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Show . .. . . " . ..it f '' ' 1" ' J" . , , "' MBWMMHHi i l By HUGH PENDEXTER I Copjrtght f Th Bobba-MerriU C then It was Crazy Horse who assumed victory at the outset, when on encountering encoun-tering Reno's men he saved his fol lowers from a disastrous panic by braining a soldier with a stone war club and leading a counter charge. And what must place him high In the estimation of all fighting men was his Insistence that' no warrior should pass him when lie gave the order to attack, lie was a great general; Intensely loyal to his people and their cause, a patriot who had no use for wealth. And Taku Wakan could ask no more of any of his dusky children.. . As he walked around the end of the Circle to take a position beside Little Big Man he was wearing his feather bonnet and other warpath regalia. In one hand he carried- a Winchester rifle and In the other a twelve-foot coup wand of willow. The wand was decorated dec-orated with symbolic feathers, bits of fur, and the tinkling bell. He dropped on a robe beside Little Big Man and placed his rifle across his lap and rested rest-ed the end of his coup wand on the ground, and stared stolidly at Scissors. Scis-sors. His gaxe quickened as It shifted shift-ed to the pile of greenbacks and dust In front of Little Big Man. The treasure treas-ure meant nothing to him except as It represented so many magazine guns and fixed ammunition. "The white man with the talking knives will tell why he came to the Teton country," he abruptly commanded. com-manded. Scissors needed no Interpreter, and began to explain why he and his friend had gone to Mato TIpl to make stone offerings to Tunkan so the god would send forth his ""flying rocks" to learn where Tash-unca-ultco was to be found. "And while we were asking this of Tunkan our prayer was answered," Scissors continued. "He who lives on , i r ....:.! - s . , . l . , ii ' !, if. . 1 ( 'J'! ' 1 ' 11 1 ", 1 " ' ' ", ' an 'odd DUEL "' V:,";. ' ;i 8TNOPBT8. In the lats sum- ' mar of MM, Peter Dinadale, on his war to to Black hills to , t, ' Join the throng- of sold-seekers, makes ths acquaintance of the . j 1 keeper of a Dead wood gambling 1 ; houae. Ban Juan Joe, who la re- turning to Dead wood. On their r way through Red canyon Dine, i dais and Jos meet a young- V woman running from party -of ., Indians. Dlnsdale takaa her on bis horss and the two men ride , through her pursuers, - killing ' several. The girl la Lottie Carl, and a he has no relatives. Near Deadwood they overtake a prospector pros-pector whom Jo hails as old '"Iron Pyrites." At Deadwood City Ban Juan Jos, popular In ths ommunlty, Is given an enthusiasts enthusi-asts welcome, which Is extended ,to Dlnsdal. Jos takes Dlnsdals and Lottie to ths house ot a woman of tbs town, Kitty ths Schemer, Jos's mistress, where th gambler had Intended to Install Lottl. Dlnsdsl rs-fuses rs-fuses to allow It taking Lottl to a houae where ah will be safeguarded. Dlnsdal eaves an apparently half-witted Individual, i ... .- i j, ,"' know as Scissors, from mistreatment mis-treatment at ths hands f a "bad . man," Bandy Allan, who vows Ten seance en Dlnsdal. Scissors' nloknam Is derived from his ability to out, with paper and - scissors, remarkable likenesses of parsons, or anything- that strikes his fancy. Dlnsdal take , . to him. ' Iron Pyrites arrlvee Inr V t town. At a midnight meeting- of . J road-agents plans ax made t4 f ' rob on' of the traasnre-coaohea. "A . . Dlnsdal aoqutres a raputatioa a a reckless aprader and an pn. V gunman. San .Juan Joa, ballev-I ballev-I Jng Dlnsdal to be a traln-robb.r, arns him of th comlna: f "Jim 3naha," Union .inf Selective, And MvJUasjirini to take a prospecting pros-pecting trip with Pyrites. Dins-ydal Dins-ydal appears reluctant. . Dlnsdal ff kills Allan. He than take to th hills with Pyrites. While pros- pectins;, Dlnsdal blunders onto a larg log cabin. In a cellar Dlnsdal finds th proeesds of robberies, A man enters th cabin. Dlnsdal knocks him senseleee. Bs makes hla way back to Pyrites. Py-rites. Th two mak thalr way to Rapid City. In a sramhllna-placs sramhllna-placs a atranger, with a bandaged .head, tails Dlnsdal hla nam la "Easy." Telling PyrlLe ha believes be-lieves "Easy" is th man hs sluned In th cabin, Dlnndal aets out with Scissors for Dead-. Dead-. wood. They are ambuahed by a band of Oaralala, among whom "Sclaaors had one been a eaptlv., Scissor claims friendship wtth "Crasy Hors." gna.r Indian ' . h let. The tjoUMS, ImpreSaed, TtH-4Tlwjh C their village. During Dur-ing Bclasors' previous captivity Borrel Horse had looked on him as a rival medicln-inan. A teat of ths superiority of th whit and red man's "medicine" la ar-' ar-' ranged. , when placing rocks