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Title: Deerfoot in the mountains
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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hough they con-tinued to make much of his two boys, for theyounger moved about the settlement as freelyas the elder, the great war chief ignored thepresence of the visitors until he had been athome for several days. One afternoon, after the return of a partyfrom a hunt, Mul-tal-la appeared at the lodgeof George and Victor with word that the chiefwished them to come before him for a talk. Theboys knew so little of the Blackfoot tongue thatMul-tal-la was to act as interpreter. ^^What does he wish with usT asked George,who, like Victor, felt some misgiving as to theobject of this command. ^Mul-tal-la does not know, but his brothersneed have no fear. *What did he say to you? asked Victor. Only that he wished to see and talk with you.Come with me. It wa. about the middle of the afternoon whenthe lads, under the lead of their dusky friend,threaded their way among the tepees to onenear the middle of the village, which might be THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBUAUY ^STOR, LENOX ANDT.Ll>tN FOUNDATIONS
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An Ominous Interview. SUMMONED TO COURT. J77 considered the royal residence. This structurediffered from the others in that it was doublethe capacity of an ordinary lodge, that one sideconsisted of a broad face of rock, that it wasin the shape of a square, supported at twocorners by upright poles, the rock serving as theremaining support. The fire was alwayskindled against the base of this mass of stone,an opening just above serving as an outlet forthe smoke. When the visitors arrived Taggarak wasalone, seated at one side of the large apart-ment, with a small fire burning in its usualplace. His royal consort and two childrenwere excluded from the conference. The war chief was about forty years of age,and his face showed him to be a man of excep-tional ability and mental strength. It was easyto understand the iron will with which he ruledthe turbulent and warlike Blackfeet. He hadthrown aside his blanket and sat in a close-fitting shirt of deerskin, with girdle at the waist,and with le

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