The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

1 with hands torn and bleeding she l llabored patiently to strike of-kan- nill. niu. | chasee. the fresh fire, from the. nint krocks that 9sfIe found on the water CT < ! E61rdfiR Thk ispaf1a and 4 eedlifg .it p s, Ak Hriss fsSAela yRfe asetefffet tonthe Eeahter 7o6if lie heavy efoss herfw0unded hands had hewfl, As the biazeS Soangne 1 leaped Jip, and burned -Brigh htlys--aione e she danced in her madness, she the [ PinS opunkah, eH'Hi.a n!9fs
 rhen all night long while thetgreen corn iinoons shohe ohFtlfe waters dash- ing and rolling she danced the Hdance of the stout FwarTfors. the 'E me sita% opun4IafE s71'.
 When the sun had reached half it's height the, next day her light feet sped with unw carried sswiftness of mad ness through the gnaeeful Supaxea or the gun dance of the wom'en' thsiss tsehel
 After each sdance she rubbed upon her l,facen 'anda braa4ll stl1el asheassof her crJicifornI fire: And loud and clear as Etthe waVfiops tlQfs her trlbes cried, sshe Ieaped into the falling water, crying: AlT-nAc<eulleii A hem muc-culle!z ~ tPoAr' upon me! Pour upon meD
 Smootlity fs s1tfe were one or the Ash tribe, Th1othlokulgee, she glided out of the foarning water and back to ! When on the fourth night the moon lifted her, wlfite glory, Ah-ehah kah danced all night the mad dance opun- kah hah-cho.
 ;, The sun rose on her lying beside tIla ashes of the holy tot-hak that she had kindled five mornings before.
 She slept heavily. She slept sweet fly As she had not slept since she had Jeff the tents of the Spaniards.
 Ihe warriors of the Tribe of tn, fa Al.or nr.A T.YffTa I s6refh place in the untouched forest .WhRFe they might htly celebrate their P syke-tah, had come to the falling waters.
 They stood now rn- a circle about the sleeping girl
 Her. father, the great Leader Is the tomahawk poised:
 She has deserted her people, She has fled from her fathers tent with his enemy. She has sdespised the laws of 'her tribe. When she wakes she shall die.''
 So spoke the stern old chief.
 Silent the warriors stood. The girl awoke. She sprang to her feet. She gazed around the circle of stern faces ,: ''fhe Great God. the all Powerful God lof the Sun Children, is gentle" she rmut tmured
 d. sternly the warriors gazed on her fran, fever devoured beauty .She pointed to the ashes beside the laltfnS water: T have celebrated the Pos-ke- tah+ already for myself and for my people. have hewn me the four great beams and have lad lem cross wise. From the living rock I have stricken sparks and lighted the new fire. Alone I have danced the Ech- opunkah. Three times touched with the ashes of the tot-kah nave plung- ed into the water. Alone, all alone in the long moon lit night have danced the Opunkah hah- -cho---9 She held to them her harIs torn and bleeding. Her feet made their narrow prints of blood in the white Esnd oc lthesriver side. -ss. g-gss' FFom the least to the greRtest stlie 1 warriors turned their accusing eyeS l from her into their own souls. 1 At last spoke one, a warrior evcr | fearless. always gentle,
 Great Leader of the dauntless tribe | of the Eagle, alone she has done tho work of many valiant warriors. Let us accord her a warriors prestige. LsSt her claim a warriors absolution." $ e'
 Thus was Ah-chah- kah restored to her tribe and to her people. Many years she lived with them and loved them. -;t ..<
 Often she told them of the Gentle God of Fray Juan: the God whose hand Is full If power and whose heart Is full of mercy.
 Diego and Ah-Chah-kah loving only each other as lovers love, yet livcd foi all tothers.
 I Roaming the forest with her trib'
 and wandering about their camps an'
 cities with her maideus, or wandering
 as was her custom oftimes alone sh'
 was-how often-near him who wal
 never far away from her thQugptS
 Once had they broHen silence as eacl
 listened wrapt to the 'uemabiy swee
 melody or a mocking-o'rd- the. Indian
 Foos-u- haydn, singing m a might
 white blossomed m9gnolia-had the
 spoken aloud .ha yWcrds ever in eac
 heart: Diego" "Ah-enah- -kah!'-the . had each found what in this world eac
 deened the sweetest. IVY "
 Again had they one time parted tn
 od6rous pink nOwerSds hhdga of azale
 and have looked beyond--then woul
 acach have seen what each deemed tn
 fairost of earth.
 r Then as either fancied to trace in th
 brooks murmur the gentle tones of tn h other. had they but pressed tAgesgh:tl tll @ thick butt yielding canes 'that" bordere n the stream. they two might hay t ciasped hands across the narrow rivul'
 that divided them, then would eac