In the trees. Scissors Scis-sors read the tumult ln; the .man's mind and whispered encouragement to Dlnsdale, . - ' : ' . Little Big Man gave an order and both men were released and conducted conduct-ed outside the lodge and tied, to the medicine pole, from which huog the utrangled puppy A warrior was told to sit behind them to watch their hands, The warrior obeyed, but did not fancy the task, for It Was like spying spy-ing on some agency' controlled : by Tunkan.. To tMnsdale' Scissors said; "They're badly worried. Every hour we're kept alive Improves our chances. Little Big Man won't dare hurt us until he hears from Crazy Horse. Already Al-ready he has sent a messenger ' to Slim butte to fill In the details of the mirror-message." The warrior behind him reached a hand forward and roughly clapped It over his mouth. Scissors' left hand shot to the front and caught the offending of-fending palm and at the same time his right hand darted up under the armpit and, pulling and pushing, he sent the guard rolling headlong. The camp was In an uproar In an Instant, the warriors scrambling for their ! weapons. Scissors sternly called nut: "The Ogalala are very foolish. My medicine will grow very angry. Some of you will go to Mato TIpl tonight as ghosts. What do you mean by treating the frlenda of your war chief In this way? Are we Crows or Poneair Little Big Man chewed his lips and puzzled over the situation. To leave the prisoners' hands free was to confess con-fess failure. To tie them np was useless. use-less. His quandary waa Interrupted by the rapid drumming of flying hoofs. A pony raced In among the lodges and a rider threw himself to the ground. With a gleam of hope lighting his sullen eyes. Little Big Man called on the man to kpeak. "Tashunca-ultco and Shunca-luta, his medicine man, even now are rid-. lng to thla camp," announced the ! man. "They were on the way here with a dozen warriors when Little Big Man's first messenger met them and told them about the white men. They will be here very soon.' "It Is good!" cried Little Big Man In, great relief. "What'a he saying?" muttered Dlnsdale. Dlns-dale. ' "Crazy Horse and big medlalne man, Sorrel Horse, will arrive in a minute or so. I am very wakan, but only Taku Wakan can straighten this mess out. If only Cruzy Horse was coming It would be better. Sorrel Horse is Jealous of all medicine men. He'll work to have us skinned alive. But a man ain't done for so long as he can hope." I sors. "And I'm wakan." As he spoke he began shooting the cards back and forth until they seemed to fly from hand to hand of their own volition, and finished by opening them In a big fan. With a flourish-he shoved them toward Crazy Horse and "requested him to draw one. The chief scowled and seemed . disinclined to participate in the demonstration. But the warriors were like children In their eagerness to behold the completion of the mystery, mys-tery, and he darted his fingers toward an end of the fan. But even more rapidly did the trickster's trick-ster's fingers, concealed by the opened deck, convey to the danger point the card be desired to force upon the chief. Crazy Horse had no suspicion that his choice had been influenced In any way by the white man, bul when he observed he had drawn ths three of hearts he waa deeply irritated. irritat-ed. He cast the card on the ground and eyed it malevolently. But Scissors Scis-sors was not done. He asked the chlel to show the paper he was still hold lng In his left hand. Crazy Horse un willingly smoothed out the paper and beheld. In a perpendicular line, three hearts. "Washte-hclo I" he muttered, starlne thoughtfully at the piece of paper. Thus fur It was obvious that Twe Knives Talking could bring to light anything Sorrel Horse sought to hide and could even foretell as evidenced by the paper Just what the medicine man would attempt to conceal. Sorrel Horse felt his reputation slipping. He stared off at the ttsrk hills, conjurlnt help from Mato Tint, the Grizzly Beat lodge, where Tunkan'a power dwelt Dinsdale's spirits mounted as be beheld be-held his friend's legerdemain surpass lng that of the red conjurer; ano despite bis anxiety over their situation situa-tion he could not refrain from speculating specu-lating on his companion's cunning. He did not believe that any one in Dead wood City suspected the picture-man1! adeptness. And he wondered in how many other ways would Scissors prove to be a surprise. Sorrel Horse now proceeded with his next trick. He drew a short knife and stabbed It Into the ground several times to prove It was a genuine blade Then throwing back his head and open ing his mouth he began, apparently, forcing the knife down his throat. This In ItselfAvas sufficient to evoke a low chorus of applause, mixed with grunts of wonder. But the medicine man had yet to appear at his magical best. Dropping on bis side he groaned. He appeared to be very III, and a thin voice that seemed to float In the air, begged for a lighted pipe. One was brought and placed beside him on the robe. He stuffed the bowl In hla mouth and blew the smoke through the stem, then he Inhaled li As be kept thla ud for a dozen whirr a .