The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18
THE STORY OF A LANCE HEAD.
Romance Of Spaniard Who DWet Among the BlaCkfeet

brother and six of his friends and
relations
"rhe chiefs warriors seized them
all, threw them into strong stone
lodge and told them to pray, for when
the sun rose the next morning they
would be shot. But there were those
who knew the bad brother had lied
and piticd them; in the middle of the
night these good friends let the pris-
oners out, gave them fast horses,
weapons, food aud robes and sent
them away.
''Day after day, moon after moon,
they rode over to the north. One
night they camped by a deep, swift
stream. Some of the prairie people
must have seen and followed them, for
as they sat about the fire tonsting
some meat the air was suddenly filed
with arrows, and all of the strangers
companions fell over with scarcely
cry or n struggle. He, too, was hit
deep in the thigh, but pulled the ar
row ont, and with one jump went over
the high bank into the crushing stream.
He iloated aud evan long way with
the current and then, crawling out on
the shore, started TO cross the valley
out to the rolling plain. When he
left this stream the next morning he
| travelled two days without finding
water or anything to eat, aud then he
must have gone crazy, for the next
| thing he knew he was in our lodge.
"Well, when he had told his story,
my father asked him what lie intended
to do; if he would return to his coun-
try, or remain with us. He said that
he could never go back, much as he
wished to, for the great chief would
kill him; so ho would stay with MS as
long as he lived. That pleased my
father; he gave him my sister for n
wife, lodge, rich clothing, good
weapons and many horses. We named
him Spai.yu, which is the word for
! his tribe of white men.
| 80 the years went on, and | grew
up to be tall strong young man.
One day we were riding together
ahead of the great camp, which was
moving from the Belt mountains to
the big falls on the Missouri, when he
said to me:
Brother, something is continually
pulling at my heart to return to my
country. Not to stay, but just to
punish that bad brother OF mine. /
have tried hard to resist this, for the
sake of my wife, but can do SO no
longer 1 must go. Will you take
the trail with me?'
'Of course / would, and 400 war
riors came with MS. We travelled very
slowly, as we had long way TO go,
and wished to keep our horses always
strong and fat. Sometimes we camped
two or three days at time, where
game was plentiful and the grass good,
hunting while our animals rested.
After following up the Mountain Sheep
river, we kept on south along the foot
OF the great range, and after some
days crossed over ON trail used by
the tribes of that country, and again
travelled to the south. There the coun-
try was not so open, aud many little
ranges of mountains barred cur path.
i After many days We came again to
great open plains where the buffalo
were plentiful, but the country was
dry, and we often suffered for water.
| phO way Nt ouW III tuc ulNluuCO WuuI
looked Ike n great fiat rock, upon
which people were moving about, and
Spai-yu told us it was made of mud
by the people who lived in it. As we
rode nearer, those of the strange build
ers who were not around on the plain
climbed up sticks to the top of the
walls, and then pulled up the sticks.
Often, too, we passed great herds OF
beautiful, large, strong horses, and we
hated to leave them; but Spai-yu had
! promised all we could drive away OF
those belonging to him and his
brother, and we did in all things as
} he wished us to. At last, one evening,
we came to a low ridge covered with
trees, and he told us to camp, for on
, the other side of it, in a broad, open
! valley, was his home. BY many a
| camp fire on the way we had planned
Z Just what should he done, and now,
= as we lay in the brush, without fire oil
D shelter, we talked it all over for the
last time.
Y "With the first light of morning
| we saddlcd up aud role to the top ol
a the ridge, where. looking out through
Q the trees, we saw the great stone lodge,
surrounded by beautiful grove. On
: all sides OF it were wide fields, where
0 many things were planted. A little
o further up the valley we're many low,
0 Wooden lodges, whore lived the people
4 who worked these fields; they were
o Indians, and no great fighters, we hat
= been told. Still further away W.
: could see the hillsides covered will
o horses, and our hearts were glad
o Presently the people came out of theiI
4 lodges and went to work.
r Now, my friends, said Spai-y yu
4 we will charge; remember what hav,
= SO often told you: No women are t,
n he killed; you will know my brothe'
r by his light red hair, aud must no
1 touch him; leave him to me-.
t 1.-THE nextinstant we were of; quiet
Q ly Mt first, but as the nearer worker
8 saw us aud ran for their lodges, W,
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