The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie And Rocky-Mountain Life
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie And Rocky-Mountain Life
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
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Indeed we spent most of our evenings in the Indian village, Shaw's assumption of the medical character giving us a fair pretext. As a sample of the rest I will describe one of these visits. The sun had just set, and the horses were driven into the corral. The Prairie Cock, a noted beau, came in at the gate with a bevy of young girls, with whom he began a dance in the area, leading them round and round in a circle, while he jerked up from his chest a succession of monot- onous sounds, to which t...hey kept time in a rueful chant. Digitized by VjOOQ iC 110 THE OREGON TRAIL. Outside the gate boys and young men were idly frolicking, and close by, looking grimly upon them, stood a warrior in his robe, with his face painted jet-black, in token that he had lately taken a Pawnee scalp. Passing these, the tall dark lodges rose between us and the red western sky. We repaired at once to the lodge of Old Smoke himself. It was by no means better than the others ; indeed, it was rather shabby ; for in this democratic community the chief never assumes superior state.
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