Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06

"Manulita has not the heart to talk TO his
white brother when his brothers people hold
enmity against the followers of Manulita" And
the old chief looked sternly reproachful
II thought I'd start i'm, said the chaw to
Miss Roma. "Got any dInaro? An Iniun m
sell his teeth fur a cart wheel"
THE WAR CHIEFS SPEECH
Miss Roma gave him a handful of silver and.
turning to the ''sore-hearted" chief, he poured
the dimes and quarters into his hand. Now
talk, ~ he said. Tell all yer knows, and don't
yer lie none neither"
The old chieftain obeyed literally. For an
hour he poured into Miss Roma's hungry ears
the story of his peoples wrongs and white
mans treachery. The dancers flung themselves
down upon the ground about the central tig-
ures, and the dogs crept up and lay close be-
side them. So near her that she could touch
them with her foot lay the two dead bucks,
their swarthy faces looking ghoulish In the
glare OF the pinon flames. At her side was the
great war chief Of q once powerful tribe, the
weight OF his sixty or more winters resting
lightly upon him, but the apparent wrongs OF
his people weighing him to earth. Leaning
against tree WAS the chaw. nearly asleep, and
grouped about him the telegraph gang and
train men, all deeply interested in the re-
cital
The tale M.nulita told Miss Roma made
rarely good reading and set the nation TO talk
ing OF the cowardly policy Of the government
and the ineficiency of the average Indian
agent. and out Of it have grown great reforms.
MY people are not all good, neither are they
all bad, said Manulita earnestly in conclusion.
But when they are hungry and cold because
the great Father at Washington puts
over them men who steal the blankets and food
that should be theirs. do you wonder that they
strive to take their own? Do not the white men
do the same thing? When the great Father lets
the white men sell his red children drink which
eds vii in hair
children alone be punished? With one law for
all Manulita and his people will be content. If
white man be punished for stealing red mans
COW, pony, blanket, then red man will submit
to the same law. There should not be one rule
for the white man and another rule for the red
man. When they come together in the middle
they do not fit and there is trouble like now"
And how will il end?" asked Miss Roma
The old chief raised his shoulders In a pro-
testing shrug. "Who can tell? Not Manulita
He Is but one man, an old man now, and the
fire has gone out of his heart. the strength
from his limbs and his people are many. They
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. like the leaves on
the trees. By and by they make great wind
maybe and sweep white people clear away
Maybe SO they go all quiet again and endure,
endure, endure. Manulita has seen many
SHOWS. They have settled in his hair and chill
his blood. He lie tired and counsels to endure ="
The gray dawn was breaking when this
strange interview was concluded Miss Roma
learned that council Of war to be held
that afternoon between the Indians and United
States troops. and sought the influence OF her
chaw to get her TO the rendezvous While be
was arranging for this and foraging for break
fast for her she arranged her stuff for the
wire.
THE COUNCIL OF WAR.
"Yer all set fer the council Of wal" the chaw
announced cheerily, as he returned with her
breakfast on a barrel head. having obtained
the viands from the lunch counter Of the
saloon. Tanks out OF fix we're. an the en-
gineerll run back to the one east of we're to git
water. It's mighty nigh between the two lines
II yer amt afraid, yer kin go along" OF course
she went
On the brow OF the hill south OF the railroad
about two miles east Of Gallup the Navajoes,
several hundred strong, mounted upon SPLEEN
did horses. were drawn up in battle array,
while in front Of them upon the ground lay
their dead warriors. On the plain below and
north OF the railroad were the troops from
Fort wingate in line Of battle, their gaudy
uniforms and guidons making beautiful pic
ture in the rugged grandeur Of the surround
ings. Between the lines OF the two forces Man
ulita, on his magnificent sorrel horse, bravely
equipped with silver-mounted trappings, him.
self arrayed in all the splendor of his high Of
flee, was couversing earnestly, under cover Of .
flag Of truce, with the colonel Of the wingate
troops
The parley ended in declaration OF peace.
The Navajoes buried their dead where they lay
and returned to their reservation Modified by
the payment Of big sum for the injuries they
had suffered. And thus ended the nearest
approach to taking up the buried Ratchet this,
the Navajoes have made in twenty-five years,
but they still murmur and Manulita still coun-
sells to endure. MIR. Wilson's order was one OF
the mistakes Of Moses. He failed to distinguish
between Roma and Ranner. But Mr. Wilson
averred that there was no mistake in the DUAL.
ity OF the stuff sent in SO Miss Roma feels tina,
she is still ahead Of the city editor
ISABEL WoRRHLL BALI.