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Oat oi? the Pampas
By Q. A.
CHAPTER XV.
Ethel, when carried into captivity, had
cried at first until she could cry no more,
and had now nerved herself for the
worst. She had heard that the Indians
have neither mercy nor pity for anyone
who may exhibit fear of death; she knew
that no entreaties or tears would-move
them in the slightest, but that courage
aud firmness would at any rate command
their respect and admiration. She had
therefore schooled herself to show no
emotion.
Nevertheless, as, after four days, the
troop drew up in front of the council hut
and alighted, the women pressed round
to heap abuse upon the prisoner; but one
of the Indians stepped up to her and
waved them back, and, saying "She is the
child of a great chief," took her by the
arm and handed her over to the care of
the wife of one of the principal chiefs.
The selection was a good one, for the
woman, who was young, was known la
the tribe as the Fawn, for her gentle
disposition. She at once led the captive
away to her lodge, where she bade her
tit down, offered her food and spoke kind
ly to her in her low, soft, Indian tongue.
Ethel could not understand her, but the
kindly tones moved her more thanjthe
threats of the crowd outside had done,
ami she broke down in a torrent of t?ars.
The next morning an incident occurred
which, although she knew It not at the
time, entirely altered her destination and
prospects.
She was sitting upon the ground, when
a man, who by his bearing appeared to be
the principul chief present, passed in
earnest talk with another chief. In the
latter she recognized at once one of the
wounded Indian prisoners who had re
mained at her father's home far a full
week.
"Tawaina," she said, leaping to her
feet.
lie paid no attention to her call, and
she repeated it in a louder tone.
The principal chief stopped; Tawaina
lid the same. Then he walked slowly
toward the captive.
"Save me, Tawaina," she said, "and
send me back again home."
Tawaina shook his head.
"Not can," he said. "Tawaina friend.
Help some time not now." And he turn
ed away again.
"Does Tawaina know the White BirdY"
the chief asked him, "that she sings his
name?"
Tawaina paused and said:
"Tawaina knows her. Her father is
the great white brave."
The Indian chief gave a bound of as
tonishment and pleasure.
"The white brave with the shooting
flames?"
Tawaina nodded. His meeting with
Ethel had been apparently accidental, but
was in reality Intentional. Her actual
captor was one of the chiefs, although
not the principal one, of the Pampas In
diaus; nnd in the division of the spoil,
preparations for which were going on,
there was no doubt that she would be as
signed to that tribe. He therefore went
ilireet to the chief of the Pampas In
dians and asked that the white girl might
fall to his tribe. The chief hesitated.
"She is our captive," he suid. "The
people will like to see her."
The delight of the Iudians, when they
found that they hud the daughter of their
twice victorious enemy in their hands,
was unbounded. Vengeance is to the In
dians eveu more precious than plunder.
The news Hew from mouth to mouth, and
triumphant whoops resounded through
out the camp; and Ethel inside her tent
felt her blood ruu cold at the savage ex
ultation which they conveyed.
She was greatly troubled by the fire,
for she saw that it must efface all sinus
of the trail, and render the task of her
frieuils long and dilllcult, and she felt
greatly depressed at what she looked up
on as a certain postponement of her res
cue. She lay thinking over all this for
a long time, until the camp had subsided
into perfect quiet. Then the skins were
slightly lifted near her head, aud she
hoard a voice whisper:
"Me, Tawaina friend. Great chief
come to look for girl. Two trails eyes
blinded. Tawaina make sign point way.
(live piect dress, that great chief may
believe."
Ethel nt once understood. She cau
tiously tore off a narrow strip from the
lmi torn of her dress, nnd put it uudor
the skin to the speaker.
"(loiul," he said. "Tawaina friend.
Ethel hope."
(Iroutly relieved by knowing that n
clew would lie now given to her friends,
ami overpowered by fatigue, Ethel was
Very shortly fust nsleep.
The next ninruiug she was awake
early, ami li:nl It imt lieeu fur the terrible
situation in which she was placed she
would have been amused by the busy stir
In the village, and by the little copper
colored urchins at piny, or going out with
the women to collect wood or fetch wat
er. There was nothing to prevent Ethel
from going out among them, but ihe
looks of scowling hatred which they cast
at her made her draw back again into the
hut, after a long, anxious look around.
It was relief at least to have halted,
great as her danger undoubtedly was.
She felt certain now that hour by hour
her father must 1h approaching. He
might even now be within a few miles.
Had It not, been for the fire, she was
rertaiti that he would already have been
up, but she could not tell how long he
might have been before he recovered tbo
trail.
Toward the middle of the day two or
three Indiana might have been seen folnf
HENTY ij
through the village, summoning those
whose position and rank entitled them to
a place at the council.
