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Title: A lass of Dorchester
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Barnes, Annie Maria, b. 1857
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Publisher: Boston, Lee and Shepard

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elt at ease again, but she retired filled with astonish-ment that any Indian amid such wild surroundingscould show himself as gentle and pleasing as had theCacique of the Kiawhas. Charles was ready with a rapid fire of teasing words. Arent you ashamed of yourself now, Anne ?Fie! fie! to try to do such broad poaching upon Bettyspreserves. Why, Anne, tis truly overcoming to thinkhow you literally threw yourself at the chief, and thennot satisfied with that had to get yourself hung hardand fast to him by the hair. Tis a wonder he didntreach for his knife then and there and take, withoutfurther ceremony, that pretty scalp-lock of yours.You must admit, Anne, that he showed wonderful for-bearance. I think it was only Bettys presence thatsaved you, for the Cacique would rather lose his ownscalp, I verily believe, than to give offense to ourBetty. He certainly dotes on her, replied Anne good-naturedly, and giving Charless ear a pull because ofhis pert words. She could afford to laugh with him
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IT WAS BETTYS OWN HANDS THAT FASTENED IT ABOUT THE CHIEFS NECK. — Page 87. THE FEAST UNDER THE OAKS 87 now, for the last ten minutes had robbed her of alldread of the great Cacique of Stono. The other In-dians with him might be dreadful, but he was not. He even smiled at me, she afterwards declared,though she could never get any one else but Betty tobelieve the assertion. The Cacique, for Bettys sake, had brought the vil-lagers a great offering of corn, yams, pumpkins, andvenison; and for Betty, individually, there was a bigroll of wolf and deerskins, and a collection of beauti-fully dyed baskets that, when sold, would make herquite a rich young lady indeed. Betty, too, had a pres-ent for the Cacique. Indeed, she had brought it all theway from Boston Town, where she had obtained thematerial for its making. It was a collar of wampum,beautifully wrought with beads and with a fringe ofelks teeth. Charles had been sent home on the runfor it as soon as the Cacique appeared. It was Bettys

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