The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-09

servin' the Great Father as q scout with
the dias'nal-coat. d~arby-hat sharp l men
lions. Poets gives this saddle-tinted long
horn a 4-bit piece, an he tells this yarn.
Shore. 1t sounds plenty childish: but you
oushter bar in mind them savages. mental.
amt no bigger nor older than l0-year-old
young-ones among the pa;e faces.
This is the story my mother tells me-
says Sioux Sam. to show me the evils OF
curiosity. The Great Sperit allows to every
one the right to ask only so many ques-
TONS says my mother, AN when they ask
one more than ia their right. they die
This is the story of the fate of kaw-
kaw-cnee. the Raven. a Sioux Chief VINO
died long ago. my mother told me The
Raven died because he asked too many
questions an was too cur Gus. II began
when Sublette. who was n trader. came up
the Mitchi-zoor-rah-the Big Muddy-an'
was robbed by the Ravens people. Su-
bletie was mad n this. an said next time
he would bring the Sioux a present so they
would not rob him. So he brought a little
cask OF fire-water an left it on the bank
of the Big Muddy. Then Sublette went
away. an twenty OF the Ravens young
men found the little cask. But they were
greedy, an. did not tell the camp. but
drank the fire-water where. il was found.
THE Raven missed his twenty young
men. an when he went to spy for them,
behold, they were dead. with their teeth
locked tight. an their faces and bodies
WRITTEN an twisted as the whirlwind twists
the cottonwoods. Then the Raven thought
an thought. an he got very cur GUS 10
know why his young men died so WRITTEN
an twisted. The fre-water had n whirl-
wind in it. an the Raven was eager TO
hear. So he sent for Sublette.
Then the Raven an Sublette had a big
talk. They agreed not TO hurt each other:
an Sublette was to come an go an .rade
with the Sioux. an they would never rob
him.
AT this. Sublette gave the Raven some
OF the whirlwind that so killed an twisted
the twenty young men. 1t was a powder
white-an' il had no smell. Sublette said
Its taste was bitter. hut the Raven must
not taste II or il would lock up his teeth
an twist an kill him. For to swallow the
white powder loosened the whirlwind on the
mans Eeart. an II bent him an twisted
him Ike the storm among the willows.
Blu the Raven could give the powder
TO others. So the Raven gave il in some
deer's meat to his two squaws. an they
were twisted till they died: an when they
would speak they couldn't. for their teeth
were held tight together, an no words
came out of their mouths. only a great foam.
Then the Raven gave il 10 others that he
did not love; they were twisted an died.
AT last there was no more of the powder
of the whirlwind; the Raven must wait till
Sublette came up the Big Muddy again am
brought him more.
lhere was a man. the Gray Elk. who
was OF the Ravens people. The Gray Elk
was a Choo-ayk-eed-a great prophet. And
the Gray Elk had a wife; she was wise an
beautiful. an her name was The Squaw-
who-Has-Dreams But Gray Elk called her
kee-nee-Moo-sha-The Sweetheart.
while the Raven waited for Sublette to
bring him more powder of the whirlwlnd,
q star with a long tail came into the sky.
This star with the tail made the Raven very
cur Gus. He asked Gray Elk to tell him
about it. for he was a prophet. The Raven
asked many questions: they fell from him
IKE leaves from a tree I'm the mouth of the
nrst Ice. So the Gray Elk called Chee-bee-
the Spirit; an the Spirit told the Gray Elk.