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Nakpa, or Long Ears, her kittenlike gray mule, which had heretofore been honored with the precious burden of the twin babies, was to be given a heavier and more cumbersome load. Weeko's two-year-old spotted pony was selected to carry the babies. Accordingly, the two children, in their gorgeously beaded buckskin hoods, were suspended upon either side of the pony's saddle.
As Weeko's first-born, they were beautifully dressed; even the saddle and bridle were daintily worked by her own hands. The caravan was now in motion, and Weeko started all her ponies after the leader, while she adjusted the mule's clumsy burden of kettles and other household gear. In a moment: "Go on, let us see how you move with your new load!
Toward sunset, she entered the Sioux camp amid great excitement, for some one had spied her afar off, and the boys and the dogs announced her coming. "Whoo, whoo! Weeko's Nakpa has come back with the twins! Whoo, whoo!" exclaimed the men. "Tokee! tokee!" cried the women.
Toward sunset, she entered the Sioux camp amid great excitement, for some one had spied her afar off, and the boys and the dogs announced her coming. "Whoo, whoo! Weeko's Nakpa has come back with the twins! Whoo, whoo!" exclaimed the men. "Tokee! tokee!" cried the women. A sister to Weeko who was in the village came forward and released the children, as Nakpa gave a low whinny and stopped.
Nakpa, or Long Ears, her kitten-like gray mule, which had heretofore been honored with the precious burden of the twin babies, was to be given a heavier and more cumbersome load. Weeko's two-year-old spotted pony was selected to carry the babies. Accordingly, the two children, in their gorgeously beaded buckskin hoods, were suspended upon either side of the pony's saddle.
As Weeko's first-born, they were beautifully dressed; even the saddle and bridle were daintily worked by her own hands. The caravan was now in motion, and Weeko started all her ponies after the leader, while she adjusted the mule's clumsy burden of kettles and other household gear. In a moment: "Go on, let us see how you move with your new load!
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