The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . dressed in full war costume, answered Jennie, andpainted as if the man was about to start on the warpath ; brilliant rib-bons; glittering belts in which were tomahawk, and scalping knife, ear-rings and nose jewels adorned him ; a lance was in his hand ; a pipebetween his lips ; and a filled bowl by his side as he sat upright on thegrass. There were orations telling of his bravery and virtues, then hisdeath song was chanted, acc
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . dressed in full war costume, answered Jennie, andpainted as if the man was about to start on the warpath ; brilliant rib-bons; glittering belts in which were tomahawk, and scalping knife, ear-rings and nose jewels adorned him ; a lance was in his hand ; a pipebetween his lips ; and a filled bowl by his side as he sat upright on thegrass. There were orations telling of his bravery and virtues, then hisdeath song was chanted, accompanied by the low music of a softly beatendrum and the tinkling of little bells. Then the body was placed in thegrave, in a sitting posture, with plenty of food beside it, covered, and thespirit dismissed to the happy hunting grounds beyond the setting his favorite dog and horse were killed on the mound, and far-ther back, perhaps, his wife shared a like fate. Charlie darted out to return with a plate of nice home-made candy. To sweeten up the Indian wars, he laughed ; and, by the way itdisappeared, the memory of those wars must be sweet indeed !. CHAPTER XIII. HE real Seminole war in Florida began under As-se-se-ha-ho-lar, or Osceola, who was the son of a white trader and a Creek mother and lived near Fort King, Florida. He was slender in figure, manly in bearing, and resolute in character. He hated the whites fiercely, and, if tradition be true, he had cause for so doing. How was that? asked Mamma Nelson, asCharlie hesitated. His wife was taken because her mother was a slave, and she wasdoomed to the same fate, while he was put in irons for attempting tohelp her. He was a brave and cautious leader, and possessed manynoble traits. He died in prison of fever, some say of a broken heart,and a monument has been erected to his memory. Ive scared you in the city, Ive scalped you on the plain ;Go, count your chosen where they fell Beneath my leaden rain !I scorn your
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