SHOSHONE LAND 



halted between sentence and execution. 

 At Three Pines the government teacher 

 brought out influential whites to threaten 

 and cajole the stubborn tribes. At Tuna- 

 wai the conservatives sent into Nevada for 

 that pacific old humbug, Johnson Sides, 

 most notable of Paiute orators, to harangue 

 his people. Citizens of the towns turned 

 out with food and comforts, and so after a 

 season the trouble passed. 



But here at Maverick there was no 

 school, no oratory, and no alleviation. 

 One third of the campoodie died, and the 

 rest killed the medicine-men. Winnenap' 

 expected it, and for days walked and sat a 

 little apart from his family that he might 

 meet it as became a Shoshone, no doubt 

 suffering the agony of dread deferred. 

 When finally three men came and sat at 

 his fire without greeting he knew his time. 

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