- I him as a liar, for they knew the man Crazy Horse had referred to. Crazy Horse stared at the ground and twirled a revolver by the trigger guard. None ventured to break the silence, and at last he said: "They say the white man la a friend of High Wolf." , "He waa welcome in, his lodge In Montana one winter ago. He bunted with some of the young Cheyenne men," ; , , Crazy Horse fixed his gaze on Dlnsdale, Dlns-dale, but understanding nothing of the Teton dialect the prisoner's face betrayed be-trayed nothing. It was useless to question ques-tion him, as Scissors would answer for him. The chief seemed to lose all Interest In-terest In the alleged friend of High Wolf and abruptly asked: "Where Is Frank I" ! "Frank Gruard?" asked Scissors. The chief nodded. Gruard, a native of the Sandwich Islands, had been captured cap-tured by Crazy Horse's men while serving as mallcarrier In Montana. Because Be-cause of his dark complexion he was believed to be an Indian who had been taken prisoner by the whites while very young. He had lived with the Indians for several years and was thought highly of by both Crazy Horse nnd Sitting Bull. Scissors truthfully answered that Gruard was serving as guide and scout for General Crook's forces. Instesd of showing any resentment Crazy Horse said: "He waa a good man. I would like to see hlra and call him Kola again. Shunca-luta has bis mystery glass and Is seated by his wolf robe. What does bis medicine tell hlmT" Sorrel Horse, who had been chagrined cha-grined at the lack of respectful attention, atten-tion, became busy Immediately. He opened a roll of red cotton cloth and from a wad of eagle down gently picked np a small round stone and whispered to It and then held It to his ear for nearly a minute. Carefully Care-fully replacing the sacred stone on the eagle down he boasted: "Shunca-luta's medicine Is very strong. It has teeth like the gray wolf. It will bite the medicine of Two Knives Talking Into many pieces." With the aborigine's love for the dramatic the spectators leaned forward, for-ward, the copper faces revealing their rapt attention. No duel could compare com-pare with a duel between rival medicines. medi-cines. Crazy Horse, too, was Intensely Intense-ly Interested, and Shunca-luta was at his best when demonstrating bis wizardry wiz-ardry before an appreciative audience. After glancing haughtily about he closed his eyes for a moment as If summoning spirit strength, then swiftly swift-ly extended a hand high above bis bead and plucked a deck of playing cards from the air. A sibilant hiss of approval rewarded his slelght-of-hand. Holding the cards face down for a moment he carelessly threw them on of meat and had his hands free, picked up some thongs his guards had left on the ground and rolled them Into a small ball and held them In one palm. Then bis fingers closed over them, contracting as If squeezing them Into a very small compass, then flew open and the ball bad vanished. Little Btg Man scowled malevolently. malevolent-ly. Scissors said: - ' ' - "Two Knives Talking finds his medicine med-icine Is still strong. It grows weary of working on children. Send In Shunca-luta with his medicine. Then we shall see." Just outside the entrance a deep voice boomed: "The white man's medicine med-icine 'Is very strong. But the medicine medi-cine of Shunca-luta will eat It up. Two Knives Talking once ran away from the Ogalala. Now Shunca-luta's medicine brings him back. This time, they say, he will not leave until he goes away to be a ghost." Little Big Man's eyes glittered at this threat Scissors called back: "Shunca-luta is very wakan, but Taku Wakan has not whispered In his ear. Why does he stay outside the lodge! The whit man will not hurt him." Sorrel Horse at once appeared In the entrance. Like the famoua Sitting Bull, who Is said to have foretold th Custer massacre, be wore a bunch of shed buffalo hair fastened to the aide of his raven locks. Thla hair was wakan and waa painted red and recalled re-called the times when the buffalo filled the plains. It was also a aymbol of the coming of the White Buffalo Maiden. Maid-en. His medicine pouch waa formed from badger paws and had bears' clawa as pendants; for it waa from the bear that he bad learned how to treat adults, while the badger told him through the medium of dreams how to cure children. He