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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Little Indian Weaver - -Author: Madeline Brandeis - -Release Date: July 19, 2012 [EBook #40277] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER *** - - - - -Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Diane Monico, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -[Illustration: BAH, THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER] - - - - -_The_ LITTLE -INDIAN WEAVER - -BY -MADELINE BRANDEIS - -_Producer of the Motion Pictures_ - -"The Little Indian Weaver" -"The Wee Scotch Piper" -"The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" -"The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" - -Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City - -_Photographic Illustrations by the Author_ - -GROSSET & DUNLAP - -PUBLISHERS NEW YORK - -_by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ - - -_COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY_ - -PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - - - - - To every child of every land, - Little sister, little brother, - As in this book your lives unfold, - May you learn to love each other. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - Chapter I Page - -The Corn Ear Doll 9 - - Chapter II - -Something Terrible Happens 32 - - Chapter III - -At the Trading Post 43 - - Chapter IV - -The Prayer Stick 62 - - Chapter V - -At Bah's Hogan 75 - - Chapter VI - -Billy Starts His Story 88 - - Chapter VII - -All About the Indians 101 - - Chapter VIII - -Who Wins the Radio? 119 - - -[Illustration: BAH AND CORNELIA] - - - - -The Little Indian Weaver - - - - -CHAPTER I - -THE CORN EAR DOLL - - -How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear? That is the -only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having. Bah was only five -years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she -couldn't know very much. - -But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more -each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them. - -You see, Bah and her mother were American Indians, and they belonged -to the Navajo tribe. Their home was on the Navajo Reservation in -Arizona, and they called it an Indian village. But if you went there -you would not think it very much of a village in comparison to the -villages you know. - -As a matter of fact, all you could see was a row of funny little round -houses, looking very much like large beehives, put together with mud -and sticks and called hogans. A street of hogans in each of which lived -a whole family of Indians, a few goats and sheep, a stray dog or two, -an Indian woman sitting outside her hogan weaving a blanket, perhaps a -child running with a dog--this, then, was a Navajo village. - -[Illustration: THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER] - -How different from your villages with their smooth stone buildings, -their stores and gasoline stations, and pretty shrub-covered bungalows! - -Most Indian women have many babies, and the whole family lives -together in one room which is the living room, bedroom, kitchen and -dining room all rolled into one. In the top of the hogan is a hole, so -that the smoke from the cooking fire in the middle of the room can go -out. - -Bah did not spend much time in her hogan. No sooner was she up in the -morning than she was outside gathering sticks for the breakfast fire. -From the time she put her little brown face outside the hogan door, -bright and early in the morning, until nightfall when she cuddled down -in her warm Navajo blanket, she was out in the air--and the air is so -fresh out there in the desert; so much fresher than it is in the big -smoky cities. - -Bah was a bright-eyed, healthy little girl, and the way she dressed -will sound queer to you, for her clothes were made just like her -mother's. On rainy days you have no doubt "dressed up" in mother's -clothes and thought it quite a lark. But when the game was over, how -glad you were to come back to your own little dresses and short socks. - -But Bah had always dressed in the same way--and that is, in a long full -cotton skirt, a calico waist with long sleeves, and many strings of -bright beads about her neck. Her hair was long, black and shiny, and -her mother tied it up in a knot at the back of her neck with a white -cloth. - -Every morning Bah had a lesson in weaving, just as you have a drawing -lesson or a sewing lesson. Her father had made her a tiny loom which -stood outside the hogan door next to her mother's big loom. - -The morning when Bah planned the corn ear doll she was in the midst of -her weaving lesson. Mother's fingers were flying in and out, and Bah's -fingers were slow--oh, so slow, but her mind was not. Her mind was at -work on a doll. She had once seen the picture of a doll, a real one. It -was such a lovely doll! She wanted to cuddle it. How she would love to -hug a doll close to her and rock it to sleep! - -The corn was ripe in the field which was not far away. After the lesson -she would pick an ear of corn, dry it nicely and dress it in a wee -Indian blanket. She would make some beads for its neck. She would stick -in two black beads for eyes. She would-- - -"Bah! you do not heed the lesson!" - -It was Mother. And Mother was scolding. There were few times in Bah's -life when she could remember Mother having been cross. Bah was at once -attentive. - -"I am sorry, Ma Shima (my mother)," she said, in the Navajo language. -"I was dreaming of something sweet." - -"It