Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-25

US against the king over the waters
and told US to make friends with the
Americans. We did not heed his
words, and 80 he brought the great
chief Of the Long Knives, who too
more numerous than leaves and spoke
the same words to all. We are,frienda
Of the Long Knives. My son fs the
true prophet. Bring out the. false
one and Crooked Lightning and Black
/ Wolf, whose life my son saved though
the two were enemies. My son shall
do with them as he pleases.h'
Many young braves sprang willing
" forward, and the three were hailed
before Erskine. Old Kahtoo waved
his hand toward them and sat down.
Erskine rose and fixed his eyes stern
~ on the covering prophet:
"He shall go forth from the village
and shall never return. For his words
work mischief, he does foolish things.
and his drumming %frightens the game.
He Is a false prophetJsand he must
CO., He turned to Crooked Light
ming.
THE Indians have made peace with
the Long Knives. and White Arrow
would make peace with any Indian,
though an enemy. Crooked Lightning
shall go,or stay, as he pleases. Black.
Wolf shall stay, for the tribe will need
him as a hunter and a warrior against
the English foes of the Long Knives.
White Arrow does not ask another to
spare an enemy's life and then take
1t away himself"
The braves grunted approval. Black
Wolf and Crooked Lightning averted
their faces, and the prophet shambled
~uneasily away. Again old Kahtoo
proclaimed s%onorously, 1T Is Well"
n went back with Erskine to his
tent. There he sank YEARLY on a
bay to stay with them as chief in his
stead. He was very old, and now
that peace was made with the Long
Knives he was willing to die. II
Erskine would but give his prom
Use. he would never rise again from
where he lay.
>Erskine shook his head. and the old
man sorrowfully turned his face.
And yet Erskine fingered on and
on at the cillage. Of the white
woman he had learned little other
than that she had been bought from
another tribe and adopted by old
Kahtoo: but it was plain that since
the threatened burning of here she
had been held in high respect by the
whole tribe. He began to wonder
about here and whether she might
not wish to go back to her own peo-
pie. He had eve talked with her.
but he moved about the camp
that he did not feel her eyes upon
him. And Early Morn's big soft eyes,
too. never seemed to leave him. She
brought him food, she sat at the door
of his tent. she followed him aoou,
the village and bore herself openly
who would not give up his great
hope. pleaded with him to marry her,
and while he was talking the girl
stood at the door of the tent and
interrupted them. Her mothers eyes
were growing dim. she said. Her
mother wanted to talk with White
Arrow and look upon his face before
her sight should altogether, pass. Nor
could Erskine know hat 1.-THE white
woman wanted to look into the eyes
OF the man she hoped would become
her daughters husband. but Kahtoo
did, and he babe Erskine go. His
foster-mother. coming upon the scene,
scowled. but Erskine rose and vent
TO the white woman's tent. She sat
just inside the opening. with a blan-
Ket across the lower half Of her face,
nor aid n look at him. Instead she
pied him with questions, and listened
eagerly to his every word, and drew
from MIN every detail of his life as
far back as he could remember. Poor
soul, it was the first opportunity for
many years that she had had to talk
with n white person who had been
In the eastern world. and freely and
frankly he held nothing back.
All the while the girl had crouched
near, looking al Erskine with dog
IKE eyes. and when he rose to 20
the woman dropped the blanket from
her face and go to her feet. Shyly
she lifted her hands. took his face
between them, bent close and studied
it searchingly:
What is Your name?"
Erskine Dale"
Without a word she turned ha ck
into her hut. 1870
AT dusk Erskine stood by the riy-
er's brim. with his eyes lifted to a
rising moon n his thoughts with
Barbara on the bank, of the James.
Behind his he heard a rustic and.
turning, he saw the girl, her breast
and her eyes burning with
a ilgnt ne a never seen before.
Black Wolf will kill you" she
Morn, and he knows that Eariy
Morn wants White Arrow" Erskine
put both hands on her shoulders
and looked down into her eyes. h
trembled, and when his arms went
about her she surged closer to him,
and the touch of her warm, suppl
body went through him like fire. And
then with: a triumphant smile she
sprang back. ,o
Black Wolf will see," she whis-
pered. and fed. Erskine sand to the
ground, with he head in his hands.
The girl ran back to her tent. and
me mother. peering at the flushed
face and shining eyes, Glove tn the
truth. She said nothing. but when
the girl was asleep and family smiI-
Ing. the white woman sat staring out
into moonlit woods. softly beat