Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-31

4 lie 1uOLIOuOU Luz AluSOdlO 10 JOIN ulul,
and whispered:
"Some ceremony of the Strong
Hearts. can see their banner"
Dinsdale was NOT assured, for the
first part of the spectacle he OBJ
served consisted of two men with
bows and arrows. Behind them
walked two braves, each vigorously
shaking a gourd. rattle. Ahead of the
quartette walked two girls; one car
rying pipe and the other a Strong
Heart banner. The purpose Of the
bowmen was soon revealed, and Dins-
dale lost his fear. One of the men
suddenly raised his bow and sent an
arrow through dog. His companion
shot another; and the rattles were
shaken loudly to signalize their marks
manship.
A woman ran from lodge and took
both dogs inside. The little process
sion disappeared behind lodge and
presumably killed more dogs, as there
came further spasmodic rafting.
After. some fifteen minutes the
men and the two young girls
came in sight of the prisoners lodge
and walked toward it. The bows were
unstrung, the rattles sounded only at
regular intervals. The four men
chanted:
Friends, whoever runs away shall
not be admitted"
"Strong Hearts, all right. They've
chn 0ir
enough without killing dogs, but they
are trying to teach the village folks
self control. They won't shoot dog,
If the owner comes out and makes
FUSS" explained Scissors, who was
now cutting a piece of paper. "Tney
reckon it makes mans heart strong
to see his dog killed without making
row about it. There comes the wom-
an who owned the two pups we saw
shot, She showed her self-control by
taking the dogs inside and singeing
them. Now she's carrying them to the
society's lodge where they'll be cooked
and eaten. In the old days there
might be as many as four Strong
Heart lodges in one village; and 1t
took some dogs to keep them all
going"
AS the Strong Hearts proudly
stalked by the prisoners lodge, Scis-
sors leaned through the opening and
thrust his picture into the hand Of
bowman. 1t was an excellent out
line Of brave in the act of releasing
an arrow, and the low grunt of the re-
cipient testified to his appreciation of
| 1t.
always could do it." unused Scis-
sors proudly. "Tm wakan. Pictures
don't cost me anything. Cheers them
up. Why not give them some?"
eff It'll cheer the devils any please
give them bushel," was Dinsdale's
disconsolate rejoinder. Scissors, I'm
losing my nerve; and 1 never lost it
before. 1t isn't death; it's the way
they have with their id skinning
knives. I'm always remembering that
story about the fellow skinned alive
and Rawhide creek named after the
affair.""
you're borrowing trouble" rebuked
Scissors. 1.-THE fellow you mention
suffered enough without you suffering
any over 1t. Almost any morning the
dogs In this village see some Of their
canine friends shot. Do they worry
and brood over what may happen to
them? Two are out there playing now.
Today Is theirs and they live 1t.
Wakantanka let's them see only the
morrows Unless he can train his
soul to be strong he pays for his man.
knowledge by being afraid for what
may happen. Stir up your soul. We're
alive. We can hope. Only those who
see the tomorrows can hope. Up to
this minute we have been as safe as
If we were back in Deadwood City,"
"Oh, I'll drag myself together SOS
not to show anything" muttered Dins-
dale. "But l wish something could
happen. / wish 1t was all over, one
way or the other. I'm not afraid Of
where l will land, but It's the road
there that would like to skip"
ITS trying to guess what road we're
to take that's ailing you. Well walk
about and you'll feel BETTER" said
Scissors.
When they left the lodge several
warriors walked behind them, keeping
fifty feet from them. Other men, as if
wandering aimlessly, walked abreast
of them.
During their walk the prisoners saw
nothing of Crazy Horse or Little Big
Man, but Sorrel Horse, the medicine
man, was occasionally glimpsed as he
glided behind the lodges and near
enough to watch them.
Scissors began cutting pictures OF
dogs and children, making them ex-
ceedingly whimsical, and beckoned for
the sullen youngsters to approach and
receive them as gifts At first the
children initiated the baleful hostility
of the medicine man and lowered at
the smiling picture man with Juvenile
ferocity. Gradually curiosity got the
better of racial resentment, and one
bold urchin counted coup by dashing
in and snatching picture. After that
there was much scrambling for the pic
lures, and as fast as one was secured
it was taken to lodge to display to
the equally curious parents. Some one
decided the grotesque outlines were
medicine, at least gOod-luck tokens