also carried ths bent atick of one who haa dreamed of a wolf. But It was his renown as a magician, and not his success as a healer, that elevated hlra high among the wakan wltshasha, and high above the grass;root medicine men. Scissors Invited: "Sit down and let our medicines talk It over." 4 But Sorrel Horse did not Intend to waste any dramatic effects before so small an audience. Outside the stag was set for convincing Crazy Horse that even High Wolf, the Cheyenne, waa far below Shunca-luta In matters of magic. Ignoring the white man be aald to Little Big Man: "Bring the prisoners out In the sunlight sun-light That man'a medicine does not like the sunlight It works best under the moon." The prisoners were at once led forth and seated before the medicine pole. Dlnsdale was glad to observe that the atrangled puppy had been removed. re-moved. Rawhide was looped around their waists, and tied to the pole, but their hands were not secured. In a half-circle before them sat forty warriors. war-riors. Scissors glanced anxiously about for Crazy Horse, but the chief waa not present Sorrel Horse, sensing be was the principal figure In the scene until Crazy Horse should put In an appearance, appear-ance, carefully spread a wolf akin and after seating himself crosslegged before be-fore It made much of peering Into a mirror. He took pains to turn the mirror so the curious warriors could observe the new moon snd sun painted paint-ed In white on Its face. His vanity was' highly pleased as he noted how Intently the spectators followed every move he made. Little Big Man stared triumphantly at the prisoners and nodded to their guards. The slgnsl had been prearranged, prear-ranged, as the guards promptly senrched Dlnsdale snd took nearly four thousand dollars from hrs pockets. pock-ets. The money was mostly In greenbacks. green-backs. The time was gone when the Indian was Ignorant of money values, nnd while they still called money "white metal," they knew a piece of paper money was often worth several silver dollars. Beady eyes glittered as the bills snd a bag of dust were placed on a blanket before Little Big Man. From Scissors only a small amount of money was taken: and Little Lit-tle Big Man tickled the fancy of his followers by Ironically advising: "Two Knives Talking should make s feast for the white man's metal god." When the pad of paper and small scissors were held up Little Big Mnn hesitated, then shook his head. Paper and scissors were very much wakan and he did not care to assume charge of them. The tinkling of a bell now stirred the spectators to sharp attention and heads were turned as their mighty chief stepped from a loilse back of the half-circle. Crazy Horse at that time did not look over thirty years of age, und stood a few Inches tinder six feet, lie carried himself with great dignity and the stern expression of his bold features was accented by a scar. His people knew him to be as generous us he was courageous, and his practice of never retaining any property for hltp.-elf, aside from his arms and war ponies, v. us bound to extend his popularity among ull the hostlles snd their allies. If Sitting Bull by his medicine fore told the destruction of Custer's men. ' ' CHAPTER VIII Continued. 9 "To be free of Little Big Man'a clumsy cords la easy for the medicine of Two Knlvea Talking," gravely assured as-sured Scissors. "Will be find the road . to Slim butte open?" - And . be brought his hands before him to show they were free. With a yelp Little Big Man turned and called loudly. Warriors came on the run. "Two Knives Talking has nntled th rawhide," grunted the leader. Two warriors advanced to Scissors and pawed about behind him, but could find no vestige of the thongs. "Two Knives Talklng's medicine ate them up," explained Scissors. "Are the Ogalala afraid I wilt ' ny up among the thunder birds, that they snust tie me?" The leader snapped out an order and fresh thongs were brought and Scissors tied up for the second time, "What the devil did you do with the cords?" whispered Dlnsdule from the corner of his mouth. "In your side pocket," yawued 8clssors. . Little Big Man harshly demanded: "Why do white men ride out to Mato TIpl and place rocks In trees?" "Because we are turning red," was the prompt reply. "Where Is Wlchakpa-yanianl (General (Gen-eral Crook) now?" "When I -am treated as a brother my medicine will tell you," coldly replied re-plied Scissors. "They say you will talk with a very fast tongue when you feel the skinning skin-ning knives," threatened Little Big Man. Scissors smiled tolerantly and said: "Crazy Horse will soon set his frlrnd free to walk where he will." "Two Knives Talking has a weak medicine. It freed him once; now It Is very tired,1 Jeered Little Big Man. "My young