Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-18


girl drew long breath and looked
away ever che prsirie and told Tx
.ieU that he must navsr. never spesk
to her like that again.
But Tixico did cot obey.
re talked to her many times, ard
always he told her that he would be
a coed Indian if shs would marry
him, vbits-man fashion, aud cone
and live ia his tepee, Indian fashion.
When she had heard Tixico say
his many lines she looked at him
aud saw inst. he wss young and
haHdsone. and she knew he was
brave and leader among the young
men of his nation, and she pitied
him for bis eavage heart, and she
said:
"Tixico, If you viii be a good In
dian for three years-if / hear moth
ing but good of yon in that time
come TO me, I will answer what you
have said. But ia al the three
years you must not speak to ne
again Of these things
Tizieo became good Indian.
He cave up all his wild compan.
ions. Re drank no more, he gam
bled no more. He stayed on the
reservation and he spoke words ct
wise counsel to the young men Of
bis tribe, until they said:
1T is not Tixico-;he wild, the
brawling Tixico. It's some white
man from the schools Of the good
who wears bis skim"
al the end OF the three years Tx
leo rode to the village where Miss
Lyons was preaching. He went
and joined the silent circle of war
riors who listened gravely TO her
eloquent words of appeal. When
she had finished speaking Tixico
strobe through the circle and took
her hand.
"The three years are gone;" be
said. 81 am tired Of waiting.
Gomez
eve will be married white mans
fashion and you shall be my squaw
and live in my tepee; Indian fash
ion."
And the little white girl shudder-
ed an instant, remembered her
promise, and kept it:
"If l break my promise | will
lose my soul; if | marry him I may
save his"
There was a great feast and all
the villagers focked to the we'd
ding.
There were Sioux and Apachss
ana Comanches and Araphoes, all
in their festival feathers.
The cowboys came from miles
and miles around. They rode in
over the range with brave show Of
big silver-trimmed hats and Mex
lean saddles, and they swore horri-
bly, when they saw the beautiful,
white woman who was going TO mar
ry Tixico, the good Indian.
The squaws dressed the bride.
A little Arapahoe maiden brought
the bride a snow white feather from
great eagle, to bring the white
squaw Il happy wigwam, and an old
Sioux crone, whose eldest born the
white squaw bad nursed through a
fever, brought her pair Of mecca
sins made of white fur with the sa-
cred chain, which brings many sons,
scratched on the inside Of the sole
and the yellow harvest moon Of the
great praries shone down on white
woman and red man married
white-man's fashion.
That was three Years 400.
The third day after the wedding
Tixico's wife sat in the tepee, writ
ing letter to an old school friend,
telling her of her marriage and of
her exaltation, when some one gave
a long "hallo" outside the door.
Tixico's wife rose and looked
out.
Tizico sat en- his horse in front OF
the .epee.
"Come, come!' he said in his ma
tive tongue. "You are lazy. Take
my horse"
When the woman went out to do
her husbands bidding she saw that
be swayed in the saddle and that his
eyes glared upon her in drunken
fury.
ave were married white mans
fashion," he said, "but we are living
red mans fashion," and because she
was dazed and did not answer him
or move from. the doorway he sprang
from his horse and knocked the
white woman, who had come to live
with him Indian fashion, down, and
kicked her.
She lived Indian fashion ever
after.
Ten months ago her heart took
courage. She had son.
"When Tixico sees our boy" she
said to the old squaw who nursed
her, be will be kinder TO me-"
When Tixico saw the boy he