Soon they were seen approaching and
taking their seats gravely on the ground
in front of the hut of the principal
chief. The women, the youths and such
men as had not as yet by their feats in
battle distinguished themselves sufficient
ly to be summoned to the council, assem
bled at a short distance off. The coun
cil sat in the form of a circle, the inner
ring being formed of the elder and lead
ing men of the tribe, while the warriors
sat round them.
Struck by the hush which had suddenly
succeeded to the noise of the village,
Ethel again went to the door. She was
greatly struck by the scene, and was look
ing wonderingly at it, when she felt a
touch on her shoulder, and on looking
round saw the Fawn gazed pityingly at
her, and at the same time signing to her
to come in.
The truth at once flashed across Ethel's
mind. The council had met to decide her
fate, and she did not doubt for a moment
what that decision would be. She felt
that all hope was over, and retiring into
the hut -passed the time in prayer and
In preparation for the fearful erdeal
which was at hand.
After the council had met there was a
pause of expectation, and the Stag then
rose.
"My brothers, my heart is very glad.
The Great Spirit has ceased to frown up
on his children. Twice we went out, and
twice returned empty handed, while many
of our lodges were empty. The guns
which shoot without loading were too
strong for us, and we returned sorrowful.
Last year we did not go out; the hearts
of our braves were heavy. This year we
said perhaps the Great Spirit will no
longer be angry with his children, and
we went out. This time we have not re
turned empty handed. The lowing of
cattle Is in my ear, and I see many sheep.
The white men have felt the strength of
our amis; and of the young men who
went out with me there is not one miss
ing. Best of all, we have brought back
a captive, the daughter of the white chief
of the flying guns which load themselves.
I-et me hand her over to our women;
they will know how to make her cry;
and we will send her head to the white
chief, to show that his guns cannot reach
to the Indian country. Have I spoken
well?"
. A murmur of assent followed the
chief's speech; and supposing that no
more would be said upon the matter, the
Stag was about to declare the council
closed, when an Indian sitting in the in
ner circle rose.
"My brothers, I will tell you a story.
The birds once went out to attack the
nest of an eagle, but the eagle was too
strong for them; and when all had gone
he went out from his nest with his chil
dren, the young eagles, and he found the
raven nnd two other birds hurt and un
able to fly, nnd instead of killing them,
ns they might have done, the eagles took
them up to their nest nnd nursed them
nnd tended them until they were able to
fly, and then sent them home to their
other birds. So was it with Tawaina nnd
his two friends." And the speaker Indi
cated with his arm two Indians sitting
at the outer edge of the circle. "Tawaina
fell at the fence where so many of us fell,
aud in the morning the white men took
him and gave him water aud placed him
in shelter and bandaged his wound; and
the little White Bird and her sister
brought him food and cool drinks every
day nnd looked pitifully nt him. But
Tawaina said to himself: The white men
are only curing Tawaina that when the
time comes they may see how an Indian
can die. But when he was well they
brought horses nud put a bow and arrows
Into our hands and bade lis go free. It is
only in the battle that the great white
chief is terrible. He has a great heart.
The enemies ho killed he did not triumph
over. He laid them in a great grave,
lie honored them, and planted trees with
drooping leaves at their head and at their
feet, and put a fence round that the
foxes might not touch their bones. Shall
the Indian be less generous than he
white man? Even those taken In battle
they spared and sent home. Shnll we
kill the White Bird captured in her nest?
My brothers will not do so. Thev will
(.end back the White Bird to the' great
white chief. Have I spoken well?"
This time a confused murmur ran round
the circle. Some of the younger men were
struck with this appeal to their gener
osity, and were in favor of Tawaina's
proposition; the elder and more ferocious
Indians were altogether opposed to it.
Speaker siiccceilcd speaker, some urg
ing one side of the question, some the
other.
At last the Stag again rose. "My broth
ers." he said, "my (ars have heard
strange words and my spirit is troubled.
Tawaina has told ns of the ways of the
whites after a battle; but the' Indians'
ways are not as the white' ways, and
the Stag is too old to learn ii.-w f:'ilit,,ii-
lie looks round, he sees many lodges euip.
ty. he sees many women who have no
husbands to hunt game, he h.'ars the
voices of children who cry for meat. He
remembers his brothers who fell before
the Hying lire and the guns which loaded
themselves, nnd his eyes are full of blood.
The great white chief has made manv
wigwams desolate; let there be mourning
111 the house of the while chief. Have I
spoken well?"
The acclamations which followed this
speech were so loud and general that the
party of Tawaina was silenced and the
council at once broke up. A cry of exul
tation broke from the women when they
heard the decision. An hour later Ethel
knew that she was condemned to die.
CHAPTER XVI.
In spite of their utmost efforts Mr.
