The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-15

Then / thought swiftly and remem.
bored that knew Spotted Horse. one
Of the chiefs Of this camp. Eagerly /
looked for the young chief lie was
not 10 be seen. desDalred.
Al last a young Indian came In. He
seemed TO have just arrived at camp.
/ looked fxedly At him, untllheseomed
TO be conscious Of myself alone.
Then in Pawnee | said. Go tell Spot.
ted Horse 10 come here. His white
brother wishes to speak 10 him. Co"
The Indian Immediately raised the
flap of the tepee and disappeared
Some of the dancers noticed this.
The dancing quieted down. The lead.
ers started after him.
Then again Arnold said goodbye to
the doctor and we started to go. A
crowd Immediately stepped In front OF
MS. They pointed to the meat and
gestured fercely
We took our old positions. acting
brave. though feeling detected Soon
the leaders returned ant again the
circle was formed. Wilder and fast.
er the dancing grew. Round and
round went the circle. More Indians
crowded in A squaw stirred the FIRE.
It roared and cracked, and long
pointed red flames leaped into the
dark air, lighting up the cruel faces.
One Indian drew his knife. then an.
other, and another One left the surg
ing circle and danced toward us, sing
ing wildly, and slashing the air excit-
| eddy.
This Is terrible" muttered Arnold.
We've got to grab those irons" /
said. Are you ready?"
yes"
ITS our only chance"
Lets risk It. )"
Ready" Our muscles were tense
for action But just then | saw Spot
ted Horses head thrust into the tepee
Wait" I cried.
Spotted Horse gazed about a second
until his eye fell on us Then he hur-
ried in, flinging dancers right and left,
elbowing his way straight to us.
We each grasped one of his hands.
He slyly smiled at our signs of relief,
and said, "You-heap-bad-scare?"
Yes" I laughed neryously, heap
bad"
The Indians quieted down quickly
and one by one sneaked out of the
! tent
Spotted Horse led us to his tepee,
aE1 gave us seats with him on the
raised part, which was covered with
robes and blankets. told him our
trouble, and the cause of it. So he
promised to bring us the deer and a
good blanket the next day. We
thanked him, shook hands, and started
back to camp.
Throughout the Indian village all
was dark and quiet, not an Indian in
sight We hurried on silently for a
mile; then, feeling more secure, we
began to talk over our narrow escape.
At our camp we found everything as
we had left it. But we diu not sleep
much that night EARLY the next
morning we heard Spotted Horse call.
We looked out and saw only an In
dian pony some forty yards away.
When we answered, the chief appeared
from behind the pony. He unloaded
the meat, cooked and uncooked the
deers hide, and very poor blanket.
Then he jumped on his horse, yelled
goodbye, and started back.
We laughingly cried after him,
"Spot, OH, Spot We said good
blanket"
He laughed, waived his hah5, and
galloped away He knew we were glad
enough to get off with even poor
blanket.
That day the Indians moved en- UP
the river We stayed several days
longer and enjoyed our hunt without
molestation.- Magazine.
Where Pupils "Run" school.
Said a. critical visitor in an upper
Xvect side schOolhOusn the other day.