains, running at his best speed all
= the time, and then struck the river be
4 low the advancing redskins His imper-
: feet sight had caused his clothing to be
!. torn to tatters by underbrush, and his
: moccasins had worn out in that almost
4 perpetual run day and night for forty
v miles. He thought the Indians would
: surely reach the settlement the following
+ night.
q The alarm was quickly sounded along
4 the valley A good force OF brave men
, hurried up to meet the savages and to take
te a good defensive position. But their serV-
3 ices were not needed. When the Indians
~ found that their approach had been herald
90 ed and that the settlers were ready fol
N them they abandoned the raid and re
n treated.
Star Eyes remained with his Quaker
is friends. About two weeks after the events
+ Just noted he and two of the Quaker chill
AZ dren were gathering nuts in the woods
,g Suddenly there was a small volley Of rift
1o shots, and poor Star Eyes fell dead in hi
a tracks without word or groan. The othe
40 children were unframed.
- This was the awful retributiOn visitet
upon the nearly sightless Indian boy 70
no saving his white friends from slaughter,
no Within an hour after the dastardly &C
ev of assassination a dozen brave settlers wer
M on the trail of the murderers five in mum
90 Der. as indicated by their tracks. The lon
ne strides shown by the moccasin track
st showed that the assassins were runnin
m and that they were determined to max
he sure Of escape. But the pursuers wer
IN swift runners too. Nerved by their graf
Id tude to poor Star Eyes and by the horr
tIe BILE atrocity of the Indians, they were d.
ed termined to avenge the crime at all ha
ards
,rs As evening approached, the pursuel
avv found that the trail was getting warm" 2
,ea twilight. and the trail still warmer. A
,as the tracks grew indistinct, and when full
ma twenty miles of distance had been cOvere
lite one of the party suddenly saw a glimm
of light in a little valley some distan
IN ahead. 1t was evident that the Indian
ms believing themselves now safe from pu
lid suit, were camping for the night.
,ad A careful reconnaissance, a patient wa
for of three hours under the glimmering stai
ON a cautious advance, the simultaneo
-ew crack of a dozen carefully aimed rifles
She close range.
nen -Four of the sleeping Indians new
the awoke; the fifth one helplessly writhed
agony. As the settler rushed up to d
che patch the wounded redskin the light frC
"a the camp fire fell upon his face and tn
de- suddenly stopped as if they had be
the riveted to the ground.
81 1t was Fleet Foot, the father of 81
ded Eyesl
nd The muzzle of a rifle was at his head a
lin. finger on the trigger. His eyes turn
4 10 up sadly; he recognized the settler, rails
his hand and family said;
tha Eyes; but listen" They knelt bes
rdIv him to catch his words, for he was e
me IDENTIFY dying
Foot when the war party returned"
IONS said slowly and painfully, they knew
,und course IhaC quar- yes hau oeOrayeu In'
here lhey oouhu me MliilaW aqua aiiN
arge three young chlldTen W sUahes' iiiOeliu
just Two chlels' urSeu onaO we AneW nom nom
Foot ABOUT the acS Oh quar- Eyes, III Uue
ened there was a compromise. Five warri'
cry including myself, were to go TO the set
IS IN ment ana XII oIar Eyes was opilge'
they accept the terms TO save Minna"alua
ngly my three little ones iou kno" tne re
What And you were one of the murderer
Eng your own boy" excitedly exclaimed
settler that covered him with the rife
NO" came family from the dying
, al. dian. 81 might shoot myself, but not
irst Eyes. There was no bullet in Fleet Fo
- al. rife-I deceived them"
The Suddenly he raised his head, turned
% NV already CLASSY eyes toward the twink