is bad medicine to dream when one is awake, Bah," said Mother. -"You will never learn to weave--and a Navajo woman who cannot weave -blankets is indeed a useless one." - -Bah hung her head in shame. But Mother laughed. - -"Do not look that way, my little one, but try now to make the little -pattern which I teach you." - -Bah did try. She had to rip out several rows of bad weaving caused by -her dreams of her corn ear doll. But not once, until the lesson was -over, did Bah think again of the doll. - -The weaving lesson was at last over, and Bah ran quickly to the -cornfield, where she began to look eagerly for a proper ear of corn -with which to make a proper Indian doll. - -As she was looking through the many waving stalks, she thought she -heard her name being called. But was it her name, and was it being -called? It sounded more like singing than like calling--and Mother did -not sing. - - "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep - Have you any wool?" - -This is what Bah heard. - -She stopped in her search and looked around. There, a few yards away, -was some one coming towards her on a pony. Bah's first thought was to -run. She did not want to meet a stranger. So few came here to her home, -where the only people the little girl ever saw were Mother, Father, -and the few Indians who lived nearby. - -White people were mysterious to Bah, and yet she often wondered about -the white children and how they played and worked and what they did all -day in school. Bah would go to school next year--to the big new school -just built on the Reservation for Indian children. White people built -it, and so it must be like the white children's school. Sometimes she -longed to go--and other times she was just a little bit afraid. - - "Yes, sir, yes, sir, - Three bags full." - -The pony which Bah had seen from a distance was now standing beside -her, and she could see the rider, although he could not see her, for -she had hidden and was crouching between the cornstalks. - -[Illustration: BAH'S HOME] - -The rider was a very small person--a boy--a white boy. Bah really -didn't feel as though he should be classified as white, for his skin -was a mixture of orange and brown--orange where the sun had burned him, -and over that a pattern of vivid brown freckles. Bah had never before -seen anything like him, and it is no wonder that the timid little -Indian hid herself. - -The speckled boy took off his large cowboy hat and wiped his hot brow -with a cowboy's handkerchief. - -"Gee, it's hot, Peanuts," he said aloud to the pony. "And I'd like to -know the way back--but looks as if we're lost." - -Peanuts was presumably bored, for he let his head sink slowly, closed -his eyes and patiently waited for the next move. None came. - -Bah, in her hiding place, was as dumb, if not as bored, as Peanuts. She -was tense with excitement, which obviously Peanuts was not, and did not -take her eyes from the boy's face. His every move very much interested -her. Here, then, was a white boy. He must be white, for he was not an -Indian and he spoke English. - -Bah understood English, and of that she was very proud. Her mother and -father had always traded with the white man, so they had learned to -speak English, and had wisely taught their little girl. Now how much -easier it would be for Bah when she started to school. - -But her knowledge did not help her at the moment when she looked up -from her cornstalk hiding place into the face of a live white boy. -Indeed she had even decided to run away, and was crawling noiselessly -through the corn. - - "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," - -again the boy began to sing as he started to turn away. Bah stopped -crawling. He did sing her name. He wanted her to come back. Maybe she -could help him find his way. And Oh! the pony was stepping all over the -corn. Didn't he know better than to do that? - -The cornstalks rustled. The pony jumped to the side, and the boy turned -in his saddle and saw Bah standing. - -"Oh, hello!" he said and turned back--the pony trampling upon a -beautiful stalk of corn. "I didn't see you before. Where were you?" - -Bah couldn't speak. She tried ever so hard, but the English words she -knew so well would not come. - -The boy jumped down from his pony and went up to her. There was a smile -on his face and as he came closer she saw that his eyes were as blue as -the sky. That part of him was pretty, thought Bah, even if his skin was -not--and the smile was friendly. So she gained courage. - -"You call my name?" she ventured. - -The boy looked puzzled. - -"No," he said, "I don't know your name, but I'm glad I've found you." - -Again he smiled, and this time Bah smiled too. - -"My name Bah," she said, "and you say 'Bah, Bah, back skip'--I think -you call me come back to you." - -When it suddenly dawned upon the boy what she meant he opened his mouth -very wide indeed and laughed so hard that Bah again began to be afraid. -But he stopped suddenly, realizing perhaps that he had frightened her, -and said: - -"Oh, no. That is a song we sing about 'black sheep' that goes 'bah -bah'! I didn't know you heard me singing it." - -Bah looked a bit ashamed, and did not offer a reply. The boy kept on -talking-- - -"But, gee, where do you come from, Bah? Is your house around here?" - -"Yes," said Bah. "Hogan over way, Bah come to find corn in cornfield." - -"Oh, I see," said the boy, "for dinner, I guess." - -"No," replied the Indian girl, looking up into his face, "Bah make so -pretty doll from corn ear. Will dress in blanket