Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-25
ruz enIlAl oE a WARRIOR.

- r,d,s, Somsa yho Distin' aisprs
usrseIr After icing Captured
o,d Snn.s wife sits IN the council OF her
tl,a only woman, white, red or
- &c !, HON have ever heard who en-
- .,,ch !, urerogatiye on this continent.
- earned her peculiar privileges IL any
- ,,,'.r earned ANYTHING Forty or more
-. non sbe was a Picgau maiden known
III. ia her tribe. and therefore MORNING
,,,nre rhau Ter good origin, her couiei'n l',
and her con.eouent value in horses. ohe
n,at with outrageous fortune, DnD she
tnrned II to such good account thi,o sue
,,as speedily ennobled She WAS at nome
in a little camp on the plains one ua5 an"
lad wandered away from the tents, When
she was kidnapped.
n was in this wise: Other camps were
scattered near there. On the night peIore
tho day of her adventure band OF 1roWs
stola q number of horses from camp Of
the eros Ventres, and very artiuliy tr'liea
tba;r nlunder toward aud close TO the re
Gan camp before they turned and made
their way TO their own lodges. When the
eros Ventures discovered their loss and iol-
lowed the trail that seemed to lead to the
pieeap camp the girl aud her father, an
aoed chief. were at distance from their
tenees. uuarmed and unsuspecting.
Down swooped the Gros Nentres. They
kiIled and scalped the old man, and then
their chief swung the young girl upon his
horse behind him, ana binding her 70 him
tvith thonus of bnekskin dashed oil trlum-
nbantly for his own village That has hap
pened TO many another Indian mitaeh'
l.s.t.. sr.A
plaster image, saving few days OF weep
ing. Not such was Old suns VIE heh
sine and her captor were IN sight OF the
eros Nentre village, she reached forward
and stole the chiefs scalping knife out oil
lis sheath at his side. With it stu wet
with her fathers blood, She cut nm IN the
back through to the heart.
Then she freed his body from hers ana
tossed him from the horses back. Leap
ing TO the ground beside his body. she not
only scalped him, but cut OF his right
arm and picked up his gun and rode
madly back % her people, chased most OF
the way. but bringing safely with her the
three greatest trophies 4 warrior can wrest
from a yanquished enemy. Two OF them
would have distinguished any brave, but
this mere village maiden came with all
three. From that day she has boosted the
right to wear three eagle feathers
Old sun was a young man then, and
when he heard Of this feat he came and
hitched the requisite number Of horses to
her mothers travels poles beside her tent.
DO not recall how many steeds she was
valued at, but | have heard OF very high
priced Indian girls who had nothing ex-
cept their feminine qualities to recommend
them. In one case / knew that young
man. who had been casting what are called
"sheep's eyes at maiden, went one day
aud tied four horses 10 her fathers tent.
Then lac stood around and waited, but
there was no sign from the tent.
Next day he took four more. and so lac
Went on until he had tied sixteen horses TO
the tepee Al the least they were worth
twenty dollars, perhaps thirty dollars,
apiece At that the maiden and her peo-
pie came out and received the young man
so graci0usly that he knew he was "the
Young woman's choice, rs we Say IN civil
lied circles. sometimes under very similar
circumstances.
At al events, Old sun WAS rich and pow
erful. and easily got The savage heroine for
his wife She was admitted 10 the Black.
foot council without protest and has
since proven that her valor was not SPORT
die, for she has taken the warpath upon
occasion, and other scalps have gone To her
credit.-JHlian Ralph in fiarper's.