Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-13

Among the Sioux he who gives way 10
this soft kind of love is said to be weak in
the head So after awhile the old men and
chiefs talked about putting the Wolf out
of the council, in which he had been the
most prominent Of the younger men.
Ano-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
looked up and scowled, and called him a
coyote puppy, and an old woman and a
toad, and asked him if he thought he would
ever be a man. Then Black Wolf, grieved,
rose and walked sadly down to the rock,
where he staid 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
VOLTS 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 Wolf opened his heart to the other
and told him all his troubles, Ochilla ask.
ing questions and giving advice as though
to a son. He had doubts as to the fair
Ano-et-ka's feaIty to her husband-he had
heard her, at several dances, loudly praise
Sa-han-te, but this was nothing, for every
Sioux woman may praise whom she will in
the dance There were other things also
which gave him suspicion, but he deemed
it unwise to tell his friend of them at
present. He hoped the Wolf would now
become more like other men and sHbiugate
Ano-et-ka as 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 quirt"
Black VOLTS blood seemed to rush to
his heart What Strike Ano-et-kaS
Whip her-my wife2" he exclaimed
"Why not2 Women are strange crea-
! lures, and must be ruled. That is my way,
and look at my women"
The Wolf did not answer. He knew
Ochillas wives-thin, tired, bent creatures,
worn with work and child bearing. He
! turned away and went back to the camp.
Theuceforth 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. He paid no
more attention to her than to the slave
women who did their cooking.
| Their child, boy, was born, but he
merely smiled when it 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
man may make love to any married
woman, and to him her lawful husband
can mete no punishment, even if he choose
/ to kill the woman. Sa-han-te, AH0-et-ka's
! former lover, now owner of two wives, did
not attempt to conceal his efforts to induce
| Ano-et-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,
Sa-han-te somehow dropped his knife and
/ hurt his foot very badly. 1t was a curious
wound, which looked as if it had been pur-
! posely made but, as Sa-han-te said it was
| done by accident, there was nothing 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
J had been grieying over that warriors at
| tention to his wife, he still had faith in
/ her and believed her virtuous and trust
worthy
/ And so the brave band went after the
buffalo and did not return for many days
for they met the Pawuees and had several
battles in the hills, where, their foes out
numbering them, hemmed 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 VOLTS prowess, 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
the 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 70
him. His heart standing still, he turned
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 father
They embraced, and the old man, weeping
told his son the story
Ano-et-ka, 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 ne
had taken his women and children and
horses and pitched his lodge up the creek
past the herd ground, where he now was.
"And," said old Ta-ha-chin, "if you dc
not cause the chief TO make this robber pay
dearly, you are not my SON"
Black Wolf did not answer, but leapeC
on his horse and dashed up the creek. Ht
passed a woman, toiling under heavy
load of wood; it was Sa-han-te's 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 wa
dressing before the lodge, leaped to his fee
aud grasped his bow, but let it fall whef
Black Wolf raised his hand in token o
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