The story of Monegaw, a chief of the Osages . ore was in keeping witlithe inide life they lived and with the type of civilizationthey represented. In a secret ravine they discovered animmense oak tree which was hollow for its entire length;this was the Indian smelter. About twenty feet from theground limbs jutted outin three were cut andplaced across these out-spreading arms so as toform a substantial plat-form. Just above the fplatform the Indians cutan opening which com-municated with the hoilow interior. By meansof ropes made of twistedstrands of buffalo hides,the bags o
The story of Monegaw, a chief of the Osages . ore was in keeping witlithe inide life they lived and with the type of civilizationthey represented. In a secret ravine they discovered animmense oak tree which was hollow for its entire length;this was the Indian smelter. About twenty feet from theground limbs jutted outin three were cut andplaced across these out-spreading arms so as toform a substantial plat-form. Just above the fplatform the Indians cutan opening which com-municated with the hoilow interior. By meansof ropes made of twistedstrands of buffalo hides,the bags of ore were lift-ed from the ponies backsto the platform ore, together withlayers of dry wood, wasplaced in the hollow untilit was completely mass was then set onfire from an opening made near the ground and allowedto burn. By this process the lead was melted from th.^ore and ran down in the ashes at the foot of the tree. Aftercooling it was taken out and molded into the bullets whichwere to bring death to the white THE INDIAN SMELTER. Monegaws raid broke like a storm upon the valley ofthe Osage. The Indians were determined that every whiteman and every white mans house must go, and as theyswept down the valley thoy killed and burned. Monegaw,the kind hearted chief, was of the past; in a day his naturereverted to the savage and blood-thirsty instincts of anaturally cruel and revengeful people. There was noth-ing to check the wild destruction of Monegaws men untilthey reached the fort which, as the stronghold of the pale-faces, was their especial object of fury. After the Indianshad been unsuccessful in a well-planned night attack, theymade a furious assault upon the fort in the day time. Butwhen they charged the stockades they were slaughtered ingreat numbers l3y a deadly fire from the block given up the attack on the fort, ]\Ionegaw and theremnant of his band gave themselves up to devastating thesurrounding country. Rumors of the Indian
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