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26 RED PLUME. CHAPTERIY. STRIPPED OF HIS HONORS. A¥rtTeR the pleasant moonlight walk, which was followed by the encounter with the fierce and wrinkled old As-moo-tah, Kotselo and his Star-in-the-grass, as he called the pretty La-la, did not meet for a while. The young wife of the Fat Bear remained in her lodge, listening, as patiently as she could, to the threats and imprecations of the hag, and be- “moaning her unhappy condition. Kotselo wandered about, like a lost and copper-colored spirit, nursing his wrath against Nip-muck-we, and’ wondering how poor La-la fared in her seclusion. The second morning after that eventful evening, brought the return of Nip-muck-we and the young men who had ac- companied him, ostensibly for a hunt, but really to waylay, rob and murder some small or detached party of emigrants or traders. They returned, but the warriors did not enter the village, remaining at a short distance from the lodges, throw- ing their weapons upon the ground, and standing in mournful silence, waiting to be invited to their homes. Evidently, there was something wrong, for, if the expedition had been entirely successful, the Fat Bear and his. party would have poured triumphantly into the village, uttering yells and shouts of ex- ultation, and gerne displaying the scalps that ‘they. had taken. _ This was no indication, howeyer, that they had not ‘achieved a notable victory, for, according to the Blackfeet custom, al- though an expedition might have been very successful, still, if a warrior had fallen, his death cast a cloud over the affair and his companions constder ed themselves personally respons. ble for his loss, never returning to their lodges until invited to do so by his relatives. The entire population, men, women and children, went out fo meet the returning braves, with doleful forebodings of ill- - luck. The extent of the calamity was soon made known :— comicbooks.com