Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-04-02

she would be his wife. She had said
that So he danced. He shouted at
Tiaogas side. Toinette, Mortified at
first, saw him In his madness. Then
she began to understand. But not
until he took his turn among tie war
riers and danced alone In the light or
the fire, chanting his sfnry In the lam
guage OF his adopted people, did
Opitchi--transating What lie said
let her know fully the during of her
lover. Jeems' story hogan with his
earliest thoughts and memories of her.
He told Of their homes In the country
of the Richelieu. OF his dreams and
hopes. He described the passing OF
moons and the growing OF his love and
how death had come with the Mo-
hawks from the south. Then he came
to the finding OF Toinette. their flight,
the triumph OF his love, his fight with
the scalp hunter at I.nssan's place.
and their capture by Tiaoga and his
warriors He praised these warriors.
They were not like the Mohawks, who
were sneaks In the night The Senecas
were clean and swift and brave. He
was proud to be brother and son
among them. He wanted this people
to respect him. and he wanted them to
love Toinette whom Tiaoga had hon.
ored by taking as his daughter For
Toinctte belonged to him. She wanted
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his children among the Senecas.
He stopped at last and thanked
God that Hepsihah Adams had made
1t possible for him To do this thing In
the light Of the fire at Chennfslo A
murmur Of appreciation stirred the
people. 1t rippled and died out as an
other warrior took his place.
Long after midnight the revels
ended. and Chenufsio grew quiet. For
time. he looked at the stars and the
changing shadows of the moon. through
the open door Of Wuskoos tepee He
entered sleep as II going into a long
avenue OF golden colors. Only hanpi-
ness rising like flower from the
ashes Of torture that was gone could
have made 1t like that. His mother
seemed a part Of 1t. her voice glad
| melody somewhere in the radiance
| which embraced him. In the avenue
| of gold he saw Wood Pigeon smiling
| hapnilv between his mother and Fof-
| nette. Then lie sank into deeper sleep.
This was the beginning Of the
| strange life of Jeems and Toinette in
| Chenufsio which Colonel Rouuet, after
| ward major general and commander
| In chief Of his majesty's forces in the
southern department of America, de-
| scrihed as IAN episode OF fact which
| Is difficult OF belief and astounding In
| tile new viewpoint which II and others
| of similar kind give us of savage
| life"
| TO Jeems and Tonette there was
| nothing spectacular In their first day
| or In the many that followed. After
/ the triumphal night, the Indian town
| fell once more into the routine OF its
existence. Men hunted, women worked,
| children played. Warriors met in sol
emn councils and smoked necessarily
| as they discussed the affairs OF their
/ commonwealth and planned for the
| future. The Dark Year" was upon
them. Winter threatened, But there
! were other matters to be settled.
| Tiaoga had brought unusual news.
| The English. under n general named
| Braddock. had been defeated and mas
stroyed on Lake George. Sir William
Johnson. the White Father OF the
Sioux Nations, was victorious, and the
Mohawks were profiting greatly. This
brought somber looks into the faces
OF the Senecas The eastern wilder
ness was bound to run red with war.
Tiaoga was sure. His warriors were
sure. The long-expected struggle be-
tween the English and the French was
at hand, and there would be no rest
for the tomahawk until the land was
free OF one or the other.
Tiaoga and his councillors In Chenuf-
sio faced war--and famine. II their
fighting men went into the east, who
would keep the people from starva-
ton? 1t was decided that Tiaoga
should take the warpath again with
thirty men chosen by lot, while thirty
Of his braves should remain TO fight
hunger and death during the winter
| months. The drawing came, but Jeems
was not included. Shndas was
doomed to leave his sweetheart again
These were days when misgIvlngs
assailed Jeems and Toinette in spite
Of their hopes and plans, yet no cloud
more than temporarily darkened their
visions. In the heart of each was the
prayer that n wandering priest might
come their way, SO that the ceremony
could be performed which would make
them husband and wife, In the town
were number OF white women who
had accepted Indian husbands in the
Indian way, but against this practice
Toinette revolted. She prayed and
Mary Daghlen prayed with her, for
through the years since her mother
had died the Thrush had kept her
faith unbroken. The Seneca, worship
Ing her, honored 1t.