The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24

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and Consulted % With lie cd man as 70 dIcc
ton he had better take They talked iong time
tiirn, Ina, wind Maker lad no particular place
II abide. for the winds blew from oil directions.
somctimes from the south. sometimes from the
east, or north. But mostly II came from tho
west: all the hard winds came from there, 80 II
seemed II he liked bes. " live IN that direction
20 to The BACKBONE oi the world and look there
Broken Arrow sbouldercd his bow and culver,
started In their travels the people had come
long way from the mountains, and now he had
tD 90 back over the vide plains alone Hut The
wind was in his face day after day, and he felt
sure he would find the maker of II somewhere
among the great peaks which lo9med up away
The rolling prairie he Was surrounded al ali times
by herds OF game. III, buffalo would scarcely
now out Of his way and Sometimes old bulls bulls
shaggy heads menacinrly. Great wolves would
sit on their launches and stare at him. and then
Me Young man would pray TO them and say.
10 nv, harm me, my brothers, | am doing YOU
no wrong rt me pass peacefully over your Ia nd
trouble until lac came to the mountains When
he arrived at the foothills he came suddenly upon
band Of grizzly bears feeding In the Edge s 81
all sat up ON their Launches. looked at him with
Ss %lntns ' WISHING ana s% sn Rs
said: Waugh, Then they ali said Waugh
ly as hr could Tor sDrr trees nearby but the bears
were swincr and gained on, him. Just as he
them made swipc with his paw and tore his leg
liut h. managed TO draw himself up in the
branches beyond their reach and tearing his
and Nanchcd the flow -. blood. There were
seven o. the bears all big, old fellows their dark
n1s nos, daubcd with mud and slime and stained
with the Juice II berries The young man strung
his bow, fitted q shnrp;pontcd arrow to 4, end
tNNN. Nk.t oil n n
rDnr OF rage the great beast turned and struck
and bi, the next ncarcs, to him, and they 6,gen
a terrible nrht, More arrows were shot, all the
bears were hit and presently they we're all nghting
each thinking that the pain and wound OF the
arrows had been caused by the other Ii was
grca, sight 50 interesting that Broken Arrow for
got the pain a. his own wound as he watched them
They would stand up and lii at cnch other Just
like men; and then, locked In a frm embrace.
ihoy wouidrOl over and over on the ground biting
and with their hind .net trying to rip one another
open. In a it'll, while three were stretched dead
onthe ground: th. others sOIely wounded, drip
ping with blood and foam, dragged themselves
oil over the hill and~Sown 10 the stream, to lie in
after III" ach, win the hears Broken Arrow
found that Iscg was SO SorL that H. could scarce
~ walk. he skinned one o. the dead bears, took
some q! thu best meat, and mndo little camp
not Jar away. where he rested for some days until
the wound hcalri up. One morning there came
on his aucs, , ono" more surely he said The
maker ut this wind cannot bc far Oh: he must he
on the summit Of Tho mountains at The head OF
travelled up 1t q long woy, In the afternoon 1t
became much lrcp"r, the timber became SIN alcr
after q while there was no timber, nothing hut
steep, solii rocks and patches - icy SNOW The
wind Clmnst blew him nh hiS feet. hut he climbed
ON hanging ,nlhr SHARP Incka' crnwllns along the
cautiously looked over. There was nothing to
W. seen He crnwlci over the SUNNI, gaspng
drsc Sr'' "f II The other side when he reached the
tuhcr there was no more breeze. III" air was still
lin til" northern Rockies there IL nearly always
att t4tl heir ~
steep slopes and out On the eastern plains but on
the western side and down in the valleys, where
the various trlputsries oi the '"lumoia rise inc
' sraEsa Arrow ROW hunted aboa, in The timber for
2 ur!o hn. could find no sig Il Wind Mail n,G.
hear he blast still roaring ~ lie rtraccd his s'ps
once back on the crest he was again bnfci'd and
whircd around by the wind and his eyes filled
So with car. tLat he could sc nothing. He
crawl,d and slid Gown over h'i'e sEc'f on N,
SnsS, alter ter Time The -Hci or vail he ey"ched
under extended long way on TIC edge 81 the 'um
nit and 'ravcll ng 10 the further crt. protected
there on the bar level rock, lie saw what he had
sough, tcr So unny days. II was . lnrcc animal
;remcndou, ears, md With th"s -, eppng thor 10
and ttr It ma f. the NIni. The anitnel SAW
lin a. econ a. he stuck HI. head ab"ve the rock,
but WAS not afraid. II stood there dunuy work.
ing its great cars, AMI when AT times they moved
NcEy fast one" ~ iwicr, terrible blast would
squaicly IN tic eye he cautiously ftt"d an arrow
I" LIS bow hll'd back thu string With ali hi-
might aimed at The point Of its hrske, aud let
Wind Maker Snw II coming Hoped It's ears swiftly
two or tlrc' times Gnd twas turned back carried
far oil down H., mountain side The young man
fitted another arrow to his bow, and shot Il with
the first each one was stopped midway in It's fight
md then blown far far out toward tho plains
broken Arrow was terrified by this awful power
With one last glance AT the beast, he turned and
fled down tn" steep mUunrln tunhling sliding,
rolling never stopping until he reached ,hr st.el
ter " The timb"r and saw he was no, pursued.
when The young man arrived where the people
story, The CHEZ aid: You have done we'll. Yet
you my daughter. Lead me to the place where
Wind Maker dwcllS | must kill him some way.
The lodges were taken down The dogs packed
the N. qntsIns Win they arrived there No
by Broken Nnpw. they started ou' TO And Wind
MNk"f FIRST, they won't I" thr place where the
young msn had seen him, but he was not there
Then they iouru"yed further ~ the north, follow
ing alnng ne SUNNI, 4 tn, m"Hn,alns and al
row, fiat TOP Of nearby butte,
Remain here said the chief TO his men
I mus, ~ and XIII this animal alone. First:
cut on, hi wicked heart, Surely he has no, the
"rhr chief went on carefully Keeping out o,
sight It the animal; below the upper rim II the
L'Nnldl' iTV%ulN ne tnllr opposite The place
where it stood. lcapd M to us level and fired
arrow alter arrow. His followers were ~ far away
they could not sec wh,rr the arrows went, II they
struck VIC maIs N all but they saw him sOon
throw down the bow, draw his knife, and charge
The next instant II" wns plcx"d up by some unseen
force, wh;sird o'"r rnd over through the air and
then dropped into the timber inr down the noun.
tain side HIS, frightened followers marked the
pine" mud rushed down to I, as fast a their trem
bling limbs would allow Amid mass OF broken
and splintere bOughs they found him, crushed
limp quite dead. Then they buried him and
sOII0wfully returned t. camp"
Francois" asked one OF the city men after
awhile, has any onr seen Wind Maker since he
killed the chief"
=, 80 he replied, Like the Storm Maker, like
the Thunder Bird, he does not show himself 10
lhc people Of thcsr alter tines But he's still
here IN these mountains, as you saw yourself tho
awful wind he made to-day lie didn't want us
To hunt those sheep Tomorrow IL We climb up
% wh"r' We saw them, they will not br there; he
hos given them time g. travel "n to some other
mnuntlin ihr away
And how about IL" end 81 tn world the junp-
'nG-oli place, ns you call H. Iavr the people
ever found That"
No they haven't No one has travelled far
enough. Not even the w,ilr men hoy ssy
thrwnrld Is round, but ui course the cn.upt make
us believe that, when with our own , %. we can
sc" II Is Hat, except for tho mountains I allcys
ALONE IN NEW YORh.