THE TURNER TRIBUNE
VOL.
TU KNKII, OIIKUOX, TI IU I IS D A V ,
VI I I .
WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
G O V E R N O R W A LTO N 0 U S T E 0
Oklahoma Chief Found Guilty on II
o f th* 16 Charge*.
Okluhomu City, Oklo.
J. ('. Wulton.
fifth governor of Oklahoma, was re
moved from office Monday night by
Brief Resurre Most Important
unanimous vole of the stain senate
Daily News Items.
court of Impeachment, after bis trial
on charges of corruption
In office,
neglect uf duly, moral turpitude and
general Incompetence.
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FOR
YOU
A formal verdict, ordering the re
iiioval. was returned after tbo execu
live had been found guilty of 11 of
Kvsota of Noted Utopie, U o t m i M t i thu I t charges preseiiletj.
The vote
waa 41 tu 0.
■ml l'aria« Nortkweet. and (Mbar
Mix of tho original 22 charges con
1 klagt Worth K aoclaf.
stituting thn Impeachment bill were
Ex President Wilton. aildrottliiK (hr
third Armistice day delegation (hat
ir i'o ln l him at hla homo boro, declar
rd that thn principles for which lit
aloud will triumph.
Messages received In llrrlln from
X! unU'h aaya that General l.udondorff
waa allll on parole, but waa bring
tlrlc tly watched. Ho had been allow
rd to rhooto bla own place of real-
douce.
A Jury In the 18th dlatrlrt court at
t It bur ur. T o t , Turtday found T . W.
Havla, aherlff of Somervell county,
gullly of a charge uf accepting a bribe
and fixed puulahment at four year* In
the atalo penitentiary.
(iovurnor I'luchot of i'ennaylvanla
but tent letlera tu tho governor* of 28
anlhractlo consuming atalea Inviting
them to a conference hero November
2ti lo cuntldrr a program of federal leg
I. la I Ion duaigned to reduce coal prices
1'retldent Coolldgn conferred Wed
neaday with lleorge C. Jewett, general
manager of the American Wheat (¡ro w
er*' Aaaoclatlon. Inc., on tho quoatlon
of agricultural relief. Tho talk waa
totiflned more eapeclally to propotala
for helping the wheat farmer.
An attempt la to bo made to recover
tri m I-ako Noml. near Home, the float
tng palace of tho Kmperor Tlborlua.
(inxlatln g of two galley*, which havo
I** en burled In the mud for 18 con
turlea. They are behoved to contain
marvel* n f ancient art equal to tboae
found In Ibo tomb of Tutankhamen.
For tho flrat tlmo In a number of
year* the threahlng of grain In the
llaln c* valley. Oregon, waa not finish
ed by November 1. T bl* condition waa
partly tho result of acreage and yield*
and partly on account of the growera'
failure to obtain the required help dur
Ing the harvest and threahlng season
Huron Hchlmaelpenntck, burgomaster
of I loom, assured the correspondent
of tho Associated I’ ress Tuesday on
his word of honor (hat he waa not
nware of any Intention on the part
of ex Kmperor W illiam to leave Hoorn
Thu baron added that bo considered
that such folly as the ex-emperor's re
turn to Ueruiany was unbellovable.
In
a
ringing "reaffirm ation of faith"
lu the "virgin birth of Christ and the
apostles' creed,” the house of bishops
of tho I'rotestant Kptsropal church In
Dallas, Texas, Wednesday ovenlng
threw down the gauntlot to various
churchmen In and out of the ministry
who havo been casting doubt upon
literal Interpretation of the scripture*.
Findings nnd recommendations of
the Washington state board o f bar
examiners, bidding that W illiam
K.
Ilell, attorney, of Seattle, former su
perior court Judge, bad been guilty of
ronduct involving moral turpitude and
recommending that his license be re
volted ami that ho bo disbarred, were
filed recently with tho clerk o f the
state supreme court.
Itevlslon of foderul taxes, estimated
to reduce tho
total
assessment
by
f.128,000,000 next year, Is proposod In
the program approved by Secretary
Mellon for submission to congress.
