The Mohegan Maiden — page 73: what you’re looking at

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CONDEMNED TO DEATH. | fon all the dignitaries of the village. In the midst of them lay the dead body of Fox-foot, the brave who had so basely at- tempted the life of Archibald, and who had met a deserved fate at the hand of Shining Star, The maiden was then placed in the midst of the circle, at- tended by two guards, and after a fitting silence the chief man of the town arose, and made a formal charge against her. She was accused of wiahis slaying Foxfoot. Of course the maiden was much surprised at this grave. charge, but trusted to prove her entire innocence, when the facts»of the case should come to be known. Witnesses were at once called upon to prove the d from their statement it really seemed that she was not only guilty, but a traitress to her people. One, who was the prin- cipal witness, and a brother of Fox-foot, testified that his brother had been passing near the place where he had fallen, When a voice called to him, which he knew to come from some of the wounded. While he was hending over to iy the needy one, who proved to be the white man so frequently seen in their village, an arrow pierced him in the back. This the witness saw, and on looking for the cause, beheld Shini Star still poising the bow in her hands. : aie In addition, he testified that his brother had loved t man most devotedly, but that she had repulsed him, an to the stranger, who was not of her people or blood. Others testified to seeing her give the fatal shot, and none were strangers to the preference she had exhibited for Archi- bald Turner. : | StF These facts were elicited in the most thorough manner, and then the same semi-official who had made the first charge, rose again. He was pained to see that the hand of a Mo- | hegan maiden could be raised against her people in the hour of peril, when deadly foes were all around them. The one who could thus forget her nation, should be made an example of, and he urged that she be burned at the stake in the morn- ing. No one spoke till he ceased, and then the cry went from mouth to mouth, “ Burn her !’ Shining Star heard these fearful sounds, and knew that her doom was sealed. But no comicbooks.con