. The Audubon magazine . His snowshoe tripped on him, he fell for-ward against the crowd, knocking the fore-most ones against the second row and theseagainst the third row, and so on, and thenext moment there were a hundred rollingin the snow; and while Charley was strug-gling to rise, his pursuers pounced on himwith a! yell. On they came — old men, young men,pappooses and squaws—yelling, laughing,shouting and dancing for joy, and tellingeach other what a glorious run they hadhad. They crowded round Charley, especially Charley s Wonderfttl Jo2irneys. 55 the women and children, but the warriors
. The Audubon magazine . His snowshoe tripped on him, he fell for-ward against the crowd, knocking the fore-most ones against the second row and theseagainst the third row, and so on, and thenext moment there were a hundred rollingin the snow; and while Charley was strug-gling to rise, his pursuers pounced on himwith a! yell. On they came — old men, young men,pappooses and squaws—yelling, laughing,shouting and dancing for joy, and tellingeach other what a glorious run they hadhad. They crowded round Charley, especially Charley s Wonderfttl Jo2irneys. 55 the women and children, but the warriorsdrove them all back, and made them forma circle with Charley in the middle. It wasa sad time for Charley. Now we have got him, said the chief,the question is, what shall we do withhim? which to choose if they had left it to him,but he had no choice in the matter, and hefelt very miserable. Just then one of the women stole upbehind him without letting the chief seeher, and gave Charley a pinch which madehim cry CHARLEY, CRIED THE SCREECH OWL OVERHEAD, BOWL THEM OVER TO RIGHT AND LEFT, lUT BKCAREFUL NOT TO LET ONE FALL ACROSS YOUR PATH. Oh, do let us have him, said the chil-dren; well prick him, and touch him withburning sticks, and have such fun. But the squaws wanted him that theymight pinch him and enjoy the music of hisvoice when he cried out. And the young men said that that wasall nonsense, they wanted to set him up fora mark to shoot at with their bows andarrows. And poor Charley wouldnt have known At this all the women and children yelledwith delight, and clamored to the chief tolet them have him, and some of the womenrushed in and tried to get him by force,and the young men pressed forward andstruggled with the women, and there wasan awful confusion and quarreling, everyone speaking at once, which Charley thoughtvery rude. Indeed, he was going to tellthem so, when the chief grew impatient atthe quarreling and said, Here, Ive had 56 The Atidubon Monument. enough
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