and beads. You ever -see little girl's doll?" - -She looked so intent and innocent that the boy could not scoff at what -would have been, among members of his own group at home, a subject -entirely forbidden in the presence of growing gentlemen. Dolls! What -interest had he in dolls! But as he looked into the upturned face of -the little brown maiden, he suddenly realized that she had never heard -of a boy's dislike for dolls; in fact, she had probably never before -met a white boy nor seen a white doll. - -"Oh, yes, plenty of 'em," answered the white boy, "but never made of an -ear of corn--" - -Then, seeing a shadow pass over her face he resumed gallantly, "But it -ought to make a peach of a doll. Maybe I could help you make it." - -Now Bah was certain that she would like the white boy. She had never -before had a human playmate, and the feeling was a pleasant one. But -she remembered that her new friend was lost. - -"You no can find way home?" she asked. - -The boy laughed. - -"I guess you want to get rid of me," he said. Then, sobering, he -resumed. "Yes, really, I'm lost. Peanuts and I have been wandering all -morning. You see, we started from Tuba early and we just didn't watch -the trails, so here we are." - -"Oh, Tuba," said Bah, "not so very far. I show you how to go." - -"But first I'll help you fix up a corn doll," said the boy. "We'll -first have to find a good fat corn ear. Nice fat dolls are the best, -don't you think so?" - -As he talked he began looking through the cornstalks, and Bah watched -him. He finally found what he considered to be an ideal ear, and -together the two children made it into a doll, black bead eyes, -cornsilk hair, blanket, and all. - -"I have just the name for her," said the boy. "We'll call her -'Cornelia!' Shall we?" - -Bah nodded happily. The name was a new one to her and she did not catch -its meaning in relation to her beautiful new doll, but it pleased her -nevertheless. In fact, everything about the boy pleased her, and she -was sorry when at last he said: - -[Illustration: BAH AND CORNELIA] - -"It must be getting late. You'd better tell me how to get home. Mother -will wonder what happened." - -Bah pointed out directions and the boy, thanking her, held out his hand -and said: "You never even asked my name. Don't you want to know?" - -Bah drooped her head shyly as she replied: "Indian never ask name. Very -bad manner." - -The white boy's eyes opened wide. - -"That's funny," he said. "Then how do you get to know people's names?" - -"When one people like other people, they tell name. No ask," said Bah -seriously. - -"Oh, then I'll tell you quick 'cause I like you. My name's Billy." - -Bah did not reply, but stood watching Billy as he swung himself onto -his pony. Then, when he was seated and smiled down at her, she smiled -up sweetly and said: - -"We have cow named Billy." - -[Illustration: BILLY] - - - - -CHAPTER II - -SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS - - -For days Bah's chief delight was her new corn ear doll. She kept it -with her constantly. It went to bed with her, sat at meals with her, -and watched the daily weaving lesson. - -But one day a terrible thing happened. She was sitting by her mother's -side outside the hogan, her little fingers flying through the strings -of her loom, and one eye watching Mother's more experienced fingers as -they made a beautiful new pattern. - -Cornelia had been carefully dressed in her blanket, her beads hung -about her neck and fondly kissed by her devoted parent, and was now -lying at Bah's feet while the little girl worked hard at her lesson. - -[Illustration: THE WEAVING LESSON] - -"Pull your wool tighter, Bah," said Mother, in Navajo. - -Bah's fingers and tongue worked together. Children's tongues have a -habit of moving with whatever else is in motion. - -And as Bah worked, some sheep came wandering in from the field. They -were tame sheep and often nosed about the hogan for a bit of human -company or food, as the case might be, and this morning I fear the -reason was food. - -Father sheep was very large and therefore hungrier than the rest. His -hunger made him bold. But Bah was a particular friend of his, and I -doubt whether even his appetite could have driven him to do what he did -that morning, had he been able to guess the great sorrow he was to -cause. - -"You have left out a stitch, my child, and there will be a hole in the -work." - -Bah's fingers stopped and so did her tongue. - -"Oh dear, must I do that all over again, Mother?" she asked. - -"If you wish to weave perfectly so that you may some day sell your -work, then you must learn to rip and go over many times." - -Ripping is deadly work, as everyone who has ever ripped knows. And Bah -was not as interested in ripping as she had been in making her pattern. -So her thoughts naturally turned to her precious Cornelia lying at her -feet. - -Her eyes turned at the same time, and horror upon horrors, what did -she see? The big black sheep was there chewing contentedly, but -Cornelia was gone. The little blanket was there--so were the beads and -some of the cornsilk hair. But Cornelia was gone. The sheep went on -chewing and couldn't understand why Bah did not caress him as usual. - -"Bah, do pay attention to your work!" - -Mother was annoyed. Bah turned around and Mother saw a very sad sight. -She saw before her another mother--a stricken little mother whose child -had just provided a meal for a hungry animal. She rocked an empty -blanket back and forth, and the tears were beginning to gather. Mother -understood