| Show Father Norley and you his Papoose should buy them from me This your fault and Father Morley men present shoutedfirm No No barter with human life fault All the white We would never sell or At this Arrowpeen grabbed the child little girl again lashing out with his Tomahawk and threatening Grandpa George Morley who tried to take hold of the frightened paralyzed child to grab her away from those savages Arrowpeen took her by the heels and whirled her over and around his head screaming and chanting war-crys and curses After swinging her faster and faster he dashed her brains out on the hard rocky earth He then threw her battered body at Grandpa Georgefeet who stood there also paralyzed with disbelief and fright He and the other white men could not yet believe the cruel and inhuman act they had just witnessed Arrowpeen quickly mounted his pony and the Indians with him did too As they raced away Arrowpeen shouted You Americats no saved have hearts you should have bought the child and her life Both Willian Black and George Morley Sr became very 111 while trying to wipe from their clothing the pleces of that small childhead that had splattered upon them They knew that this incident must be followed through that it would mean more trials and btloodshed but that they must see that 1t never happened again in this saved-place called Manti Whenever Grandpa retold this story his eyes were far away forming the territle memory-picture that had stayed with hin many years Healways cry too and then looking to the mountain bulwarks that surround Sanpete Valley and Manti he prayed that nothing like this would ever happen here again or in other parts of Godworld In deep gratitude too look to the mountains these guardians of an early maligned people andtoo pray as the wind whispers on these same white-shouldered friends Because it is happening again in many places of Godgarden and we must help Source Family histories of -85 the author |
