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  l. 
  A 
  PLBSCHE] 
  

  

  WARFARE 
  

  

  453 
  

  

  tainship 
  in 
  the 
  tribe 
  had 
  been 
  abolished; 
  the 
  buffalo 
  had 
  been 
  exter- 
  

   minated, 
  so 
  that 
  hunting 
  was 
  no 
  longer 
  possible; 
  wars 
  were 
  at 
  an 
  end 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tribal 
  lands 
  were 
  being 
  divided 
  into 
  individual 
  holdings 
  — 
  he 
  was 
  

   brought 
  to 
  realize 
  in 
  no 
  uncertain 
  way 
  that 
  the 
  past 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  

   was 
  irrevocably 
  gone. 
  Face 
  to 
  face 
  with 
  these 
  evidences 
  of 
  change, 
  

   the 
  old 
  man 
  met 
  the 
  situation 
  with 
  thoughtful 
  dignity. 
  With 
  bis 
  

   own 
  bands, 
  still 
  as 
  hereditary 
  keeper, 
  he 
  laid 
  away 
  bis 
  sacred 
  charge 
  

  

  Fie;. 
  101. 
  Mon'bi»thi»ge, 
  last 
  keeper 
  oi 
  tliu 
  Tent 
  of 
  War. 
  

  

  where 
  the 
  articles, 
  no 
  longer 
  needed 
  to 
  promote 
  tribal 
  unity 
  and 
  

   tribal 
  safety, 
  would 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  serve 
  the 
  study 
  and 
  the 
  preservation 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  his 
  people, 
  saving, 
  as 
  be 
  did 
  so: 
  

  

  These 
  sacred 
  articles 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  my 
  family 
  for 
  many 
  generations; 
  

   no 
  one 
  knows 
  how 
  long. 
  My 
  sons 
  have 
  chosen 
  a 
  path 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  their 
  

   fathers. 
  I 
  had 
  thought 
  to 
  have 
  these 
  articles 
  buried 
  with 
  me; 
  but 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  place 
  

   them 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  safe 
  and 
  where 
  my 
  children 
  can 
  look 
  on 
  them 
  when 
  they 
  

   wish 
  to 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  their 
  fathers 
  walked, 
  I 
  give 
  them 
  into 
  your 
  

  

  