Beadle's Dime Novels No. 135: The Cherokee Chief — page 27: what you’re looking at

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* A CATAWBA INDIAN. 29 “ The words of the chief are music to the earsof Moawee, ; but she doesnot understand thent, Has Saloueh seen a spirit 2” at “Tt was no spirit. I tell you that Isaw the White Rose of the Saluda. .1 know it was her, for her hair was light, and her skin was not red.” - be: eid “ The chief has seen a spirit, for he killed the White Rose when he murdered her people in the settlements of the En- glish.” “J did not kill her. I saved her, and she escaped from me, and L have been seeking her every where, I belicyeryou know where she is. Tell me about her.” ¥ 2 “Ts it to me that you come to ask news of her? The voice of the chief has always been pleasant to Moawee, but she does not love to hear him speak of the White Rose.” . “Tam certain that you know where she is, Tell me, be- fore I force you to, for I must know.” | | “ The Great Spirit has taken away the mind of Saloueh, I must go, for I am afraid that he will kill me.” | _ So saying, Moawee darted away like a bird, and in & mo- | t was lost to. the view of the baffled warrior. |. “It was not Moawee that we saw,and it was not the White Rose, but it was a spirit,” was the solemn conclusion of Fiftoe, he seated himself upon a fallen tree. a “It was the White Rose,” replied Saloueh. ‘“ You do not bos > -do, or you would be as certain as Tam.” _ _.“‘ My brother must have seen her with the inner eye, as he “T saw her plainly, and T feel sure that Moawee was with her, and that she knows where she is. hese English are killed or driven out of the country, I will find her, or At-. ee laa eal bainst ite “Hist! There is an Indian, and it is not a Cherokee.” « _ The attention of Fiftoe had been attracted by 2 rustling an the trees... Looking in the direction of the noise, he pale of an Indian raised shove a ¢ unp.of bushes, yk gets and piercing eyes fixed upon himec!{ and his ~ “Tr is a dog of a Catawba,” said Salouch, hurling his toma- hawk at the bush. Ld a Eomicbooks:com).