Hardy's party had made slower progress
than they had anticipated. Many of the
horses had broken down under fatigue;
and as they had no spare horses to re
place theiq. as the Indians had in like case
done from those they hud driven off
from Mr. Mercer, they were forced to
travel far more slowly than at first. They
gained upon the Indians, however, as
they could tell by the position of the
camping ground for the night.
At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the
last day they passed the place their ene
my had left that morning; hut although
they kept on until long after sunset,
many of them having led their horses all
day, they were still more than thirty
miles away from the mountains among
which they knew that the Indian village
was situated.
None of the gauchos had ever been
there, but they knew its situation and
general features by report. They had
no difficulty in following the trail since
they had struck it. Thut was a night of
terrible anxiety to all. Many of the party
were already exhausted by their long day
under a burning sun. It was altogether
Impossible to reach the vllnge that night.
Before daybreak they were. on again on
the march all on foot And leading their
horses, in order to spare them as much
as possible should they be required at
night. Speed was now no object. It was,
they knew, hopeless to attack in broad
daylight, as the Indians would be more
thou a match for them, and Ethel's life
would be inevitably sacrificed. They
wuiked, therefore, until within six or
seven miles of the gorge, nearer than
which they dared not go, lest they might
be seen by any straggling Indian.
As evening fell they were nil in the Rad
dle, and were pleased to find that the
horses were decidedly fresher for their
rest. They did not draw rein until the
ground became stony, and they knew that
they must be at the mouth of the gorge.
Then they dismounted nnd picketed the
horses. Two of the gnuchos were sta
tioned with them as guards, and the rest
went stealthily forward the rockets be
ing intrusted to the care of Terence.
It was still only 8 o'clock dangerously
early for a surprise; but the whole party
were quite agreed to risk everything, as
no one could say in what position Ethel
might be placed, and what difference an
hour might make. Their plan was to
steal quietly up to the first hut they
found, to gag its inmates and compel one
of them, under threat of instant death,
to guide them to the hut in which Ethel
was placed.
Suddenly Mr. Hardy was startled by a
dark figure rising from a rock ngnlnst
which he had almost stumbled, with the
words: "White man good. Tawaina
friend. Come to take him to child."
Then followed a few hurried questions,
and no words can express the delight and
gratitude of Mr. Hardy and his sons, and
the Intense satisfaction of the others on
finding that Ethel was alive and for the
present free from danger.
Her kindness to Tawaina while he lay
wounded at her home hnd brought to her
aid a friend among enemies.
It was agreed now to wait for two
hours to give time for the Indinns to re
tire to rest; and while they waited Ta
waina told them all that had happened
up to the arrival at the village, passing
over the lost day's proceedings by saying
briefly that Ethel had run b great risk
of being put to death, but that a delay
had been obtained by her friends. Hav
ing told his story, he said: "Tawaina
friend to great white chief. Gave signal
with arrow; saved little White Bird to
day. But Tawaina Indian not like see
Indian killed. White chief promise not
kill Indian women and children?"
Mr. Hardy assured the Indian thnt
they had no thought of killing women and
children.
"If can take little White Bird without
waking village, not kill men?" Tawaina
asked again.
"We do not want to wake the village if
we can help it, Tawaina; but I do not see
any chance of escaping without a fight.
Our horses nre all dead beat, and the In
dians will easily overtake us eveu if we
get a night's start."
"Mustn't go out on plain," Tawnina
said, earnestly. "If go out on plain, nil
killed. Indian two hundred and fifty
bravese eat up white men on plain."
"I am afraid that Is true enough, Ta
waina, though we shnll prove very tough
morsels. Still we should fight at a fear
ful disadvantage in the open. But what
are we to do?"
"Come back to month of canyon hold
thnt; can keep Indians off as long as like.
Indians have to make peace."
"Capital!" Mr. Hardy said, delighted
ly; for he hnd reviewed the position with
great apprehension, as lie had not seen
how It would be possible to make good
their retreat on their tired horses in tbo
teeth of the Indians. "The very thing!
As you say, we can hold the gorge for n
month, if necessary, and sooner or later
they will be sick of it and agree to let ns
retreat In quiet. Besides, a week's rest
would set our horses up again, and then
we could make our retreat in spite of
them."
"One more thing." Tawnina said.
"When great chief go. little White Bird
safe, Tawaina go nway not light one
way. not tight other way. When meet
again, white chief not talk about to-night.
Not great Indian know Tawaina white
chiefs friend."
"You can rely upon all, Tawaina. They
khall never learn from ns of your share
In this affair. And now I think It 1 time
for us to be moving forward. It will bo
past 10 o'clock before we nre there."
(To be continued.)
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She And what did father say when
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He He said he didn't want, any
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Wifey Really, I can't imagine.
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It may likewise bb affirmed that the
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