Hecominendatlons are made for a 25
per rent reduction In tho taxes on
earned Income; reduction of the nor
mal taxes on Incomes from 4 per rent
nnd 8 per rent to 3 per cent and 6
per cent respectively.
dermnny has decided to repudiate
the trenly of Versailles and not to
comply with either
thn reparations
clause or nny other of the clauses of
the treaty as long as the French and
llolglans occupy the Ruhr, says a dis
patch to the London Daily Mall from
Herlln. This action wns taken on thn
ground thnt the treaty of Versailles
had been violated by France and that
therefore It could not be observed by
(lermany.
"T h e Mate's Watch.”
From the report of a shipping rase:
"Thn steamer proceeded on her way,
until 7 or rather later, when a noise
was henrd as of a heavy body like an
anchor or a chain being dragged along
tho derk from tho funnel aft. It was
the mate's watch.”
dismissed by order of tbo court.
The court, by a standing vote, denied
a motion for a new trial, which Gov
ernor Walton's counsel filed Imme
diately after tho verdict was an
nouneed.
Thn governor's removal. although
not formally ordered until after a vur
diet had been returned on each charge,
was made certain shortly before 4
o'clock, when thn court, without a dis
senting vote, found him guilty of abut
Ing hi* pardon and parole authority.
Forty one senators, lacking only one
of tho total membership of tho body,
voted for conviction on the clemency
charge, thn first to bo voted upon
Senator Jack Darker, who has voted
consistently In the governor's favor
throughout tho 16 days of the trial,
was absent when the final roll was
called
The articles of Impeachment
were filed by tho lower house of tbo
slate legislature, which less than two
month* ago thn executive at the
height of hi* power bad dispersed by
military force.
Upon thu removal o f (¡overnor Wal
ton. I.loutenant Governor Trapp be
came governor of the stale. Trapp
has been lieutenant governor during
two four year administrations and has
been acting governor since October
21. whun the senate suspended Cover
nor Walton.
Thn vote on tho pardon and parole
charge, which determined the removal,
followed with surprising suddenness
after thn examination of (ho last w it
ness.
K. W. Mnrland. president of
the Marland Refining company, had
barely left thn stand when W. K
Disney, chairman of the house board
of managers, which conducted the
prosecution, announced that the evi
dence was concluded.
COURT TIGHTENS
BAN ON JA P A N E S E
Washington,
D.
C. — Tho
Pacific
coast slslcs won a complete victory In
the supremo court Monday In their
efforts to prevent Jupanese from ac
quiring any control over or Interest
In agricultural lands.
Having n week ago sustained the
validity of (ho alien land laws under
which aliens Ineligible to rltlxenship
were prohibited from owning or less
Ing agricultural land, the court took
the (Inal step to make such legists
tlon completely effective by holding
(hut In thu construction of such laws
the Intention of the states must he
carefully considered and that nny
transaction which would have the e f
fect In any reasonable contingency of
giving such aliens nny control over
agricultural lands equivalent to owner
ship nnd leusing must be construed as
prohibited.
In testing out tho alien land laws
of California aud Washington, attacks
were directed not only through pro
posed leases, ns In tho two cases de
cided last week, but also through
"cropping" contracts and attempts by
Ineligible aliens to acquire stock In
companies authorised to buy and sell
agricultural lands.
When confronted with a contract
which .1 J O'Brien p r o ir s e l to make
with J. Inouye, a Japunese, under
which (he latter wus to cultivate agrl
cultural lund In Santa Clara county,
California, nnd divide crops with the
owner of the lund, the federal district
court for northern California could
flntl nothing In the arrangement con
trary to the alien land laws. The
same court, however, when Raymond
L. Frick proposed to sell to N. Satow
stock in a corporation farmed to own
nnd deal In agricultural lands, decided
that tho ownership of tho stock by an
Ineligible alien was prohibited. Doth
cases were appealed to the supreme
court.
TRADE CONFEREES
OPPOSE RAIL LAW
\
22,
192.1.
Erskine Dale — Pioneer
!
STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
:
By
John Fox, Jr.
C -iartcb! U I W t x l e W l S m s
Madam. — Boca us t of the failure of
the broccoli crop last year, the acreage
CH APTER X I !— Continutd.
