The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10

THERE was no death-dance, no loud
wailing. no burning. OF the five
survivors Of the horrible massacre,
sikra was the only one unscathed-
When the first ray of daylight th,nned
the blacknegs around her sufficiently 10
give her her bearings. she crept out Of
her covert. back TO the scene. The
white men we're gone but Their work
had been well done. The grasse. were
dabbled with blood. the pools were
clouod and red. there We're still faint
cr.Cns from the dying and hooking
grins on the upturned faces OF the
dead.
la the midst OF the nangled hoiies.
Black Wing lay dead. Sikra was only
squaw. she did not know how TO
swoon and drip tears. but the sun was
high before she moved a muscle or
drew deep breath. When. al last.
however. she trudged over the sand.
shipped into her canoe. and padded
slowly down the bay there was not one
hideoas detail OF the massacre CT In
dian island not scared deep into her
soul.
The -ufernment was held responsible
for ths massacre by outsiders. and the
Overt acts OF hostility on the part OF
some Of the chiefs was cited as the
couse hy those more closely initiated
Thr perpetrators. perhaps citizens oi
Eureka although suspected were neFei
charged with the crime but as Tins
went on it was generally conceded
% tn s-ifff a Y :
who hsd their own object in view.
As time went on and the indians
were herded onto the Hoopa reserva
zion .hc story Of the massacre wa
h-.riel beneath other debris of IL
Rina -reachery on the part If the red
skin ard bad faith Of the whites
smith tho stronger race had gotten a.
tho power into its hands and drive
TIE Indian. his wrongs and his rights
ont Of the path Of progress.
But the lapse Of time that accom-
r,iehea tnis condition md not wipe OF
tho Injustice OF Black Wings deaf
from Stk-as memory. Grown has
card and old in the interim. she IA
n1t lost ono detail Of the island seen
r-or her mind. The boy she bore
lew months after the massacre W.
unused and Graded In the hope OF r.
vrr.c Hts lullables we're the deaui
eroans II the wounded warriors ar
she wsgincs Of the women and en-
dan who fell in tho struggle Il
a. Usrlng words were-a vow OF vens
an for Black Wings blood. b
Lntw the crcvsome story glibly befo
~ was ola enough 70 understand
aud liz IL, time he was able 10 era
-ha meaning az his early training. :
vera was written large in the We
fihe- lis being.
.Ire "a like Black Wing" Sikra sal
rs caci scar his straight young Tim
grew |, nrcr. his 1.-THE young frar
stronger and she saw a hope OF h
iifo's al cot being realized. n
rowa wio lived in the big VII
bopse rftta q ked. when the old sdai
rame Ia 10 the weekly washing: "
aon, va make the boy work, siLra
~. sho straightened her old. be
1ao, and -runted: "Wcll-a ! not ra
him for tat
weantln the boy fished up 2
dou-r The ire ans, content ~ ua9A
40 er-shua. or roamed through
torcsts ana mountain solitudes' !
81, ttirlin always brooding' pl
ting. fNintin- s,
"yon Win spoil the boy Sikra.
,ou NJ lot make him work" the s.
,ror.ar y. ihc White house said aga
ore AFTERNOON. willie a pile Of sno
,,rcr crow under tne knotied hands
M ma laundress ~Idleness VIII
Mn INTO mischief" she adced as
s,arvart figure y the Young p
swrrr along the roadside. stopped
,Se driveway. and sauntered up %
hacr porch. where his motner
.t.,ng No one else ,ould have
W., W. mu.h to sikra- TO- her boy
Eve ono raw spot in he- nature. i,
r s permitted the kind ! eaT'ed
Howes advice TO scther Aer' nowe :
ssa only mumbled to hers'it a. inc