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He heard a shrill pow-wow of feminine voices. Evidently "New Thought" and the practice of medicine had once more clashed. The argument waxed and waned. Followed the click of a spoon against glass. And then came a gasp, a gurgle, a choking yell; and high upon the salty air enveloping Eastboro Twin-Lights rose the voice of Mr.
"The Deef Woman has a brief pow-wow with him alone over at the O. K. House, followin' of which the Major appears the whitiest an' the shakiest I ever beholds him the last bein' some strong as a statement an' after beggin' a drink at the Red Light, p'ints out afoot for Red Dog, an' is seen no more.
Why, it warn't two minutes till they begged like dogs and how the other lot did yell and laugh and clap their hands all the way through, and shout 'Sail in, Corpse-Maker! 'Hi! at him again, Child of Calamity! 'Bully for you, little Davy! Well, it was a perfect pow-wow for a while. Bob and the Child had red noses and black eyes when they got through.
"Keep shet!" cautioned Cousin. "There it is again! A Mingo talkin', a Seneca, I'd say Hear that jabber! With a blanket o' Shawnee pow-wow. By heavens, Morris! This is Cornstalk's whole force. They've learned that Dunmore is at the Hockhockin' an' will be j'inin' up with Lewis any day, an' old Cornstalk thinks to lick Lewis afore Dunmore's men can git along!"
I being very lazy, did not go ashore, but watched the pantomime from the bamboo staging. The whole flock of goats enter at right end of stage, and tear violently across the scene, disappearing at left. Two minutes elapse. Obanjo and his gallant crew enter at right hand of stage, leg it like lamplighters across front, and disappear at left. Fearful pow-wow behind the scenes. Five minutes elapse.
"Could they have possibly gone out some other way, leaving us here to hold the bag?" queried Bart Raymond, after five minutes had passed without result. "I don't think so," returned Frank. "I'm dead sure there isn't any way to get out except the way they went in. They're in there holding a pow-wow of some kind." Ten minutes more passed, and by that time even Frank had begun to have doubts.
At last the men, to the number of ten or a dozen, had congregated for the evening lounge and pow-wow. Pio slipped into the shadow of one of the little houses whence he could issue in full view of the conclave. He settled the nightcap on his head, grasped the umbrella in one hand and the slippers and stockings in the other, and at a lull in the conversation advanced.
The men said they were very bad Indians. firom the American side the left shore of Rainy River is American territory but the chance of a bad Indian was better than the certainty of a bad canoe, and we stopped at the camp. A lot of half-naked redskins came out of the trees, and the pow-wow commenced.
Guess they won't hurt us if they let Juan pow-wow with them." "This is different, young man. They're going to hold a fire dance to-night " "A fire dance?" "Yes." "I thought they weren't allowed to do that any more?" "They ain't, but they will. There's a bunch of Sabobas from over the line. They're the original fire eaters. They come over here kind of secret like.
An-ina know. Show him white man officer. Oh, yes. Show him all this folk. Oh, yes. When? Now? Oh, yes. Him not snow. It good. Then sometime An-ina watch. She watch, watch, all time, and when him wake, an' eat, then him white man come an' mak pow-wow. Good?" "Fine." Steve returned all the papers to the drawers in the desk and stood up.
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