— 11 1
for this product In the Willamette val
"Barbara would not accept your
EschDummins Resolution Is ley has been reduced to approximately sacrifice
nor would any of us, tnd It
*0 acres, according to reports received
is only fair that I should warn you
here.
Tabled by 2-1 Vote.
Hist tome day, If you should change
Halem. There were four fatalities your mind, and I were no longer liv
due to Industrial accidents In Oregon ing. you might he tin late."
"Please don’t. Uncle Harry. It Is
during tbe week ending November 16,
according to a report prepared here done—done. O f course. It wasn't fair
for me to consider Darbara alone, but
by the state Industrial accident com
the will lie fair and you *’ • h-n-!uod.
mission.
1 wish you would riguid the whole
Ilrttrr Navigation Facilities and Oth
Falls C ity.- The annual community matter as though I didn’t exist."
" I can't do that, my boy. I am your
“ Father and Son" banquet, sponsored
er Measures for Corti Ports
steward and wheo you want anything
by the Methodist Episcopal church,
you huve only to let me know!"
Are Advortted.
was held In Victory ball Thursday Erskine shook bis head.
night. About 200 men and boys at
" I don't want anything— I need very
tended.
little, aud when I'm In the woods, as
Thu KsibCum m lnt railroad law,
Eugene. The Southern I'aclflc com
pasted In 1820, Saturday failed to
pany bus agreed to co-operate with the
draw the support of tho Pacific for
f i '
eign trade council, which held tbc final Oregon Electric Railway company In
building a track to connect the two
session of Its three days' conference
rail systems here, according to word
In Portland.
received Saturday.
A resolution approving the statute
' ■
*'<--<• than 50 transients have ap- I
and requesting tbo next cou gre.. lu pealed tor Ucc bede ut tbe Salem
I t f .
allow It to stand, at least “ until such police station In tbe last 30 days, ac-1
lim e as It has had a fair trial,” was cording to a report prepared here by !
W alter Hlrtcbct, chief of police. Most
tabled by a vote of 2 to 1.
of these travelers are en route lo Cali-
Other resolutions asking congres
forma and other southern states.
sional action In the solution of various
Salem.—Tbe state board of control |
trade and transportation problems
will be In Pendleton November 27 to !
O tr
were adopted unanimously as present
accept the new wing of the Eastern j
ed by the resolutions committee.
Oregon state hospital. The wing was j
Tbo only other provision which de partially constructed under the Olcott j
veloped discussion was tbe attack on administration and tbe 1923 leglsla- ,
tbe extension o f the coastwise ship ture appropriated $50,000 to complete
ping provisions to tbe Philippine Is It.
PRESIDENT REMANED
I :- A
r
lands. No motion to eliminate this
part uf tbe report was made, though
a discussion was precipitated.
W illiam Plgott of Seattle, who for
the |iast three years has beaded tbe
council, was reelected as president
and Kdward P. Kemmer of Tacoma
was renamed secretary.
The 1924 convention will be held
In San Francisco, It was decided, that
port having made the only organised
effort to get the next meeting.
Tho resolutions formally adopted
advocate the placing of the emergency
fleet corporation vessels In the bands
of prlvato owners, under a scheme ap
proved by ship operators and owners.
Sale of such vessels, possible at pres
ent, I* approved and tbe contracting
of the remainder with American con
cerns fur tbe operation of the others
proposed, such vessels to be sold at
a stipulated price after three years'
time. During this period agents’ Com
missions would apply to purchase ami
deficits, to a certain extent, be born -
by the shipping board.
Improvement of navigation facili
ties, Inrkidlng hydrographic and geo
detic survey extension, addition of
lighthouse and buoy provisions, was
advocated, charging (bat Insufficiency
of thcao facilities was resulting In
numerous accidents.
Repeal of section 28 of tbe merchant
murine act was advocated, providing
for Import and export rail rates, lower
than domestic rates; government ac
commodations for news communtca
tlons from foreign countries at re
duced rates; removal of all federal
taxes on telegrams to relieve tbe com
merrial trade, which is responsible for
95 per cent o f the telegraphic com
munlcatlon; amendment of the China
trade act, so as to place American
business there on a parity with other
foreign concerns; opposing the estab
lishment of trade agreements with
Russia until her condition stabilises
and assaults on American business are
discontinued and restituted; and re
duction of passport fees from $10 to
12.50 were among the chief actions
taken.
