Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-29

hard for Snidor to sleep, aud, bging q
queer, inotherlcss little follow, no lay
upon his pillow aud thought of tho
cool waters OF tho river and the
smoky tcpccs whore the Indians
were asleep and how they, at least,
always received him gladly Then
hc rost up and stole out of the house,
af,nr filling his pockets with biscuits
he was going 10 be an Indian.
Tho ours did not bark at Snidcr as
he approached. but shifted his peck
cts and waggud their absurd aud
damaged tails. Luckily for Snidcr
Aliali was asleep and her daughter
awake.
It would bo pleasant 90 describe .
Red Leaf rs Pocaloutas, MinnehahC, |
Wonona and other Indian muidcns /
have been described by literary peo. !
pie who have employed terra Gotta |
or bronze models; but Rcd Leaf,
alasl was n genuine Indian girl,
with all the mental and physical
chnructerisGCso her race. AS she
emerged from her mothers tepoc, on
observing the face Of Snider peciing
in, would be as good opportunity 10
describe her as any likely to be OBJ
tanned. licr hair was long, black
and coarse. and ut the part was
streak of yellow pigment.
This hair hung down over her
swarthy and not always clean checks
in such way as TO make her fore
head a tolcrably correct triangle.
Her eyes were almond shaped and
wonderfully dark and deep, with
trace Of natural fcrocity about them
that mudo stranger look q second
timc before no remembered with a
nhuddcr that they were nude 90 look
upon the totturc5 that tho savage
heart below might devise. Hcrmouth
was large, but the handsome white
teeth within made il q rather pleas.
ant feature. Like all growing chill
drcn, her shoulders, arms and body
were angular and bony. Her rDi-
mont, seldom parted with 10y night
or 10y dag until it fell from hta' per
son picccmcal, consisted of a single
calico garment. "togglod' together
as only squaws know how TO do
drcssmalsing, torn a.l mCndcd III
many places, torn aud uumcndcd IN
many others. Shoes she had none;
hcadgcar she would have despised.
The personal beauty of Snidcr was
not OF a character to arouse jealousy
or comment In mixed collection of
white people, though 1t was conspicu
Gus in tho admiration OF tho red.
ltomi2cd 1t would invoice rs fol.
lowcth, A magnificent supply OF
particularly brilliant frcckles begin.
ming In the ncighhorhood Of his ears
and becoming by far too numerous
tomention ~ they approached his
nose. Tho Indian children observed
with onvious admiration that where.
as they could apply yellow and blue
pigments TO thor faces and thus bo
handsome ~ summer dawn until
dirt on accident obliteratod tho worl,
Of art, hero Was favored mortal
who wore his coloring matter under
the skin and could oven wash with
out injury TO his toilet.
Tho nose Of Snidcr, where tho
frecklcs did most congegutc, i.
wCHthy Of extended notice. 1t wa'
Of an irregular type, II sort of com
pound comminutod fracture of al
tho different styles Of nose worn by
tho Aryan races both before ant
since their earliest migration. lii
Iuiment was n pair of jeans trousers
with ono "gallus," and a hickory
! shirt, surmounted with u hat such u,
only u reckless and sunny disposition
: could enable any ono to wear. lii
temperament was sunny or warlike
MS occasion demanded, rs is apt 10 Ii
/ the case with child thrown largely
: upon his resources for diversion
: But nature had been cruel in givinl
, him a tender heart and n scnsitiv,
J soul, both Of which defects he wa
, studious 10 conceal rs an ancian
r knight would have covered up {
) weak spot in his armor.
Removing n littlo coal from III
= smoldcring fire Red Leaf carried it
, short distance from her mother
! vicinity and soon had Il littlo counci
fire for herself and Snidcr established
As part of tho arrangement Snidc
4 threw from his pocket u biscuit an
I it was eagerly seized by the girl, VIII
: was in the normal Indian conditio
3 of ravenous hunger.
p After n reasonable period Of f
5 lenco Snidcr remarked, I've com
A 90 be an Indian, Red Leaf, and liv
! with you always
!. you can't, was the instantanoou
= answer, delivered without sign Of il
u tcrcst ono way or another Poo
). Snider Hero was his death SCI
, tonce-horo tine faithful wound Of hi
!, friend. "Am 30 bad the Injun
{ won't have me-" he almost sohbcd.
i "Thc hairy man would find yo
and take you back TO his lodge,
!, Snidors sire had n Brohdingnnga
Q beard, and the reds called him IN
hairy man
4 but wouldn't go, replied snidC
J. valnntly.
4 "Then ho would cut stick an
I mako You cry" Rcd Leaf said ia
d with concentrated contempt ST.
u had seen Snider Negotiated.
n inc intending Indian arose TO 10
E He had been worse wounded than b.
Il oil his fathers punishment, aud q