The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23

est rovoEsnco and awe How short.hyed Is
i mere , trsd hdS III. The aSn g ,Sifsj6s ft Of s9 I'D Ss Slssn
times. and cannot be convinced that they got IL
from some tribe they conquered or drove from
the far north. hut, for that matter, neither do
they believe they are even remotely related to
their bitter enemies, the Crces and Chippeways.
Long, long ngo, 80 tradition says, soon after
the people were created, thero was n chiet
who, had a beautiful daughter. She was the
fcront clans OF the Blackfeet. But she was
proud. In vain the young warriors, even the
and when. her father, or mother questioned her,
she would say she did not care for them, that
she loved best her fathers lodge. Now thcro
poor, scarcely able to keep himself clothed.
and ST@,d he ao was soS also Of 's ITyid ugly Ras e TO s9eS S Ssl fo Si 2
face. Scarface had loved this young woman
ever since they were children, but lately. as no
win her, he could think OF nothing but her day
and night. He no longer cared, TO cat, he could
around in deep thought. One day as hs was
going to the river to batho he met her return
Ing to her lodge With water and stopping
tly as he could:
7 have refused all the handsome and
She looked at him quickly, then cast down
her eyes, and IDLY fingered the edge of her robe.
"Tho poor one can hope; but before he can
marry me he must remove that scar from his
''oh!" cried s%carface, ."bow can you speak
such wordsi How can ! hope when I know
THE strong hearted always find a way" said
tho girl, and brushing past him she went on to
'scarface rushed off into the brush, covered
himself with his robe. and mourned. II had
spoken, and his last hope was gone, But after
The Ssl'V st hs as2SsFt %FS fnd a. way
Could 1t be that there was, a wayf Al least ne
wSsla ssr Sd R RS would pamo ask he Hs % %ninIndfl 80 % eReS f S6
tho end Of the world in quest Of the way. From
some o 9 Kind people s|os in whose Sse lodge 1 he he STAYED ST yeiLs he ne
to the. home OF the wolverine chief, and stated
M Was aspGS,' could 90 h'@ do GesE6ins o hi and ad.
vised him to see the beaver about 1t. The
beaver, in turn. sent him to the badger, who
told him to try the panther, and. SO he went
from one animal to another, until he arrived at
the home of the chief bear. The bear listened
MY brother. it is useless for you to seek the
aid Of any one in this world. There is only one
The Sun. Take this trail. which leads by my
door. and follow it to the end, where you Will
some tho TO a ot frsat si Tster hs So y W,ae m Shat y Snd Ge soms
way, to cross, it. for on the other shore is the
last came to the lake. 1t was as the bear had
said, SO wide that he could not see the other
side; He sat by the shore "a long time, trying to
think Of some way to cross. There were no
logs with which a raft might be made, he could
not swim so far, and at last he gave up, all
then, however, two large swans came swimming
up to him and asked why he was mourning
take heart, for they would bear him across the
great water on their backs. Then S~carface
was very happy, for he was sure now that all
the troubles and dangers OF his long search
were over. He waded into the water, climbed
gently onto the backs OF the swans. and they
on tho ground he looked all about him, and, see
ing no signs of any one, started toward some
s sI%au hi from no Which ,sf G a plain, sG nard NJ Se Ss@e t i9 /
led Off toward a little grove, ana he followed 1t.
Ho had not proceeded far when he found some
ent from any he had ever seen before and so
beautiful. an the bright eol9rs Of the sky be,
as scarface wished to own these handsome
clothes, he did not touch them. and went, on.
4 little further he met a young man, wh9, like
Who are your this person asked.
pity me" said scarfaee. II am only q poor
heard he lives about here"
He does" said the stranger: His lodse is
s ssar. NJ My iaR ri Is sG not f hom my n ;oSmI h Is d aoss nos
come until night. Go with me to our lodge.
and We will eat and rest; My mother will be
In a little time they came to the lodge. Scar
face had never seen such n large one. 1t was
painted strange animals. and medicines in
bright colors, They went in, and Morning Star
large dishes of soup and food.
But Scarface couldn't cat much. he was SO
There were all kinds of queer weapons hanging
up around, and in the tireIight the, flashed as
mysterious medicines, too, and all the robes in
this lodge were from the rare white buffalo.
Now, when It was almost time for the sun to
afraid, but he was, and trembled when he
heard him coming. Even before the Sun reached
what now, motheri What now3 I'm sure
You are right" replied tho Moon, "a young
Blackfoot Is here, and our Son has made friends
I'm glad of that said the Sun, as he en-
foot, that you will watch this son OF mine. He
is all we have left of many children. One after
Pelicans. and has been stabbed to death by
these vicious birds; So say watch my son that
he goes not near them
ready started to light the world. After eating
he went out hunting with his new friend. and
they killed some deer. Day after day went by
and although Scarfaco wished to tell the Sun
t IMS heart Ms fa to G appfoa aea h oGs ms One siG mornings ne haaf he
and Morning Star went out again to hunt, and
they travelled far, coming at last TO a lake
not like those we know: they were much larg-
er. almost as tall as n man, and very fierce.
once moeA screaming cres ming tow toward Pd" tihe %s" The Then 't soarfa &C
commanded his friend to run back, while he
fought them. and with his lance he pierced
they all lay dead. Then he and Morning Star
cut off their heads and returned home.
How glad tho Moon was when she saw the
heads OF these birds! She took Scarface in
her arms and kissed him, and called him her
son, and then she, cried. she was SO happy.
When the Sun got home, he, too, reioiced that
these monster birds, the slayers of his chill.
dren. were at last all dead, and he called on
ness. Then tho poor Blackfoot took courage
and told him about the beautiful girl he loved,
and the reason she would not marry him,
"Ah!" said the Sun. II have long had my
eye on that girl. Know. young man, that tho
reason she has refused all the young men Of
her people Is because / did not wish her to
marry; not until found some ono suited TO
beside me. while / remove that scar"
Then the Sun took down one Of the mystery
sacks. and rubbed Scarftce with some OF tho
powder it contained. and in no time the scar
was as smooth and plump as the other one.
"rhere!' said the Sun. II think now you
had better prepare to return home. / know
you are anxious to 60. And he gave Scar
face a complete set.of his weapons and q sa-
cred, pipe; Morning Star gave him a suit OF
his beautiful clothes, and tho Moon presented
to him some mOcCQSins of strange design and