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Show SQUAWS PROUD OF HUSBANDS. Glva Dance to Bout of Villalnli Committed by Bravet. Jobn Bradbury, who traveled in the region I) lug west of the Mississippi river cnrl in the Inst cenlurj. has an Interesting description or a squaw dunce which he witnessed, lie snjs "The dance was performed In a circle, I ihe dancers moving around with toinii ' luniks in their li.uiil? At mtciwil lhe. turned Ihelt fl ce. nil at once toward the middle of the elicle and lirnndlslied their weapons After some time one of them would step into the I'hiK and iniikc sin luiiiiiigm. frequent I ly blandishing her weapon I found Hint the nature or nil Ihe su i r'les ' wits the Hiiuie, which was to Ixtnst of the attlous of tlicli husbands One woman snld that her hiisbnnil had trawled soutkeast to a counti) in habited bj white people, which jour iiej look It i til twenty days to pciform ' He went to steal horses and whtn he I came lo the white people's houses lie I round one white the men had gone out. Here he killed two women and , stole fiom them a number of horses " |