The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18

hunters had not the energy 10 mount
their runners and ride forth to the
chase.
Under one Of the raised lodge skins
an Indian trader reclined upon n
couch of robes, lazily smoking. The
people of the lodge we're out gossip
ing, all but an old, old man, who, like
the trader, was thoughtfully smoking.
He had been blind for many a year;
his thin hair was white. Not the white
of the aged Anglo-Saxons, but yel-
lowish, tawny white. His skin was
streaked and furrowed and wrinkled
with age; his form bent and withered;
he was the oldest of his tribe, and had
seen nearly a hundred winters come
and go ON these northern plains. His
thin, low voice broke in upon 5ne
traders reverie.
"White man." he said, "are you
still here?'
yes" the trader replied. "Yes,
am here; what can do for Hollow
Horn?"
"Hand me my medicine sack; the
large one which is hanging mp. l will
show you something, and then tell
you story. This day reminds me of
a journey 1 once took to the south,
where every day was like this, only
hotter"
The trader arose and handed him
the painted and fringed cylinder OF
rawhide. Hollow Horn deftly opened
it aud began to draw forth various
packages and parcels, until he found
the one he was seeking, which he
tossed across the lodge
Look at that" he said.
The trader unwrapped its covering
of buckskin and found that it was Il
long, slender lance head of gray steel /;
stamped on the socket were the words
"Antonio Perez, Sevilla, 1923"
why" he exclaimed, cts Span.
ish lance head and very old. Where
did You get it?"
al will tell you," the Indian re-
piled. at is long story and very
strange one; but strange things hap
pen. Perhaps we should not say that
anything is strange, for is it not all
ordered by the gods?"
Then he told the story of the Span.
lard who long dwelt with the tribe
and of his vengeance on the brother
who drove him from civilization ont
among the Indians; a story such as is
seldom met with outside of books of
comance, but one which might even
now be corroborated by records or
traditions in some old Spanish settle
ment in the southwest.
~ 4
youth, we were hunting one summer
along the Yellowstone. One evening,
when the sun had nearly set, the peo-
pie saw something coming toward the
camp, and at first they could not make
out what it was, but after little they
saw it was a man, limping along very
slowly by the aid of staff Some OF
the Young men were for rushing oui
and killing him; but my father, the
chief, forbade them.
Let him come, he said 'he can
do us no harm. We will find out whc
he is and maybe learn news
80 everyone stood and waited, and
the man came on, very slowly and
painfully, nearer and nearer. He
came to where we all stood watching,
and the people drew back this wa,
and that, leaving my father to face
him. Indeed all we're afraid, ant
many of the women and children RAJ
, away, for never had such a man beer
seen before. He was naked excep
for long, ragged shirt he wore; hi,
long, thick black hair, his heard ant
mustache, were matted like bull,
full of grass and burrs. His eye
! were wild and rolled like those OF
wounded wolf when it is brought t,
bay. He was thin; so thin and leal
that the bones seemed ready to burs
through the skin; his feet were sor
and bleeding; wound in the tn 81
dripped blood down his leg. He di,
not appear to see us, but kept limpin
| on, shaking his head, looking wildl
this way and that, and muttering t
himself.
Where are you going? aske IN
father, stepping up and placing han,
ON his shoulder. The stranger gave
, shrek, and fell senseless to tn
a ground.
3 at was many days before he rseoy
cred, and it was nearly year befor
he learned our speech. He said h
n came from the far south, where til
r weather was always warm, where a
kinds of berries and things crew th
, year round, where snow never VIA
!, seen, except on the tops of The high
est mountains. His people were whit
Q men, but OF another race than th
= trappers We had seep.' His father ha
died, leaving him aud his brothe
large square lodges made of stone, an
great riches of various kinds. Thi
: brother had always been very mea
and cruel, aud as soon as the fathe
i died he began to plan to get all thi
the old man left. One night the grei
:, chief of that country came to the lode
Il of the brothers for feast, and on hI
way home some men sprang out OF til
4 bushes by the trail and wouId hay
killed him bmt for tho warriors vii
were with him. Then the bad broths
vent 10 the great chief aud said: