94 BUFFALO LAND. 



the Great Spirit provided buffalo and other game 

 for his red children. When the white man drives 

 these away, they understand that he takes their place 

 as a means of sustenance, and as they have lived 

 upon the one, so they intend to do upon the other. 

 If the buffalo attempts to evade his duty in the prem- 

 ises, they kill him and take his meat ; if the white 

 man, they kill him and take his hair." 



Sachem produced a roll of dirty brown paper and 

 said that he had studied the Indian question and 

 found two sides to it. One he could give us in a nut- 

 shell, believing that the meat of the nut had often 

 excited the spirit of war. 



Where waters sung above the sand, 



And torrent forced its way, 

 Stretched out, disgusted with the land, 



A bearded miner lay, 

 Prepared to strike, with willing hand, 



Whatever lead would pay. 



Echo of hoof on beaten ground 



Rung on the desert air, 

 Ringing a tune of gladsome sound 



To miner, watching there ; 

 A paying lead, at last, he'd found 



The vein a " man of hair." 



An instant more, and at the ford 



A savage chief appeared ; 

 The miner saw his goodly hoard, 



And tore his own good beard. 

 (You '11 always find an ox is gored 



When sheep are to be sheared.) 



