Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-18

on the ground and rolled them into q
small ball and held them in one palm.
Then his fingers closed over them,
contracting as if squeezing them into
very small compass, then flew OF N
and the ball had vanished.
Little Big Man scowled malevolent-
ly. Scissors SAID:
1.-TWO Knives Talking finds his med
icine is still strong. 1t grows weary
of working on children. Send In
Shunca-luta with his medicine. Then
we shall see."
just outside the entrance a deep
voice doomed: "The white mans med
icine is very strong. But the medi-
cine of Shunca-luta will eat it up.
Two Knives Talking once ran away
from the Ogalala. Now Shunca-luta's
medicine brings him back. This time,
they say he will not leave until he
goes away to be a ghost"
Little Big Mans eyes glittered at
this threat.
Scissors called back: "Shunca-luta
is very wakan, but Taku Wakan has
not whispered In his ear. Why does
he stay outside the lodge? The white
man will not hurt him."
Sorrel Horse at once appeared in
the entrance. Like the famous Sitting
Bull, who is said to have foretold the
Custer massacre, he wore bunch of
shed buffalo hair fastened to the side
of his raven locks. This hair was
wakan and was painted red and re-
called the times when the buffalo filled
the plains. 1t was also a symbol of
the coming of the White Buffalo Maid
en-. His medicine pouch was formed
from badger paws and had bears
claws as pendants; for it was from
the bear that he had learned how to
treat adults, while the badger told him
through the medium of dreams how
to cure children. He also carried the
bent stick of one who has dreamed
of wolf. But it was his renown as
a magician, and not his success as
healer. that elevated him high among
the wakan witshasha, and high above
the grass-root medicine men.
Scissors invited: "Sit' down and let
our medicines talk it over"
But Sorrel Horse did not intend to
waste any dramatic effects before so
small an audience. Outside the stage
was set for convincing Crazy Horse
that even High Wolf. the Cheyenne,
was far below Shunca-luta in matters
of magic. ignoring the white man he
said to Little Big Man:
Bring the prisoners out in the sun
light That mans medicine does not
like the sunlight. 1t works best under
the moon"
The prisoners were at once led
forth and seated before the medicine
pole Dinsdale was glad to observe
that the strangled puppy had been re-
moved. Rawhide was looped around
their waists, and tied to the pole, but
their hands were not secured. In a
half-circle before them sat forty war
riors. Scissors glanced anxiously
about for Crazy Horse, but the chief
was not present.
Sorrel Horse, sensing he was the
ASuAC lA LuC SCCuC uuLu
Crazy Horse should put in an appear
ance, carefully spread a wolf skin and
after seating himself crosslegged be-
fore 1t made much of peering into a
mirror. He took pains to turn the
mirror so the curious warriors could
observe the new moon and sun paint
ed in white on its face. His vanity
was highly pleased as he noted how
intently the spectators followed every
move he made.
Little Big Man stared triumphantly
at the prisoners and nodded to their
guards. The signal had been prear-
ranged, as the guards promptly
searched Dinsdale and took nearly
four thousand dollars from his pock-
cts. The money was mostly in green
backs. The time was gone when the
Indian was ignorant of money values,
and while they still called money
"white metal" they knew a piece of
paper money was often worth several
silver dollars. Beady eyes glittered as
the bills and bag of dust were
placed on blanket before Little Big
Man. From Scissors only small
amount of money was taken; and Lit
tie Big Man tickled the fancy of his
followers by ironically advising:
1.-Two Knives Talking should make
feast for the white mans metal god"
When the pad of paper and small
scissors were held up Little Big Man
hesitated, then shook his head. Paper
and scissors were very much wakan
and he did not care to assume charge
of them.
The tinkling of bell now stirred
the spectators to sharp attention and
heads were turned as their mighty
chief stepped from lodge back Of
the halfcircle. Crazy Horse at that
time did not look over thirty years Of
age, and stood few inches under six
feet. He carried himself with great
dignity and the stern expression of
his bold features was accented nv