The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-31

enthralled; and the maiden spake,
and her voice was like the purling of
the happy streamlet in its native
place. She was the daughter of the
chief medicine man of the tribe, and
had been sent down from the hills to
tell the Siwasn people the story of
their lost brethren, and to guide them
into the mountains did they wish to
make the journey. She had not been
quite sure of her reception, and so
had come in the night and awakened
the Chief, of whose protection she felt
convinced. Docewallips assured her
Of no harm and they sat in the gath
ering day talking of that which is yet
to be recorded, and imbibing in look
and word the old story SO dear to all
peoples. In the morning Docewal-
lips called his people about him, and7
silently they listened to the girls
story, which was this:
"When the greater portion Of the
bridal party had gone back to their
homes, the Bannocks had lead those
who remained into the interior, to a
hot spring noted for its health-giving
powers Judging from the circum-
stances, it is safe to say this must
have been the Burgdorf spring., and
here the stricken brave had regained
his wonted health; but by this time
winter had come, and deep SHOWS
we're on the ground. Being from a
milder cline, the visitors found the
rigors of the season most trying, and
their energies and ambitions were
dulled Apparently, however, they
}, were in accord and peace with their
entertainers, and largely this was the
case. But still, the gaining of the
flower of the tribe in wedlock by a
stranger and an alien racked the
minds Of many members of the Ban
J monk tribe, this being especially true
/ of a noted sub-chief named Red
Heart, who, for many years, bad
loved and wished to wed the maid
/ but all to Daught, for he was an un-
, lovable man, and she would nothing
of him, spurning all his advances.
And Red Heart had great following
, in the tribe, and these he melted to
/ deed atrocious. And one dark,
drear night, when all at the spring
we're lying in slumber, Red Heart and
his following stealthily entered their
| habitations, and put to the knife
t happily to instant and painless death
f every Siwash in the land. But his
victory was short.
1.-Two days after the massacre his
2 party, returning home, reached the
l skirts of great mountain, at whose
g base and upon whose sides these In
f dians had for ages gathered glittering
f baubles for sweethearts and babes
: 1t was night; not sound disturbed
8 the serenity, the awful solemnity, OF
. the days transition; and around great
9 campfres lay the sleeping horde
/ and none dreamed of the great ven-
. geance soon to be performed by the
e Great Spirit, whose arm was steeled
in wrath and humiliation. The camp
, was at the confluence of the two
r streams named Mule and Monumen-
8 tai; and suddenly the sleepers were
!, thoroughly awakened by tremen-
8 dous Voice; and the words spake by
J. the Voice were these:
: "Red Heart, you have broken the
: covenant; you have murdered men Of
n your race and blood who we're with
y you in peace-prepare quickly foI
8 your doom, for it comes ere the dawn.
FL "And then was heard noise, low q
d first, but increasing in volume snd