men may not wait fur you to see Tashunca-ultco. They any tliey want white skin for medicine shirts. They sny they are sharpening their knives." . "Little Big Man talks like a Sho-shonl Sho-shonl singing to the moon," sneered Scissors. "A very wakan man never Bleeps." And to the eonsterontion of the spec-tHtors spec-tHtors be again brought his hands before be-fore him. Men rushed upon him but the cords had vanished. Little Hlg Man glared murderously, then grew uneasy. A doubt was sprouting In his mind. Mnto TIpl was sacred ground, and those who prayed to Tunkan through rocks and stones must be very careful not to give onne. - The prisoners ere white, yet tr.ey , ha J Ac-ea captured, taken by surprU, CHAPTER IX The Duel of the Medicines Although Crazy Horse and Sorrel Horse rode Into Little Big Msn'a camp shortly before midnight the prisoners saw nothing of either. Before Be-fore the great leader of the host lies arrived the white men were conducted back to the lodge and the flap tightly tight-ly closed. A small fire waa lighted Inside In-side and by Its light three warriors stood on guard to prevent any attempt at escape. Dipsdule waa asleep when the war chief and his escort of a dozen men made the camp and was aroused by the commotion. Ou opening bis eyea he beheld the three silent figures of the guards, their eyes reflecting the light from the henp ot coals. Scissors was swase, and whispered: "If I can have a talk with Crazy Horse I think we would be all right for a while. But that Shunca-luta will try to keep between ua. He ranks high as a mystery man and Is a fair magician nnd ventriloquist. He claims to get hiSthclp from Taskuskanskan, their moving god, who lives In the four winds and Is never seen, but Is represented by Tunkan, who In turn Is prayed to through rocks and stones. QueeY mess. Beckon a white man can never get It all straightened out I made a picture of Sorrel Horse when I was prisoner that other time, and It scared him. He's 'bound to work against us. But I'm wakan. Wish Crazy Horse would come In to look us over." Scissors would have felt more at ease had he known that the chief's first desire was to have the prisoners brought before him. Sorrel Horse, however, requested time for consulting consult-ing bis medicine, and reported back to the chief that It would be better to wait until the sun rode the sky. Although Al-though considerably disturbed that the chief should Ignore him, Scissors dissimulated and Dlnsdule fell asleep nnd did not awaken until morning. Willi the sunrise came another kettle of meat. S-.'Ifisors pronounced It to be mule deer anil Dlnsdale ale heartily. After they had eaten, Little Illg Man visited them, nml be (Jould not conceal con-ceal his secret exullafon. Scissors pretended not to see tyn, snd lifter waiting several mlnutil the Indian said: f "Now Shunca-luta bp come Two Knives Talking has lirsiy oth his medicine med-icine and tongue. Thcj ff sy the white mnn was tied up all i fc'it and could not g''t free." h, S itisors, wha luU Hiftf-hed hla bol the perspiration stood out on hla sharp features and hla copper akin took on the color of ashes. Dlnsdale believed he was dying. Sclssora smiled com-placently com-placently and watched closely. Suddenly Sud-denly tossing the pipe aside and clutching clutch-ing a band to his naked ribs he plucked forth the knife, and hla physical appearance ap-pearance quickly became normal. "Washte-helo I" exclaimed Crazy Horse. Inflating his chest Sorrel Horse haughtily asked: "What does the white medicine say to that?" "It soys this," answered Scissors, snatching up the knife. A guard lunged forward to pluck It from his hand and found It empty. Crazy Horse called out for the man to desist Now undisturbed Scissors made the knife appear and disappear with bewilder-Ing bewilder-Ing rupldity. He seemed to pull It from his ear, his leg, and to spit It from hip mouth. It vanished for the last time .only to appear from over his right shoulder, whirling rapidly and striking on Its point In the wolf robe near the foot of Sorrel Horse. Before the medicine man could e say more of his nmglc the white man held up a small square of paper In hit left hand. Then he waved his scissors above his head, while the nimble fingers fin-gers of the left hand folded the paper several times. Then advancing the p-er p-er toward Crazy Horse he daintily snipped off a protruding corner. Opening Open-ing the paper he revealed that the one movement of the blades cut out a perfect star of five points. Untli the simple trick was explulned It must remain a big mystery to the wondering wonder-ing spectators, and a mystery Is alwayt wakan, therefore medicine. Especially did It appeal to Crazy Horse, Inasmuch as the star reminded him of General