The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-02-01

| Nogen on the tribe; nor do | blame
the tribe for the wrongdOlng Of the
bad hearted indian who shot me In
the head five days ago. The same
man, or another man with n bad heart,
tried to shoot me, after shutdown to-
day, as | came up the trail over on the
other side of the brOken-tOpped noun
tain"
Oinna's Interpretation was met by n
cultural ugh !" of surprise even FROM
the chief. He asked shrewdly: "f the
LCngknifc does not lie, Is he not afraid
to be In my camp 1t Is the nearest
TO the trail"
Hardy smiled and held out his open
palm to the chief. II trust Ti-owa-
konza and his people. There Is only
one bad Indian, and even he may come
TO feel good in his heart toward me
when he learns that | am the friend of
the tribe"
Still the old chiefs face remained
inscrutably immobllc. He pondered,
aud at last made another sharp query
"The L~ongknlfe claims that he Is n
friend. Why, then, did he say ut the
council that he will do the way Nogen
did and make my people dig stones
and dirt from the big holes, without
giving them any trade goods for their
wOrki"
Hardy's clear eyes dlmmed for a
moment, and then sparkled with com
prchensiOn. lie answered with an
earnest sincerity Of tone that com
PEELED belief:
IL now see that ut the council Red
bear mistoOk much Of what l told him
to say, or else, In their anger, Tl-owa'
kOnza and his subchiefs failed to un
dcrstand Alright the Interpretation. The
place where stones are dug Is on In
dian ground. 1t belongs to the tribe
No white man has any right to make
your people dig stones. If they are
willing to dig, they must be given
trade goods for their work."
The response to this statement was
unmistakable. The moment that Olnna
had interpreted it the last trace OF
menace disappeared from the bearing
of the Indians, and even the chief
began to relax. Yet he had still an,
other query:
"Did the Longknife say he would
stop the issue to the tribe Of all gov
eminent goods and that he would take
away from the tribe all their lands
and give them to the white menu
AT last the real cause of the failure
Of the council was disclosed. Either
Intentionally or through stupid blum
derlng, Redbcar had made the chiefs
furious by n twisted Interpretation
that had given the exact reverse OF
what had been intended. With the
key to the situation In his hands
Hardy ut once began to make cleal
what he had tried to tell Mt the cOun.
ell. He explained why the issues OF
goods would cease the following
spring, and what was meant by an al
lotting of tribal land In severalty. lie
added that If there was gold OF any
of the reservation land II would bt
well for the tribe to sell that part OF
what they owned; otherwise baC
white men would, sooner on later
come In and steal 1t.
More than half convinced Of Har
dy's sincerity, though with still n lin
gerlng suspicion, Ti-%owa-konza eX
planned In turn that the tribe was no
only willing to allot the farming lane
of the reservation and sell the min
eral land, but a treaty to that eifec
had been agreed upon by the tribe, thu
previous year. All that remained t
be done was for the white chiefs Il
Washington to agree on the price t
be paid for the mineral land and To-
a delegation Of tribal chiefs to 60 t
Washington and put their marks oil
the treaty paper.
a question or two from Hard.
brought out the angry complaint tina
when Nogen began to dig stones III
told the chiefs there would be n,
treaty, and that the tribe must dli
the stones for him, or they would re
ccive no more issue goods. Chief VA
and plymouth (DupOnt) had tried t
, get Nogen to give trade goods to tn
, young men and women who had dui
holes. But Nogen would not allow II
Then u bad Indian had shot Nogen
t and Van had shot the killer. The trlb
did not blame Chief Van. But the
had felt bad toward Nogen and the
had felt bad toward the new agent be
cause they thought he would do as Nc
gen had done. Now they would Xix
the new agent. No Indian would wis
TO kill him when 1t became know
what he intended to do for the tribe.
After the old chief finished this eS
PLANTATION, Hardy found himself II we
come and honored guest In the CAM
At his suggestion Tl-owa-konza readil
agreed to send out runners In tn
morning to call n council at the min
the day after. Hardy, in turn, prom
Used to draw up papers to make smOot
the way of the delegation Of chiefs |
Washington.
AT n sign from her grandfather, Or
ma now brought food to the CUES
While he ate he talked with her abou
her experience In the camp. She tol
him joyously that her mothers fathe
and all his family and band had bee
very kind to her and had been hOspi
able, though not SO kind, to her brotl
er.
But when Hardy casually inquire
whether Redbear had left the camp 6