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A SILVAN REPAST. The Prophet laughed in that rasping manner so peculiar to him. It was not a pleasant kind of mirth to listen to. It set Percy Cute’s teeth on edge every time he heard it. “You had se…
THE TREE-LADDER. Smoholler turned to Oneotah. “Give me two amulets,” he said. The Antelope boy took two little pouches, made of skin, and richly trimmed with beads, from a kind of large pocket that h…
MULTUOMAH. When Gummery Glyndon jumped into the river to escape from his pursuers, he still clutched his trusty rifle by its barrel, and he held fast to it, as the swift current swept him rapidly dow…
THE CHIEF’S BRIDE. Multuomah inclined his head in a gratified manner at this praise. Lieutenant Gardiner and the surveyors gazed upon him curiously. He was a fine specimen of the warlike nation to wh…
THE OLD HUNTER’S IDEA. There was a touching plaintiveness to the tone of the Multuomah’s voice as he pronounced these words, and his hearers could but sympathize with him in his bereavement. “Why, th…
HOLDING A COUNCIL. Glyndon became interested. “Well, what did he say? Could he tell you any thing about him?” “Not at that time; but on my return I expect to receive important disclosures from him.” …
THE BOY EMBASSADORS. “There’s more ways than one to kill a cat,” remarked Robbins, bringing his Yankee shrewdness to bear upon this perplexing question. “What’s to hinder Multuomah from crossing the …
THE WHITE LILY. The Prophet welcomed the boys in that stately manner which was as impressive as it was characteristic with him, and Oneotah placed her soft hand in Percy Vere’s with a gentle pressure…
ON THE WAY. Percy Vere was much interested in what Oneotah had told him, and he gently detained her. “I do not wonder that you love this strange man,” he answered. “I am more and more impressed by th…
ONEOTAH’S MEMORIES. Percy Vere was too much accustomed to Cute’s nonsense to pay much heed to it. He continued his inquiries of Oneotah. “And you were in the power of the Yakima tribe, you say, when …
