The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23

pents before him he had passed on to tho
happy hunting ground. Nah-mal-way was
"a victim OF temptation. lie could not re-
sst the cup that cheers
Tho taking of OF Nah-fnal-way by an
evil spirit was the cause OF squaws Ia
mentatlons for many sleeps. and the
braves went about silently with the black
raint OF sorrow spread freely upon their
naked breasts. The medicine men cut
their wrists AMI studied the flames from
the sacred candle Rations came with I'M
usual regularity. and yet a sense OF i'm
prr8irx evil darkened tho existence OF
tie indiana. The dead chief had surely
left a curse upon them said LOOKING
Glass an old chief OF the FOX clan 20
Looking Glass was c0lled upon Tor an
exclamation OF his words, he said;
MY brothers. Nah-mai-way was oad
medicine chief lie drank The white man
fire water and blamed us for his dying
7 toh him the pale face had put SNAKES
in a. and he would surely die, but ne
laughed at me and said was no prophet
] ten YOU. my brothers. that he has lett
his curse upon MS and We must have
taken away or We will die
Ceremony 10 save the sauaws-
Then Red Eagle was told In a dream
that The Sun Spirit would take the tribes
squaws lie made prayer to the sun
Spirit and was told that his squaw must
b. sacrificed 20 save the other squaws OK
the tribe To make this spiritual sacfi-
fee he was 10 order the sun dance ana
Mace his squaw Ia the midst OF the dance
circle as an Offering to the sun. II the
sun was not angry with them he would
order the squaw 10 get up and leave whhe
the dancers were hooking a. her, but II
the sun was angry with the tribe then
he would strike the squaw dead Ned
Fox vent about ordering the braves TO
prepare for the dance and instrueths
them how 20 dress and paint.
one morning when the sun had scarce
~ peepsd over tho treetops Red Eagle
came bounding from his tepee blowing
nercely upon his medicine whistle. The
braves who had been painted and dressed
for tn.s signal for nearly a week. We're
out Of theit tepces la a few moments
and racing toward the dance grounds, 70
the southeast ~ the Indian village. ihey
ran with ali their might in order 20 az.
rive before the sound Of the whisue h"u
died IN the echo Hastily forming IN
semi-clfcie. the medicine men waited Tor
second e.gnal Red Eagle called IN
shrln voice for his sauaw 20 follow MIN
Sno kneele d inside the curve OF the circle
while tho braves danced aud chanted TINS
appeal:
All. Va, the crow says.
The fox says ali, va,
You win not KIN our squaws
O. Father do rot XIII our saua"s'
We will dance the sun dance
We will do right
Finally. Red Eagle stopped his DANCING
end went with his squaw 10 inc ou'er
edge Of the dance circle. whore he gently
sboveA her toward the tepee. The rcd
skins yelled ioyously. for they knew INC
curse had been removed from the heaas
Of their souaws. II still remained 20 the
tribe. however.
Ka-wau-so, the Medicine wan
DEGREES the Dance.
r,o Veoks had now elapsed since me
do,th ~ Neh-mal-way. aud yet no chiei
mad been named. whenever chief aleA
and leaves MS curse upon the tribe the
selection Of a proper mao 10 suc'teo il''''
n indeed a delicate problem. This curse
must be removed by the head medielhe
man before a new chief can be seleetei.
Ka-Wan-so, the head medicine man OF ~,
tribe. and master Of ceremonies a. W
important dog feasts ana heul.,Hc
fsirw. was not IN attendance az the ~"
dance having gone into the hsls 90 com
mune with the Great Spirit relative 70
tho appointment of a new chief Upon
his return he called the redskins VI iIon.
OF his lodge and spoke TO them ~ loud
voice: II have talked with the "fe".
Spirit about this matter and he SAYS
must order q dance 20 make you OIL goo
egain. He SAYS we must bury the aeaa
chief with proper ceremony ana IN tne
meantime I will choose the chief ne mas
instructed me to. lie said thot our Oh
chief was a false man, and we must ouIy
him good or he would come back again
As master OF ceremonies he then or
dered the braves to put on their black
paint aud assemble at the burial gronn1.
81 sunrise There with the principal
medieino chiefs forming circle apoul
him and tho younger members OF w
tribe seated Ground the outer cdse, ma
~an-so called upon the Great spirit 70
hear them IN their deliberations polls
trea which had been cut Tor the purpoae'