Crook, or Three Stars An I how could otic stroke of the two hlitrtes cut It out? His face was som-br som-br us he turned to Sorrel Horse antf asud : 's there more medicine?" fV-rrel Horse, now desperate In hlf (leave to prove the superiority of bli mo.:c. replied: "t,Pt Sliuncu-luta and the white mat be ted fast and placed In a lodge to get her. We will see whose medlclm come first to take off the rawhide." What's your guess ss to the I outcome of this strange duel? If Scissors wins, what then?" j the ground within reach of Scissors. Then, apparently without looking at the white man, requested: "Let Two Knives Talking pick out one If his medicine la not asleep." Scissors selected a card and almost Immediately Shunca-luta brought the tips of his Index fingers and his thumbs together to form the shape of a diamond dia-mond and announced: "Squaw." Scissors held up the card so all might see It was the queen of diamonds. dia-monds. Several other cards were "read" In a like manner. Then the medicine mnn scooped them up unf made a motion of tossing them Into the air, and they were gone and bis band was empty. ' "For an Indian he's clever with cards," Scissors said In English for Dinsdale's benefit During the second his gaze was off the medicine man the cards dropped before him as If falling from the sky. A murmur of approval warned Scissors Scis-sors he must be on his mettle. He tore a sheet of pnper from bis pad and i'u something to It with his scissors. Folding the pnper he requested Crazy Horse to hold It In his left hand. The chief hesitated for a moment then accepted the pnper and clinched It tightly to mnke sure It did not vanish. van-ish. Scissors then proceeded to pick up the cards and to shuffle them with a dexterity that would have won the hearty admiration of San Juan Joe or French Curly. Next he extended his two hands, the deck In his left palm, and asked the medicine man to look at the top card, to announce It and then cm the deck, placing the cut In the right palm and burying It with the remainder of the pack. Sorrel Horse unwillingly complied, com-plied, his common sense warning him his rival would not embark on anything any-thing that was destined to be a failure. fail-ure. He held up the three of hearts nnd burled It In Scissors' right palm with a shallow cut. Kven as bis hand was completing the cut Scissors asked him to turn up the top curd. It was the three of hearts Sorrel Horse was sullen of fuce and endeavored to balk the white man's skill hy cutting the deck to the left bund before Nclssors could speak. Then with a grin of triumph he turned up the top card only to grunt In disgust dis-gust on beholding again the card he had tried to bury. "Don't ever ask me to play poker," muttered Dlnsdale. "They never saw any one reverse the cut wlUi ou baud," mumbled Scla- i ... 1 "And While W War Asking This ef Tunkan Our Prayer Was Answered," Scissors Continued. , Msto TIpl at times sent Little Big Man and hla braves to lead ua to Tashunca-ultco, and It is well. - I brought this white nan with me, aa his life was not safe among white men. He waa caught while trying to take a load of ammunition to the Cheyenil-s. He escaped from ths soldiers and Vd with me to find the Ogulala. fie brought aome of the white man'a money with him aa a present to Tashunca-ultco." "Tashunca-ultco needs no presents of money from the white men," harshly harsh-ly informed Crazy Horse. "What he needs he takes." And he shook bis coup wnnd till the little bell tinkled madly. Loud grunts of spprovsl met his declaration. Loud cries of "washte-helo " were raised when he pointed to, the greenbacks and directed: "Give It to the mes who have lost horses and lodges." If there waa one Clsgruntled warrior war-rior It was Little Big Man. Sticking up from between tils crossed legs were the butts of Dinsdale's guns. Crazy Horse, who ever had a great love fur excellent firearms and who packed three Winchester rifle with him und one or more hand gut:, touched the hlg revolvers and said, "I will tuke only these." Little Big Man pnsscj them over nnd for several minutes the war yhlef examined ex-amined them knowingly and his features fea-tures grew animated in he realized their excellence. Suddenly bp ceased his Inspection and asked of Scissors: "This Is the white tmin who was caught by soldiers while bringing ammunition am-munition to the young braves ut Spot ted Tall ng-ncy?" Ills expression was almost genial ns he put the query, but .Scissors shook his bead and repeated : "My white brother was carrying ammunition am-munition to the t'heyennes on the Rosebud." Rose-bud." A scowl of disappointment darkened tie chiefs visage. Had Scissors replied re-plied in the nflirmatlve several men fretu the agency wr reuily (u brand |