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Show ( 18 ) till the flames had nearly ret1ched their intended victim, when, lo! h~ suddenly stood by her side, tore the binding ropes asunder, and carried l!er in his arms anoss tbc perplexed crowds to a plac:e at some cl!stancc, whf're he bad before h1stcnecl two swift horses, one of which he ~·hargetl with his rescued client, mounting upon the other, his favourIte runner, and they di~appeared belorc the a tonished spectators. All this was done in a few mor:nents. He brought her safe to the Itean C'Ountry, nnd returned to his own, unconcerned Cit tbe consequences o{ his daring act, which no other Pawnee warrior would have done; wut none durst censure him, not even the medicine-man, who was the most disappoi ntc·d of all, and the virtuous Letele ha approved the good-nature of his noble son, of .v ·,·,'"l he was not a little proud. "'Before ge tting married, my ·c.l t1J•.:• ~,~1s sent by our people to the G r~at Father at Washington, .l1e L1y v, nge of ·the whites, where the1r .fin_c and young squaws £'it!d ever)' " ( ;ms to move his heart, and lowd h1m ~·cry rr!ucb, beca ' l~t! ue had 1 r·· r-ued the young captive He<m squaw, tellmg h1m that .t NaS verv <A'cll done, ·which he had not kn~wn before; ancl they ~~:tve birr ~~ ·:1/vcr medal, with mt~rks upon it, w hJCh were to mean s'ldl tme wnrrl , that I have learnt them by heart fr~m my mother who ,·epea ted H' 1D so often to me: " Brother, accept t l11. token of our e.-;t•!t:rn j ol w;• ·1s wear it for our sakes, and when ng<lin Y?U hnve t.he 11 l 'N~-: r lr, v ~:e a poor woman from death and torture, thmk of this ann .... ( i!~ ancl fly to her relief and her rescue."* He wore that merlal, attact1 tl to a string arouncl his neck, upon his hreast, and was very proml of being so highly esteemed by the white cquaws, nor ~v\'CIS my mother, nor mn I the less proud of their high esteem for my f~1th r, the 'Bravest of the BTaves.' "' When t1 young Pawnee h<ls llecome a mnn, that is, after kilJina~ ome bnJJaloc.s or wolves, and after stealing or capturing some horse~ from other tnbcs, or from the white folks, he is nllowcd to look at the young SfJU(lws, none of whom respects a m;m that never l<illecl a buffr'l! o or a vYolf, llnd ncn•r C<lpturcd a hor"e, at Jrast one, for a Pnwnec \Vlthont a horse is con~idcred <IS poor as a Cheyenne nnd he would rather he for his life-time without a squaw th~n wi{hout a horse. ~ow, when a lovc.r w.ishes to wi.n the heart of a young squaw, he puts !us buff<llo rohr, w1tb tts furr ed side ont, over his head, so that his face 1s .almost co~cr(lled ; then he got's to her lodge, enters <~ncl sits down, Without saymg a ~'ord ; but she u~derstn~ds bim very well, although she too says nothmg, and after a little while he leaves ber in silence. A.t the enrl of. ome clHys he r~turn~ .to her lodge, ~nd finding no scat p1epnret1 for him h.c must consHier lnmse]f to lle rr.J CCterl; hut if there ~~ a seat, he t.akcs 1t, and so.on a f~er th; young squaw sits down by his t?e, and ~cgms to t<1lk with l11m. TlH'n the p<lrents, relations or fncnd~, w1th whom she lives, me~ke a fenst, and those of the lover do 1he arne, to which tl1cy invite each other, for rliseu ssing the matter together; and after the feasts the lover brings a horse, or some horses, * Tt _is a historical f:1r.t that the young- }~dies at Miss ·white's seminary, in W~slnngton. g-;w e Pet~lf'~ harn o such a medal when he was there as a reprat:en~ atr:v.e of the Pawnf'rR. 1n l :21. ' ( 19 ) if he has more than one to give, which he presents to her parents) relations or friends, and takes her in exchange as his O'tvn squaw.' "'I am very glad," said I, "that I need not part with my good runner for having you, my fair Di01·a, as he serves me better so for the same purpose, although-' "' Waanataa was too proud to purchase his Diora in exchange for n borse, but he fou!!ht for her like a hero,' said she with a smile, thc.t be~poke her pride t1~1cl her happi.ness, which I shared with all ~y heart. "It was a fine sunny mornmg when we reached my natrrc p1acc, one of the villages in the Sioux cou~try. The appcarai'c.c of a Pawnee sqwaw there was so extraordmary an event, that m a few minutes after our Clrrival we were surrounrl~d by a large crowd of men, womfn and children. Our Sioux squaws looktd first with evident jealousy at my beautiful Dior·a; how~vcr) they cou1d not for a long time resist her charming and harmlrss 1~nocence, when she friend1ily entreated them to adopt her as one of the1r daughters and sisters. "My fellow-warriors, particularly t_~e younger :mes, did not show any marks of opposition, when I publicly declare<..! her to be my wife ; but some of the more nged \varriors, in accorda~cc wii:h, and probably instigated by our ol<l medicine-m<:~n, became viOlently oppo~ed to my union with a Pawnee squaw .. They stuck to their old customs, which did not a1low intermarnagc between Sioux and Pawnees, and tbc present war bet·ween the two tribes wc_:s far from favouring clll exception in our behalf. "My frienclly endeavours to conciliate my o1rl, stubborn opponents f;-dled, and I was too isolated among my companions, on acco?n.t of my peaceable disposition, and my antipathy to sralping nnd lolhng ou'f' prisone rs, or else I would have made a violent resistanee to sutb a cruel c ppres. ion. I determined upon cunniCig to <.:ircurrn·ent my oppressors, who had organized a r-eal conspirar.y to ruin me, which },urport('d tl1.at I myself hacl -conspired against my own people, havjng become a fnend to their enemies, the Pawnees, to whom'I would betray them wlwncYer I r.ould. ' "It 1ay in my plan· seemingly to yield anrl to snbm!t as far e~s ~could to whntcver· our people's eommon-counciJ should dcc:Hle ro ncer~ m g ~Y m<1rriao·e with Diora · but indeed I was resolved ratller to dte w1th n . ' her than live without her. "One day I returned from hunting, and did not fincl her before our 1 )dge, whrre stlC usunlly waited for my return, 'vhen I wns gone out; instead of her l found there an olrl warrior, who had always been my friend and who informed me that she we~s a prisoner in the lodge of OUI' Jll(;dir:ine-man: tb(lt it was surrounded by a body of our wnr~·i01s, an.d thnt I could not see her till we both should undergo a pubhc examllliltion to be l1rld the next day before our .common·cou~cil. He added that she had. refused to answer t~ny questwn, except m my prcsenee und with my consent, declaring, ' Diora does not fear any of you, all and every o.ne, for she is the gr?nd-daughter of L;tcles~a, the daughter of Petalesh<uoo and the w1fe of Waanata<l. Th1s unexpected boldness on her part, who had always been s~ modest, had puzzled them a]) They hnd been so awe-struck by heanng these celebrated namt"s , |