The St. Louis Republic., 1902-08-17

/ Dull Knife. an while the scowling Black
! feet gathered about-for the sight OF
Sioux gives a Blackfoot a bad heart
the black arrow was in the qiuver OF tha
Blackbird an the white arrow in that of
Young Wolf. How howl" said the young
man TO Dull Knife.
=" An now my sons. where are the ar
rows which are your countersigns?
when the young men took out the ar
rows they saw that they had Deen changed
but they knew not their message an
thought no difference would come. So they
make no talk, since that would lose time;
an Young Wolf gave Dun KNIFE the white
arrow, while the Blackbird gave him the
black arrow. An holding an arrow in eacn
hand-one white. one black-Dun Knife
said: For the twenty ponies which We
have got, the Blackfeet will carry forth
the word of Ffreheart; for the Blackfeet
keep their treaties. being honest men,
AN SO it turns that the Blackbird Is
shot full Of arrows until he bristles like
the Quills on the back of KaSh, the Hedge-l
pig. But Young Wolf is taken to the Rose
bud an they are married. The Young
Wolf would have said Nor for he did not
understand; but Dull Knife showed him
first a war-ax an next the Rosebud. An
the Rosebud was more beautiful in the eye
of youth than any war-ax; besides Young
of his father. Openhand. Thinking all Of
which, the Young Wolf did not say no.
said yes an at the wedding there was a
great feast, for the Dull Knife was big
chief an rich.
Mama. the Woodpecker. stood on the
top of a dead tree an saw the wedding; an
wnen IL was over ne new SITdlSHI an tOH1
Moh-Kwa so that Moh-Kwa might know.
When Young Wolf an the Rosebud on
their return were days ride from the
Sioux, Moh-Kwa went TO the ledge of Fire.
heart an said: Come great potter. an
meet your son an his new squaw." An,
F'ireheart came. because Mon h-Kwa took him
Kwa was so big an strong he could run
with pony an its rider in his mouth.
'Moh-Kwa told Fireheart how the
Blackbird gave Dull Knife the black arrow
an. was shot with all the arrows Of five
quivers. Ffreheart groaned like the buf-
falo when he dies. Then Moh-E<wa showed
beautiful Rosebud; and that he was fol-
lowed by twenty pack ponies which car
Tied the presents Of Dull Knife for MS ms
Moh-kwa, you have seen enough; Tor you
have seen that you made your foe happy
cheated the Catfish twice; once with the
big medicine Elk an once with the Lynx.
both of whom gave to the Catfish an
good Catfish who, were once my friends.
an now they speak hard of me an call me
a Pawnee; the whole length OF the Vel
Falls. However. Moh-Kwa has something
for the Catfish this time which he will not
river will ring with Moh-Kwa's praises
$50 Moh-Kwa carried Fireheart to the
Yellowstone, an he sang an shouted for ali
Kwa took Fireheart to a deep place in the
river. long ways from the bank An Moh-
Kwa held Fireheart while the big Chief of
the Catfish got strong hold an his squaw
who was bigger that the big Catfish Chief
got also strong hold; an what other
Catfish were there took their holds. AM
then Moh-Kwa let Fireheart slip from be-
tween his paws, an with a swish an a
swirl. the Catfish people snatched Fireheart
under the water an tore him to pieces. For.
many days In the Yellowstone was bankful !
OF good words for Moh-Kwa; an all tho
Catfish said he was Sioux. an no cheat OF
Pawnee who gives only to take back.
hfg
by Ish-koo-dah. the Fire, an smoked an
told the widow the story an how It all be-
gan by Openhand bringing the Fire back
to be his friend when they had quarreled
an the Fire had gone out an would not
return. An while Mob-Kwa told the tals
to the widow not an owl said word or
even whispered. but blinked In silence each
on his perch; for the widow seemed lean an
slim az she lay by the fire an listened AM
the owls thought 1t would be foolish to -.
mind Moh-Kwa Of their presence"
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