The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-16

in battle, and forthwith he was dismiss
ed from the presence of the chief with
words Of scorn and reproach.
Under the shadow Of the evergreens that
night Sah-na-mah swore to Wah-ne-taw-
ma that the time would come when On
ta-pa would be glad to- recognize him as
a son-in-law, for Sah-na-mah had de-
termined to make the scalps at his girdle
as the sands upon the banks of the
broad Platte.
And Wah-ne-taw-na bid the idol Of her
heart to be of good cheer for she would
remain true to him no matter what be-
tide
The glorious Nebraska summer waned
away and merged into the more glorious
Nebraska fall and then So-ta-nah-mi de-
termined to lead his farrior hosts north
ward into the land Of the Sioux and take
bloody vengeance for the warriors slain
in the great battle of few years before.
call. and none were more active than he in
making arrows. polishing battle-ax, and
grooming pony. One night the hosts Of
the Pawnees moved northward leaving
behind the aged men and the women and
children. From her dainty tepee Wah-
ne-taw-na waved a surreptitious farewell
20 Sah-na-mah, and the young warriors
uedTl SWeueu WIN pTlU6 anu nope.
The days heightened into weeks and
the chill of early winter came. The SHOWS
Of the Nebraska winters began 10 pile in
huge drifts in the valleys, and yet no
word came from the invading hosts.
One day a lone rider came slowly into
camp, an advance courier of the mighty
SO7ta-nah-mi, to tell of a glorious victory
over the Brule Sioux. The old men and
the women and children gathered around
+ 1T
were rejOiced at the great victory won
and the many scalps secured, there was
weeping and wailing as the courier told
Of fathers, and husbands, and sons, and
lovers slain n the awful battles
Wah-ne-taw-na pushed her way to the
courier and whispered:
What Of the young warrior, Saw-na-
mah?"
Died in the last battle. piling the slain
OF his enemies about in great heaps"
whispered the courier.
Wah-ne-taw-na made no sign. She was
an Indian. and the Indian IS skilled IN
the art Of concealinZ emotion. But in
the few days that passed before the re-
turning hosts. alas so sadly depleted, ar
rived It was noted that the bloom had
! left the dusky face Of the beautiful Wah-
ne-taw-na. and that her once light step
was now slow and heavy
The victorious hosts returned and AZ
I the great scalp dance which followed,
/ the merceuary and ambitious On-ta-pa
/ announced The approaching marriage o.:
his daughter with the mighty chief So
( ta-nah-nlt.
! The DAYS slipped by with increasing "a
D.dity and The evening OF the m7rriag
/ day arrived The Pawnees gathered
! from far and near % celebrate the nuv-
I tials OF their mighty Grief Amidst the
! beating Of toms and the wild and
weird singing q the women the great
+ chief approached the tepee OF his prom
/ ise6 bride As he stopped % enter 4 Wild
CRY daated out on the chill evening afr.
and al eyes turned % the prec5 pltous
( bluff over18nEiug the river. There sill
+ houetted against che bright sky, was the
1 form ~ Wah-re eta w-ua. and as The won
+ derlnE Pawnees gazed they heard the
death chant II thelr people + CHER ara
! higher it rose. is walls echo-nE G1En
rhe Platte and losing t5eUseiyes u the
{ uurky waters far below.
/ A. the song ended Wah-re-tsu--7 --Fs-
+ e. her hands in ss1pplcatioE and WIEN a
{ last des0s5riaE cry nuHE herself 10 death
/ IN the dark waters beneath
They found he- dead body mics he-rz-
( but the spirit zas with re sp.ss. = s. w.
/ ua-mah n the happy hunting grounds
I OF the Pswnees.
And rhls = Thz story q "Eove-'s La, d.
as I heard 81 from the lips q tcE 81
settler who heard s. from TIE lips n ,ha
E w.tEeTed Cd warrior wh1 BAD reformed
/ from the great dattle arf ~ifreeses fAe
/ leap . iesth--C-1asa Wc-l6-fIsrzfs