THE CHILDREN OF REDFEATHER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 89, 6 July 1927, Page 14

THE CHILDREN OF REDFEATHER

'■ WHAT day is it, O Little Trap Setter, that you leave your W snares and crouch thus in the.shadow of the Wigwam?” “’Tis Wednesday, O Chief, and'the hour for cutting your fresh quill. The children of the Wigwam await your word.” “And what of the stranger, Sitting Bull? What tidings do you bring from your wanderings? ” “ Where the beaver builds I found a new footprint, hut the canoe of Sitting Bull is swift and his paddle a gleaming blade. Again he has sped into the darkness.” “It is even so. Hark! The children of Redfeather are moving in a body to the Wigwam.” “ They await your word, O Chief.” “ Who comes ? ” “ Dancing Blue Water.” “Pass in. Dancing Blue Water. And who follows? “ Blue-fringed Afoccasin and Hovering Bird. “ Welcome, O Blue-fringed Moccasin and Hovering Bird. May the trail long know your footprints and the light of the Wigwam burn steadily in your hearts. . . . Who comes? ” “The children of Redfeather to greet our Chief.” “ Pass in, O faithful ones. The Wigwam is swept and the fire is ki idled. And lo! there is room for all.” “ And what is your word, O Redfeather? .” “My word is from the mouth of Sitting Bull: ‘ Hold to the Wigwam,’ and my word is from the mouths of the four winds: *Go forth and return. Blaze far trails that others may seek the light of the Wigwam. Gather together the lost tribes. Go forth and return.’ And what have you in your hands, O children of the Wigwam?” “ Love for our kindred creatures, O Redfeather, and Friendships that shall not be denied. ’ “It is well. Pass in, O faithful ones of the triple knock and in vatic sign Pass in, O well-loved children of the Wigwam.” —REDFEATHER.