The daily Alaskan., 1914-05-26
Haha, an
 Indian Maiden
By F. A. MITCHEL

Uaha was the name given by white settlers of Kentucky to an Indian girl
 who lived more than a hundred years ago because her real name was to them difficult to pronounce. It was something meaning laughing girl, the latter rart of it being "haha." This appellatiou was given her on account of her musical laugb-not that she laughed a great deal. for the Indians both men and women, are a stOlid race, and smile is seldom seen on the face of any of them Haha laughed only when especially moved by some happy . condition. and then there was some thing catching in her laughter. Even the chief of the tribe was known to chuehle on hearing it.
 One day the tribe to which Haha belonged pitched its tepees in the unigGborncod Of a family of white set tiers uameI MacDcrmott, who were . of Srotrh-Irish extraction, Gs most of
 tnr early umigrants to that region were. hardy race, especially fitted to
 endure the hardships of pioneer life. . A sun. Donald, was a fine, handsome fellow twenty years of age and as
 much admired by the Indians as by his fellow whites.
 One spring morning Donald, who
 Was fond of wandering, struck a
 stream on the other side of which was
 d hruT extending perpeudicularly from
 the edge of the water from which 1t
 WAS reflected The bank Ou which he
 stood was a wooded plain, where grew
 tue Wild rye, pea vine and other herb
 a.u. f,regspgrSpj with various flowers.
 Tnr birds were singing. the air was Tmgrant- indeed. nature was that
 uu.u-u- in it's virgin condition, unde-
 spoiled ny man.
 Suddenly there rang out a peal of .wGoGy. laugh. It had scarcely died
 away before it's echo came back from ;la u.:m opposite X mockiug bird on thn branch of a tree over DOnalds uaaI beard l. and was nightly aston
 isg.F. IaHaed. he looked indignant that ans n~rutuue should dare to make .mwe beautiful sounds than he. His ,nrat swclcd. and out came a very gr0H imirguou of what he had heard . and. like its predecessor, came back in
 reduced volume from the cliff. ' Al that moment the Indian girl, uana. ga,1e pushing aside the under brush. and Donald saw her stop, part
 ing jt and look straight at him. She was evidently pleased with the stal- wart white man, and he was delighted with tho attractive picture before him.
 Now. D0Dald knew nothing of her language. and she knew but little of l.s Hr cout-ived by words and signs r0 1s,, her why she was so happy, and s-n rgfnted to the cIiG reflected in the
 wrryr. the wild flowers Peeping
 through the long grass, the grapes, per simmons. Nackberries, cherries, null berries and nuts that were beginning ta swell uu the trees. He repeated .L.s ow4 name several times, putting - uIs finger on his breast She under 2 stood and gave her own name, adding, "Wlttr man. Uaha."
 There could be no better place than among this uryfusion of natures bOun. ties and beauties for the birth of love. [ The white and the dusky mingled as d1g auI night meet in the gloaming. Tu"entnr their meetings were fire. , ouuut and always at the same place. Now and again through sheer happl- ness UaLaS laughter would ring out to tho envy of some mOCking bird, which 5 would trr Co initiate it. As the season advanced the lovers had no need to briu- u luncheon with them, for 1t was at .aud in the rpening fruits of the , earth
 ! uaua had many suit0rs among the young warrjors of her tribe, but from the moment she met Donald I-Der- - .mort she would listen to none of them. b This. as well us her frequent absences, attracted tue attention of her people, and they were at a loss to divine the
 cause When the hunting season came
 the lovers were in danger for the h. daus spread themselves in every d. .t. 'tuu Ju hunt the deer, bear ana Wllu
 turkey with which the country abound |. cd. Aware that if they were caught
 together by Uaha's people one or both
 wo@,d suffer, they changed their tryst-
 ing place to a point under the bank of the Ohio river. near which they lived.
 Between the bank and the stream were
 shallow lagoons frequented by docks
 Of birds of all sizes, from the snipe to
 thn SaudLiul crane.
 But it was now autumn, the season
 when the wild geese visited the la-
 goouS. and the Indians came there to
 procure them for food. One day an l Indian crouched upon the bank above
 where the lovers were together, watch a ing for shot at the geese. He heard Uaha's laugh. Crawling forward to