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102 JOSE. meet the hunter—the very animals, firmly pressed together one against another, seemed conscious of the significance of the coming moments. “What is the purpose of Black Bird with peaceful men who follow their business and who have never offended the red man?” Bob’s powerful voice was now heard to exclaim. “Have you cause for com- plaint or have you dug up the hatchet to wield it against all white men?” The Indian shook his head with an air of im- patience. “What would the old hunter that he speaks in such a tone?” he replied in fluent English. “Tf his heart has turned let him go back to his white brethren. The red man is hungry and his wigwams are empty because the great father of the whites has not kept his promise. The red man has waited long and has suffered, and there is no harm in taking what belongs to him! Ry “Tehohpee, I give you warning!” iatyetien tt the old hunter, in a loud voice; “look well upon your path! The Comanches and Kiowas have never been like the wolves of the prairie that rob and plunder whatsoever comes in their way. They have stood high among their brethren. But as in the case of many a tribe of the red man that has been swept from the face of the earth, and whose scattered sons are wandering hither and thither without a home, fighting with the coyotes for their bread, and the lizards for a draught, with the curse of annihilation clinging to their footsteps—so the Evil Spirit of the plains is waiting anxiously for the time when he may seek his abode among those who are not yet in his power. Remember Fort Atkinson, Tehohpee, and beware! Whatis your wish? If the red man is hungry, let him ask and he shall be fed; if he t GEomicbooks.Gco