The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

s'The brother on his knees continued
to talk in q frightened and piteous
tone, and finally Spai-yu turned to me
aud said:
" Brother, just look at himj see
what a coward he is; what shall I do
with him?'
kill him, of course we all
shouted.
"opai-yu put his hand to his chin
and stood a long time silent, while still
the brother begged.
No. he said at last, 4 will not
kill him; if 1 did my vengeance would
be all over, and I would have no great
pleasure in it. / wish it to last a long,
long time. / want to see him suffer.
Tie him strongly; We will take him
back with us.
"When we had done so our leader
babe us take everything we could find
hat 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 a
share; guns, powder and ball, rich
cloths and clothing, cups, and many
strange articles. Only a few of the
Indians yer killed, for Spai-yu had
ordered us TO spare them ii they
yielded; but all OF the bad brothers
friends lay dead and sealped. 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, and presently, when the. horses
came laundering down the valley,
trampling the fields of growing things
fiat to the ground, he ordered them
cut, babe us put the wicked one on a
horse, and then set fire to the great
lodge; the walls could not burn, but
everything inside made a fine big
blaze. Then we all caught fresh
horses and started baek on th8 long
journey homeward, driving the great
herds before US, many of them packed
with rich plumber. And when we
came to a place where a friend of the
bad brother lived, we attacked it and
got still more plumber aud more
horses. After a 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, for we
had everything we wanted and were
h%urrying 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 ali the time. And the
bad n said nothing in reply. He
got very thin and would eat butlittle,
and We saw byhis face that he suffered
his heart.
"tAt last we came to the Yellow
It was now winter, and we had
passed there on u way south early in
he spring. The riverwa frozen over,
We were crossing on the ice, hav-
ng made q dirt trail over it from bank
o bank. Nearly all had crossed, when
III at once the ice gave way, and men
md horses were plunged into the cold
water, among them the bad brother,
Vho was tied to his animal. We
ushed to the place, but ere we reached
t the swift current drew them under.
nd we neyer saw them again. Our
though, easily swan to the
dge of the hole and were pulled out.
TT is better So said Spai-yu.
After all, I could not forget that the
anne mother bore us both, and I could
OF have killed him. Indeed, I had
oncluded to let him go when spring
ONES, giving him a chance to make
is way back to the southern land
sIn q few more days we came to
he camp of our people on the Mis-
ouri, and there was great rejoicing
YER onr return. What became of
He lived with us many q
and then came the traders build /,
lg forts along the river; his wife died [
bout that time, and he went to live {
it'll them. One day the Sioux at. /
leked a fort where he was stopping
Id he al killed in the fght."-New
ork Sun. q