The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

DCduiIuI young woman any one ever saw
Al around the sides Of the lodge hung
go rs auu beautiful weapons, garments.
ana pouches of medicine. The old man
sreeteu our ancestor very kindly and
MADE him sill by his SIDE He babe his
laughter placed some food before
MIN, and picking up a shell from a pile
py her side, she placed a single straw
perry IN II and set it before the guest.
lie thought this a very slender meal 10
otfer one, but said nothing. ana after
waiting little lifted the berry and placed
II IN his mouth. What was his surprise
on looking at the shell TO see that another
perry had taken the place of the one he
had just eaten. He was afraid. for he
knew at once he was in the lodge of the
chief of the water-people But he
determined to put bold face on the stu
alion, ana calmly lifted the berry and ate
H. although his heart was sick with Gear
AS 1ast as he took a berry from the shell
another one appeared in it's place, and at
last' having eaten great many he set
ed
Here Archie interrupted the tale by ex-
claiming: oh that's just one of your
stories, but it isn't true. There are no
Underwater people"
The old medicine man gazed at him
thoughtfully while and then said: when
you told about your Cod feeding a vast
es, we did not say that your story was not
true. However / will ask you to prove it.
You can't? Neither can l prove my story
Yet believe il, for 1t has been handed
down from father TO son to the present
time, and L must say it is entitled to as
much credence as yours"
Another evening Archie told about Dan
lei IN the lions den, and when he had fin
ished tall, brawny warrior remarked that
the beasts had probably just eaten hear
ty meal and were too lazy to move.
Il myself" he said, "slngle handed and
with only a knife, once crawled into a
bears den l found I prayed to the Sun to
aid me, and when 1 saw the bears stabbed
with all my might. There was three in
the den, and 1 killed them all. That's more
than your man did, for by your own ac-
count it would seem he was afraid to
fight"
Very early one morning it was reported
that large herd of buffalo were feeding on
high table land three or four miles east
of camp. The camp crier was soon abroad,
shouting out the news, and the warriors,
aroused from their sleep came tumbling
out of the lodges in haste for their horses.
One Of the strictest rules for the govern
ment of the people was that regarding the
buffalo hunting. Thinking life was depend
ent on a supply of these animals, which
were their food, clothing, and shelter, a
hunter might go by himself TO hunt deer,
elk, or other small game, but when buffalo
were discovered no one was allowed to hunt
them alone, under penalty of confscation
and destruction of his property and even
death. Sharp lookouts were always watch
ing for herd, and when one was seen the
camp crier spread the news. The hunters
assembled al the chiefs lodge, and when
all were ready they started out together,
under the leadership of some chief, and
thus had an equal chance.
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had been given before the warriors, mount
ed on their fleet ponies, were assembled
about us. Saddles had been discarded and
even clothing, many of the men wearing
only the breechclout and moccasins. Most
of them were armed with rifles, but some
carried bows and arrows, which at close
quarters were almost as rapid and effect-
i've as guns. 1t was a grand sight to see
these 1.-THE and sinewy men move aft at
the signal of their leader. The impatient
horses strained a their bits and curVeited
from side to side, and their riders, erect
and graceful, sat them as if horses and
riders were one. No sooner were the men
gone than the women began to string
out after them, mounted on their gentler
ponies and boys went with them driv
ing strings of pack animals which were
to bring back the meat and hides. BY
this time the chiefs wives had prepared
our morning meal, and after eating 1
borrowed horse from the old chief and
rode out toward the scene of the hunt.
was much too late to join in the chase.
BY the time l reached the plateau on
which the buffalo had been discovered the
herd had been run and the survivors were
gone, but the sagebush plain was thickly
dotted with the huge forms of the slain
to the number of several hundred, and now
the hunters, the women and the boys were
busy skinning them and cutting up the
Here and there a couple of men
were quarrelling over the ownership Of
fat COW, which both claimed to have shot,
But these disputes were seldom serious,
and generally ended In a division of the
meat In the old days, when the bow
and arrow was the only weapon used,
these quarrels seldom occurred, for each
Indian had mark on his shafts.
Many of the hunters having pointed out
to their women the animals they had
killed, now began to ride slowly toward
home. They had done their share OF the
work They were very happy over their
success, and nearly every one who passed
called out that he would send tongue
over to the chiefs lodge for me. Not
little interested in watching the women
cut up the buffalo although l had seen
them at such work many times, rode
out along the line of chase, which eX-
tended several miles The women were
i'm very good humor, too, that morning,
while they worked. There is nothing so
conducive to contentment as a goodly
Store Of provisions. AS 1 rode among
them they turned their witticisms on me,
and 1 cannot say that 1 got the better
Of these encounters.
While l was joking with them we were
startled by hearing heavy firing beyond,
and. looking toward the end of the line
of the chase we saw a large party Of yell
ing horsemen swooping down on the scat
tered groups of women and men. They
were firing their guns rapidly, and already
had killed several of our people. BY this
time very few of our men remained on the
grounds, most of them having returned TO
camp: but what few were left instantly
mounted their horses and rode swiftly TO-
ward the enemy, and 1 went with them.
When the enemy had first been discovered,
ms they rode up over the edge of the pla-
teau. the women had instinctively rushed
TO the men for protection, but some had
already been cut off and were killed and
scalned The survivors now formed five
different groups, each one protected BY