Klamath Falls.— W ar has been de
clared on Klamath county coyotes and |
tbe hostilities will be directed here
this winter by Elmer W illiams of tbe j
United Slates biological service Port- |
land headquarters.
The principal '
weapon of tbe campaign against the
sheep killers will be strychnine.
Salem.—Consolidation uf tbe county
recorder and county clerks' offices In
Marlon county probably will be at
tempted through a bill to be Introduc
ed in the next session of the legisla
ture. This has been done In a number
of counties in the state, and was said
to have saved tbe taxpayers consider-1
able money.
Pendleton.— The proposal of the for
est service to Increase grazing fees to
livestock men on national forests be
tween 200 and 300 per cent will be
opposed by the sheep growers of this
state, according to a letter sent out
by F. W. Falconer of Pendleton, presi
dent of the Oregon W ool Growers'
association.
Salem.— The Portland Tulp & Paper
company, with a capital stock of 91,-
600,000 and headquarters in Portland
fl ed articles of Incorporation here Fri
da/
The plant will be located In
Noith Pi rtlund on the Peninsula and
on the Columbia slough. Incorporators
are Roy II. Mills of Portland and Dan
J. Fry and F. D. Thielson of Salem.
Salem .--Ti e state flax plant, which
was destroy« by fire a few weeks ago,
will resume
orations within tho next
two months, according to announce
ment made by A. M. Dalrymple, war
den of tho state penitentiary. The flax
thresher at Rickerall has been In oper
ation for several days, and tbe mater
ials are now being delivered at the
prison for final processing.
Roseburg. — Sutherlin's fall apple
crop will be hnrvested next spring. If
the winter weather Is not too cold.
A spring crop of apples Is something
unusual even to the old residents of
the Umpqua valley, but if tho weather
during the winter months Is not too
severe apple growers of tho Suthorlln
Pocket Must Not Bulge.
vicinity will bo picking ripe apples
New Orleans, La.—O. D. Jackson, front their trees in April.
(ederul prohibition enforcement agent
Salem.—W ith the state capitol build
for Louisiana, Saturday ordered his ings crowded to capacity at the pres
men lo arrest any person with a sus ent lime, securing of adequate quarters
picious bulge In their pockets or who for the newly-created Income tax de
partment Is musing tho secretary of
carry a suspicious package.
slate considerable concern. Under the
"P lace theta under arrest, take them
laws Sam A. Koxer, secretary of state.
to a police station and search them,"
Is custodian of buildings, and It Is
were the Instructions. " I f you find
one of his official duties to provide
liquor upon them, prefer charges of
accommodstlons for the stale depart
violating the prohibition law."
ments.
Greek Rebels Spared.
London.—Instructions havo been Is
sued to the (¡reek m ilitary authorities
not to execute tho sentences of death
Imposed on the leaders of the recent
revolt among the provincial garrisons,
according to an agency dispatch from
Athens.
The reprieve was said to
1000 Allens Face Action.
have followed negotiations between
Seattle.— More than 1000 Jnpaneac the government and a representative
residing In King county will face civil of tho Venlzelist party.
nnd criminal proceedings as thn result
Cholera Attacks Hogs.
of tho ITnllod Slates supreme court
decision holding that "cropping" con
tracts with aliens are Illegal, derlarcd
Deputy Prosecutor Colvin. Mr. Colvin
slated that he was unable to estimate
the total number of Japanese within
the slate who will face eviction, but
asserted that the large Jnpanese fnrm
colonies will bo affected.
N O V KM KKK
Chicago, III.— There Is a serious out
break of hog cholera In parts of the
corn belt. Reports received Saturday
by a largo grain and provision con
cern here from 20 points in the west
show that In tho territory around 11
of these points tho cholera is of a
serious character.
North Powder.— An oil company has
been formed for the purpose of find
ing oil In Union county. More than
100 persons have formed the company,
which is now drilling on the Duncan
McDonald farm, about three miles
from Alicel. The company is known
as the Union County Oil company and
contracts have been let for the dif
ferent buildings. The work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible.
Confidence in Hie Legs.
1 was going to call on a friend who
lived a considerable distance from my
home, and when I said I would llko
to take Edward, my nephew, If It
wasn’t po far, he looked at me plead
ingly and said: "O. auntie, please
lake me. My legs don't think that's
far."— Exchange.
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“ I’d Like to Go—to Learn to renee."
I expect to be most of the time. I need
nothing at all.” Colonel Dale rose.
” 1 wish you would go to college at
Williamsburg for a year or two to
better tit yourself— In ■ » * r - "
"I'd like to go—to learn to fence.”
smiled the boy, and tbe colonel smiled
too.
"Sou'll certainly need to know that.
If J ■ou are going to l>e as reckless as
you were today."
Ersklne's eye*
dnrkened.
“ Unde Harry, yon may think me
fmillsh. but I don't like or trust Grey.
What was he doing with those British
traders out In the Northwest?— he
wus not buying furs. It's absurd. Why
was he hand In glove with Lord Dun-
more?"
“ Lord Dunmore had a daughjer,”
was the dry reply, and Erskine Aung
out a gesture that ma e words un
necessary. Colonel I>Hle crossed the
porch and put Ids hand on the lad's
shoulders.
"Erskine," he said, “ don't worry—
and—don't give up hope. Ite patient,
wait, come back to us. Go to William
and Mary. Fit yourself to be one of
us In all ways. Then everything may
yet come out In the only way that
would lie fitting and right.” The boy
blushed, and tbe colonel went on
earnestly:
,
"1 can think o f nothing In the world
that would make me quite so happy."
"It's no use." the boy said trembling
ly, “ but I'll never forget what you
bare just said as long ns I live, and.
no mutter what becomes o f me. I’ll
love Barbara as long ns I live. But,
even If things were otherwise. I'd
never risk making her unhappy even
by trying. I'm not fit for her nor
for this life. I can’t get over my life In
the woods Band among the Indians.
I can’t evT'luin. but I get choked
and I can’t breathe— such a longing
for the woods comes over me
and I can't help me. 1 must go— and
nothing cun hold me.”
“ Your father wns thnt way,” said
Colonel Dale sadly. "You may get
over It. but he never dhl And It must
be harder for you because o f your
early associations. Good night, and
God bless you." And the kindly gentle
man w as gone.
Erskine sat where he wns. The
house was still and there were no
noises from the horses and cattle In
the harn—none from roosting peacock,
turkey, and lien. From the far-away
quarters came faintly the merry mel
low notea of a fiddle, and farther still
the song of some courting negro return
ing home. A drowsy bird tw ittered In an
ancient elm at the corner of the bouse.
The flowers drooped In the moonlight
which bathed the great path, streamed
across the great river, and on up to Its
source In the great yellow disk float
ing In majestic serenity high In the
cloudless sky. And that path, those
flowers, that house, the bam, the cat
tle. sheep, nnd hogs, those grain-fields
nnd grassy acres, even those singing
Mack folk, were all—all his If he but
said the words. The thought was no
temptation— It was a mighty wonder
that such a thing could be. And that
was all It was— a wonder— to him. but
to them It was the world. Without
It all, what would they do? Perhaps
Mr. Jefferson might soon solve the
problem for him. Perhaps he might
no» return from that wild cntnpalgn
against the British and the Indians—
he might get killed.
And then a
thought gripped him nnd held him
fnst— he need not coine hack. That
uilghty wilderness beyond the moun
tains was his real borne—out there
was his real life. He need not come
back, and they would never know.
Then came a thought that almost
made him groan. There was a light
step In the hall, and Barbara cgme
swiftly out and dropped on the top
most step with her chin In both hands.
Almost at once the seemed to feel his
pretence, for the turned her bead
quickly.
"Erskine I” A t quickly he rose, em-
bsrns‘ ed beyond speech.
“Come here! WI17, yon ten’ —
— what have you been tblukh . • lie
was startled by her Intuition, but be
recovered himself swiftly.
“ I suppose I will always feel guilty
If I have made you unhappy ”
“ You haven't made me unhappy. I
don't know what you have made me.
You saw how I felt If you bad killed
him, but you don't know bow I would
have felt If be had killed you. 1
don't myself."
She began patting her hands gently
and helpleasly together, and again she
dropped her chin Into them with her
e y “s lifted to tbe moon.
“ I shall be very unliappy when you
lire gone. I wish you were not going,
but I know that you are— you can't
help It." Again be was startled.
"Whenever you look at that moon
over In that dark wilderne**, I wlab
you would please think of your little
cousin— will you?” She turned eagerly
and he was too moved to speak— be
only bowed his head as for a prayer
or a benediction.
"You don't know how often our
thoughts will cross, and that will be
a great comfort to me. Sometimes I
am afraid. There Is s wild strain on
my mother's side, and It Is in me.
I’apa knows It and he Is wise— so
wise— I am afraid I may sometimes do
something very foolish, and It won't
he me at all.
R will be somebody
that died long ago.” She put both
her hands over both his and held
them tight.
“ I want you to make me a promise."
“ Anything." said the boy huskily.
" I want you to promise me that, no
matter when, no matter where you
are. If I need you and send for you
you will come.” And Indlan-like he
put his forehead on both her little
bands.
“Thank you. I must go now." Be
wildered and dazed, the boy rose and
awkwardly put out his hand.
“ Klsa me good-by.”
She- put her
j arms about his neck, and for the first
I time In bis life the boy’s lips met a
woman’s For a moment she put her
face against his and at his ear was a
whisper.
“Good-by, Erskine!” And she was
gone— swiftly— leaving the boy In a
dizzy world o f falling stars through
which a white light leaped to heights
bis soul bad never dreamed.
CH APTE R X III
With tbe bead o f that column of
stalwart backwoodsmen went Dave
Y'andell and Erskim- Dale. A hunting
party o f four Shawnees heard their
coming through the woods. and. lying
like snakes in the undergrowth, peered
out and saw them pass. Then they
rose, and Crooked Lightning looked
at Black W olf and. with a grunt of
angry satisfaction, led the way home
ward. And to the village they bore
the news that White Arrow had made
good his word and, side by side with
the big chief of the Long Knives, was
leading a war party against hla tribe
and kinsmen.
And E «rly Morn car
ried the news to her mother, who lay
sick In a wigwam.
The miracle went swiftly, and Kas-
kaskla fell.
Stealthily a cordon of
hunters surrounded the little town
The rest stole to the walls of the fort.
Lights flickered Irum within, the
sounds of violins and dancing feet
came through crevice and window.
Clark's tall figure stole noiselessly Into
the great hall, where the Creoles were
making merry and leaned silently with
folded arms against the doorpost, look
ing on at the revels with a grave smile.
The light from the torches flickered
across his face, and an Indian lying
on the floor sprang to his feet with a
curdling war-whoop. Women screamed
and men rushed toward the door. The
stranger stood motionless and his grim
smile was unchanged.
"Dance on !” he commanded cour
teously. “ but remember." lie added
sternly, “ you dance under Virginia and
not Great Britain!"
There was a great noise behind him.
Men dashed Into the fort, and Itoche-
blave and Ills officer« were prisoner«.
By daylight Clark had the town dis
armed. The French, Clark said next
day. could take the onth o f allegiance
to the republic, or depart with their
fnnillles in peace. As for their church,
iie had nothing to do with any church
save to protect it from Insult. So that
the people who had heard terrible sto
ries o f the wild woodsmen and who
expected to he killed or made slaves.
Joyfully became Americans.
They
even gave Clark a volunteer company
to march with him upon Cahokla. nnd
that village, too, soon became Ameri
can. Father Glhault volunteered to
go to Vincennes. Vincennes gathered
In th « church to hear hint, nnd then
flung the Stars and Stripes to the
winds of freedom above the fort. Clark
sent one captain there to take com
mand. With a handful of hardy men
who could have been controlled only
by hint, the dauntless one bail con
quered a land as big as any European
kingdom. Now lie liad to govern nnd
protect It. He had to keep loyal an
alien race and bold his own against
th« British and numerous tribes of In
diana bloodthirsty, treacherous and
deeply embittered against all Arnerl-
NO. 9.
f ran«. FTe was hundreds o f miles from
uny American troops; farther still
from th« seat of government, and
eould get no advice or help for per
haps a year.
And those Indians poured Into Ca-
liokla—a horde of them from «very
tribe between the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi—chiefs and warriors of
every Importance; hut not before
Clark had formed and drilled four
companies of volunteer Creoles.
“ Watch him I” said Dave, and Era
kine did, marveling at the man's
knowledge of the Indian. He did not
live In the fort, but always on guard,
always seemingly confident, stayed
openly In town while the savages, sul
len and grotesque, strutted in full war
panoply through the straggling streets.
Inquisitive and Insolent, their eyes
burning with the lust of plunder and
murder. For days he sat In the midst
o f the ringed warriors and listened.
On the second day Erskine saw Kah-
too in the throng and Crooked Light
ning and Black Wolf. A fter dusk that
day he felt the fringe of hla hunting-
shirt plucked, and an Indian, with fure
hidden In a blanket, whispered as he
passed:
“T ell the big chief,” he said in
Shawnee, “to he on guard tomorrow
night.” He knew It was some kindly
tribesman, ami he wheeled and went
to Clark, who smiled. Already the big
chief had guards concealed In his
little house, who seized tbe attacking
Indians, while two minutes later tbe
townspeople were under arms. The
captives were put In Irons, and Ers
kine saw among them tbe crestfallen
faces of Black W olf and Crooked
Lightning. The Indians pleaded that
they were trying to test the friendship
of the French for Clark, but Clark,
refusing all requests for their release,
remained silent, haughty. Indifferent,
fearless. He still refused to take ref
uge In the fort, and called In a number
of la'lMie and gentlemen to Ms house,
where they danced all night amid the
council-fires o f the bewildered sav
ages. Next morning he stood in the
center of their ringed warriors with
tbe tasseled shirts o f his riflemen
massed behind him. released the cap
tive chiefs and handed them tbe bloody
war belt of wampum.
“ I scorn your hostility and treach
ery. You deserve death, but you shall
leave In safety. In three days I shall
begin war on you. I f you Indians do
not want your women and children
killed— stop killing ours. W e shall see
who can make that war belt the most
bloody. While you have been In my
camp you have had food and fire
water. but now that I have finished,
you must depart speedily.”.
The captive chief spoke and so did
old Knhtoo, with his eyes fixed sadly
but proudly on his adopted son. They
had listened to bad birds and been led
astray by the British— henceforth they
would be friendly with the Americans.
But Clark was not satisfied.
“ I come as a warrior." he said
haughtily; “ I shall be a friend to the
friendly. I f yoyi choose war I shall
send so many warriors from the Thir
teen Council-Fires that your land
shall be darkened and you shall hear
no sounds but that of the birds who
live on blood." 'And then he handed
forth two belts o f peace and war. and
they eagerly took the belt o f peace.
Tbe treaty followed next day and
9k
a
to
"T ell the Big Chief,” He Said In Shaw-
nee. “ to Be on Guard Tomorrow
Night.”
Clark Insisted that two of the prison
ers should be put to denth; and as the
two selected came forward Erskine
saw Black W olf was one. He whis
pered with Clark and lyihtoo, and
Crooked Lightning saw the Mg ehlef
with Ms hand on Erskine’« shoulder
and heard him forgive the two and
tell them to depart. And thus peace
was won.
Straightway old Kahtoo pushed
through the warriors and, plucking the
big chief by the sleeve, pointed to Ers
kine.
“That Is my son." he said, "and I
want him to go home with me.”
"H e shall go," said Clark quickly,
"but he shall return, whenever It
plenses him. to me.”
Ami so Erskine went forth one
morning at dawn, and his coming Into
the Shawnee camp was like the com
ing of a king. Early Morn greeted
him with glowing eyes, his foster-
mother brought him food, looking
proudly upon him, ami old Kahtoo
harangued Ills braves around the coun
cil-pole.
while
the
prophet
and
Crooked Lightning sulked lu their
tents.
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