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Title: The talking leaves : an Indian story
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Stoddard, William Osborn, 1835-1925
Subjects: Indians of North America Children Conduct of life Friendship Hunting Outdoor life Fathers and daughters Reading Apache Indians
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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. Tell the chief from methat No Tongue and Yellow Head are all right, only theirhorses are tired, following your trail and the Apaches. Hope I wont meet him! Youre the queerest pair 1ever saw. But I wish the boys had let me foller out theword you sent in by Bill. Too late now. Ride out of this the best gait yourhorse knows. That too was good advice, and Captain Skinner took it;while the old man sat quietly in his saddle, with Steve Har-rison at his side, as if they two were quite enough to stemthe torrent of fierce, whooping Apaches which wa§ nowsweeping down upon them across the plain. Our lives are worth about as much as our title to thatmine, said Steve; and it was no shame to him that he felthis young heart beat pretty rapidly. Sling your rifle behind you on the saddle; fold yourarms; sit still. Ill do the talking. The storm of dark horsemen was headed by Many Bears inperson, and it was barely two minutes more before he wasreining in his pony in front of the two pale-face Lipans.
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The Talking Leaves, 173 How ! said Murray, quite heartily, holding out his righthand, with the open palm up, while he put his left upon hisbreast. How! replied the chief, with a little hesitation; but adozen voices around him were shouting, Send Warning!-Knotted Cord! Pale-face friends of Apaches! And it was plain that the description given of them byRed Wolf and the girls had been quite accurate enough fortheir instant recognition. Other pale-faces run away. Why you stay ? Dont know them. Strangers. Run away from Apachechief. Chief must not follow. Why not follow? Eun against Lipans. Have big fight. Lose many war-riors. All for nothing. Better go back. Send Warning is a good friend. Do what he say. Youcome ? Yes—we come. Trust friend. Steve listened in silent wonder. He had never heardMurray speak a word about the Apaches that was not fullof distrust of their good faith as well as hate of their feroc-ity, yet here he was treating them with the most absoluteconfidence. Steve felt qu

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