Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-30

Arrows Were Exhausted.
He called young man to him, showed
his the arrow mark an( sent him back
| to see how many Of the dead buffalo
showed arrows with similar marks.
In time the messenger came. back car
rying a sheaf Of arrows. Grinning, he
held up the fingers Of two hands.
'Tell him that is nothing, Dorion,"
said Lewis. 1--WE could have killed
many more if we had wished. We see
that the Sioux can ride. Now let us
see if they can talk at the council fire.
The, two leaders fastened to their
own encampment to remove all trHces
of the hum, An hour later ttes they emerg-
ed from their tents clad as officers OF
the army, in cooked hat and full uni
form, with sword at side.
With the fall of the sun the drums
sounded in the Indian village. The
criers passed along the street sum-
moning the people to the feast. sum-
moning also the chiefs to the. council
lodge. Here the headmen OF the=yil-
Elage gathered. sitting about the little
fire, the peace pipe resting on forked
stick before them. waiting for the ar
rival of the white chiefs. who could
make the thunder come and who, more
over could ride stripped and strike the
buffalo even as the Sioux.
The white leaders were in no haste
to show themselves. They demanded
the full dignity Of their station, but
they came at last, their own drum
beating as they marched at the head
of their men. all Of whom were In uni.
form. '.r
Meriwether Lewis took the flag from
the standard bearer as they reached
the door of the council lodge and thrust
the staff into the soil, so that 1t stood
erect beside the lance and shield OF
Weucha, chief Of the Yanktonnais.
Then, leaving their own men on guard
without, the two white chiefs stepped
into the lodge and. with not too much
attention to the chiefs sitting and
waiting for them, took their own places
in the seat Of honor. They removed
their hats, shook free their hair. which
had been loosened from the cues. And
so, in dignified silence, not looking
about them, they sat, their long locks
spread out on their shoulders.
Exclamations of excitement broke
even from the dignihed Sioux chiefs
Clearly the appearance and the con-
duct of the two officers had made
good impression. The circle eyed them
with respect.
At length Meriwether Lewis, holding
in his hand the great peace pipe that
he had brought, arose. =
"Weucha." said he, Dorion interpret
ing for him, "you are headman of the
Yanktonnais. offer you this pipe.
Let US smoke. We are at peace. We
are children of the Great Father. and
I do not bring war. have put flag
outside the lodge. 1t is your flag. You
must keep 1t. Each night you must
take 1t down, roll it up and put 1t In
parfeche. so that it will not be torn
or soiled. Whenever you have a great
feast or meet other peoples lat 1t fly
at your door, It is because you are
chief that give you this flag. gave
one to the Omahas, another to the
Otoes. Let there be no more war be-
tween you. You are under one flag
now.
II give you this medal, Weucha, this
picture on white metal. See! It has
the picture of the Great Father him
self. my chief, who lives where the
sun rises. l also give you this writ
ing, where l have made my sign and
where the red headed chief, my broth
er, has made his sign. Keep these
things, so that any one who comes here
may know that you are our friends,
that you are the children of the Great
Father
"Weucha, they told us that the
Sioux were bad in heart, that you
would say we could not 60 up the riv-
er. Our Great Father has sent us up
the river, and we must 60. Tomorrow
our boats must 60 on their, course. II
the Great Father has such medicine as
this give you do YOU think we could