134 time, with the usual hootings and veilings of savages, made more savage by the white man’s whiskey they had brought with them from the border settlements. Presently a drunken chief retired from the dancing ring around the fire into the bushes, but soon returned, half pulling, half carrying the young woman into the ring, and by gestures bade her join in the war-dance. Unable to obey him, through fright and fatigue of the pre-, vious day’s march she fell to thegronnd. and thus impeded theii’ dance. Enraged with passion the Indian who claimed her as his. - first kicked her. then clubbed her. but she remained insensible to his assaults. He then seized her and attempted to force her into the fire, determined to conquer the maiden’s stubbornness, as he had understood it, or burn her. , Her screams and groans aroused the whole mission with indignation, and about one-half the number of the chief’s comrades sided with the Christian Indians in giving vent to their feelings at witnessing the scene. The wardance was broken up, but the chief stood by his victim, with uplifted tomahawk, gesticulating to her to obey him. or he would cleave her skull. At this moment a party of
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