Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-23
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''The brother on his knees continued
to talk, in frightened and piteous
tone, and finally Spai-yu turned to me
and said:
j" Brother, just look at him.; see
what a coward he is; what shall I do
with him?'
"'Kill him, of course, we all
shouted.
''Spai<yu put his hand to his chin
and stood long time silent, while still
the brother begged.
NO., he said at last, I will not
kill him; if did my vengeance would
be nil over, and I would have no great
pleasure in it. I wish it to last long,
long time. I want to see him suffer.
Tie him strongly; we will take him
back with us.
"When we had done so our leader.
bade US take everything we could find
that we cared for, and others he sent
up the valley to drive in the great
herds of horses. We got great plum
der from the stone lodge and from the
dwellings of the workers. There were
many fine things, so that all had
share; guns, powder and ball, rich
cloths and clothing, cups, and many
strange articles. Only few of the
Indians were killed, for Spai-yu had
ordered us TO spare them if they
yielded: but all of the bad brothers
friends lay dead and scalped. There
were also many beautiful women there,
clothed in thin, white dresses. Spai-yu
talked very loudly to them as they
stood frightened and crying in a cor
ner, aud presently, when the horses
came laundering down the valley,
trampling the fields of growing things
fat to the ground, he ordered them
cut, bade us put the wicked one on
horse, and then set fire to the great
lodge; the walls could not burn. but
everything inside made fine big
blaze. Then we all caught fresh
horses and started back on the long
Journey homeward, driving the great
herds before US, many of them packed
with rich plumber. And when we
came to place where friend of the
bad brother lived, we attacked it and
got still more plunder aud more
horses. After q little we had more
animals than we could drive and had
to let some go. So We travelled on, on,
to the north over the trail we had
came, never stopping even to bother
the people of the mud lodges, fol- we
had everything We wanted and were
hurrying to get home.
Every night about the camp fire
Spai-yu had his brother sit before him,
and he talked bad words to him, laugh
ing pleasantly all the time. And the
bad one said nothing in reply. He
got.very thin and would eat but little,
and we saw by his face thathe suffered
in his heart.
sat last we came to the Yellow
stone. twas now winter, and we had
passed there on our way south early in
the spring. The river was frozen over,
and We were crossing on the ice, hav-
ing made dirt trail over it from bank
to bank. Nearly all had crossed, when
all at once the ice gave way, aud men
and horses were plunged into the cold
water, among them the bad brother,
who Nv asa tied To- shisf animal. We
rushed to the place. but ere we reached
it the swift current drew them under,
and we never saw them again. Our
people, though, easily swan to the
edge Of the hole and were pulled out.
1T is better 80, said Spai.yu.
after all, I could not forget that the
same mother bore us both, and I could
not have killed him. Indeed, I had
concluded to let him 60 when spring
comes, giving him chance to make
bis way back to the southern land.
SIN few more days We came to
the camp of our people on the Mis-
souri,, and. there was great rejoicing
over our return. What became of
Spai-yu? He lived with us many a
year, and then came the traders build
ing forts along the river; his wife died
about that time, aud he went to live
with them. One day the Sioux at
tackled fort where he was stopping
and he was killed in the fight. New
York Sun.