The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-11-09
THREE TAlGs o. TINE PAwnGEs.

For years SQueW boy ned 10o sopesy
life among his people, the Psvnses. while
the little son WAS still strapped to ths
baby. board the father had been killed u
battle with the Sioux.
Tue boys mother had never been popu'
lar with the tribe because she was . cap.
tive wichita, and after her husbands death
she was worried and driven until she found
peace At last on the windy hilltop beside
her warrior.
Tbe little child that was leit behind pass.
Cd to the grudsIng care Of Ito grandmother
He had lived in her shabby wickiup ever
since, wretched, and despised by the other
Pawuees. His wichita blood, his poverty,
and, worst Of all, his physical weakness,
made him the byword Of the Upper VII
lage, and gave him . name Of bitter re-
prosch.
One memol able day, when he WAS almost
man, he found his nrst friend while out
pot.hunting for rabbits. Al be crawled
from wild-plum thicket he was astonish-
cd to see that smoke was pouring from the
chimney Of an old trapper's deserted cabin.
He knew that the Indians gave the place .
wide berth. believing It to be full Of devils.
It must be occupied By whites, he decided,
although none were known 70 be among
the Pawnees.
The boy dodged skilfully through the
underbrush until he could have tosohed the
cabin. Before the door be saw . weary
looking ox-team hitched to prairie -scboon-
er. Near BY lay . COW and dog, evidently
worn with travel. Soon whlts boy came
out Of the house and led the cattle to
water.
Tho Pswpes followed. Slipping from
GOV =, he stepped before tho newcomer and
made the wolf sign Of hIs tribe. People
who we're used TO the trail had learned to
read this gesture q one Of ofiriendliness. II
carried no meaning to Jim Bailey. All that
be saw was . frail young "buck" who seem
Cd harmless.
The white boy WAS lonesome himself.
After inspecting bis visitor across IN In.
tervsnlng gulch, be invited him over. The
Pawnes went. He had been going over
ever since, although bis friendship for the
invader did not tend 10 make him more
popular with his own peoplel
The two boys hunted, nshed and trapped
together. Each taught the other bis LAM
guage and his fund Of special knowledge.
Jim rtfused to use the name "Squaw Boy"
You're chief to me" he explained gal.
lantly, to the outcast, % I'm going 10 call
you lie Shar' always"
That fall they built clumsy seow plan.
ming TO 20 up the Platte River In ths spring
on hunting expedition.
It's lovely boat, declared Jim, ard ven
have sail. Father gave me the wagon
cover, and hes going to show ~ how TO
make It. His father wss . sailor. Lived
10 . great big bost on The ocean. You
didn't ever hear about the ocean, did you,
IA Sharf
Left Hand chief, hs know, .snswsred the
Indian. Heap big salt water. 50 they
chattsd on, day after day. But In spite Of this
new friendship, Squaw Boy grew restless
and unhappy. White people were oil we'll
enough, but they were not Pawnees. The
young Indian had never realised bis isola-
tion so keenly before. He longed for any
thing that might give him . place among
his own people.
Oh, u b. only bad . horse! Then b
would ride out upca the hunt behind the
red and bloc bsfalo staves, behind the
prissts, the chiefs and the warriors, and BE-
Z man Ike other msB. He looked envioasiv
at the herds Of his rich DeiGhbon. So
many ponies for riding and packing on the
trail, spd stilI others to trade for robes and
wivss and trinksts.
Ever since be had seen the youths Of his
own ago mount and ride away on the sum.
mel hunt be had been moro miserable than
before. They bsd gone for gain and glory,
leaving him behiod 70 do sqsaws work In
The corn.Asld. Day after day he had boed
b the intolerAbls hsas, with . buG.lo's
thong tied 10 handle, sntiI
be hated Lbs boz, the 'qasws, ard even the
ph men and sick warriors Who made up ths
home gard.
HIS wrstehsdness grew with the months.
At last, when the winter hunt nIsd ost
lgAin from the villages, his cup Of bitter
sess sssmsd foil. He hid himself In the
underbruah ard watched The departing pro-
,essson. For three days h went by, nois-
~ and perriiv, dfaeginS throsgh ths arst
Ilssby ssow cf TIE sessoo.
The iast sQusv, With hsr pots, PAM, ,poay
nd eosLide iodgs, pssssd By st BOON.
wbss she wss well ost upos hss )osrpsy,
20 sau By crsps 70 ~ top of hisA hill
InA ssscAsd ~ esvaioaAs sstil Il fadsd
Ile~iy Into IL distasos. Most oe thas T.
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