what had happened, and now her voice sounded soft and kind. - -[Illustration: "GO AWAY, MR. SHEEP!"] - -"Poor Bah! Your doll is gone!" - -The little girl was crying as she continued to hug the empty blanket. - -"Do not cry, my little one," said Mother. "Are there not many more corn -ears in the field?" - -"Yes, my Mother," sobbed the child, "but no more Cornelias!" - -And that was final. Never again could Bah go back to the cornfield. -Never again! How could Mother even have suggested such a thing! Didn't -she know that Cornelia, since the day of her birth, had been different -from all other ears of corn? - -Why, Cornelia was a doll--she and Billy had decided that--and the rest -were vegetables! Oh, didn't Mother understand? Perhaps Mother did, for -her next remark showed it. - -"One day, Bah, when I went to the Trading Post near Tuba I saw a most -beautiful doll. She was an Indian baby--a papoose--and she was strapped -upon the prettiest little laced baby cradle you ever saw. She was -dressed in a bright blanket and she had real hair and such lovely beads -around her neck." - -A smile was trying to chase away the tears on the face of the little -mother as she listened to her own mother's recital of something too -wonderful to imagine. She said sorrowfully: "Some white child will buy -her, and how happy she will be. Ah, how I should like to have her." - -Mother said: "And so you shall, if you will work to have her." - -Bah's eyes asked the question: "How?" and her mother went on: "You -know, Bah, that Mother sells or trades blankets, and that Father sells -or trades his beautiful silver and matrix jewelry to the Trading Post. -We do this so that we may have, in return, things which we want and -need. Now, you want and need a little doll. Why not sell your work? Bah -must weave a little blanket and take it to the store where they will -perhaps trade with you for the papoose doll." - -"Do you really think they will, Ma Shima?" asked Bah as if she could -hardly believe it, and she wiped away her tears. - -[Illustration: HOW BAH LONGED FOR THE PAPOOSE DOLL!] - -"Yes, I do," answered Mother. "But your blanket must be well made and -of a pretty pattern--else they will not take it, for they, in turn, -must sell it to the tourists." - -"Then I shall make the most beautiful blanket which has ever been -made," laughed Bah, now thoroughly interested in her new task with its -wonderful object. - -She worked all through the morning on her little blanket, with happy -thoughts of a real-haired Indian doll flying through her mind as her -fingers flew through her work. It was not until she heard Mother -grinding the corn for lunch that she looked up, and not until then that -she thought again of the morning's sorrow. But then she did think of -it, and her parents wondered why she could not eat her corn bread. - - - - -CHAPTER III - -AT THE TRADING POST - - -Billy's mother and father had come to Arizona for a special reason. -Billy's father was a writer, and he had come for information on the -Navajo Indians for a new book he was writing. Every day he would go to -the Indian villages, sit among the big chiefs and medicine men (who are -the wise ones among the Indians and are supposed to work charms which -cure the sick) and he would jot down in his notebook many things which -they told him. - -Billy went with his father the first few days, but he didn't care much -for the way they sat around and did nothing but talk. Billy was a very -active boy and he soon grew tired of listening to the droning voices of -the Indian men, and the scratching of Father's pencil. At last he told -Father how it was, and Father laughed. - -"I thought you were going to write, too, Billy," he said. "You'll never -find out about the Indians if you don't take the trouble to listen--and -then you'll never win that composition contest you've been dreaming -about." - -It was true that Billy, since he had left New York, had dreamed of -nothing else but the composition contest. Many of his friends at home -were already struggling with their compositions, for the prize was -worth striving for--a wonderful radio set, the very latest model. - -[Illustration: "I TRADE MY BLANKET FOR PAPOOSE DOLL!"] - -And how the others had envied him, for he was to go to Arizona and -live among the Indians where he would be sure to learn so much of -interest and send in a true account of the lives of American Indians. -The contest was open to any composition dealing with children of any -particular race or country, and was to reveal their habits and customs. - -"Oh! You'll win it easily, Bill," his chum had said. "Indians are such -interesting people, and you'll find out all about them if you stick to -your dad." - -And Billy had been fired with ambition, when he had left, and when he -had first arrived. But the novelty of the idea was gradually wearing -off and he seemed to like far more to gallop over the country on his -pony, Peanuts, than to glean knowledge. Especially since his meeting -with Bah did he look forward each morning to his ride. And each day he -tried to find the Indian girl and went many times to the cornfield. But -she was never there and, try as he might, Billy could not find her -village. - -Father did not wait for Billy to answer him, but said: "Well, old man, -I can see the radio set gradually taking wings and broadcasting itself! -You'll never win it this way, you know--and you'd have a good chance, -too, if you'd come along and listen to some of the old fellows I'm -chumming with each day." - -"Oh, I'll come along tomorrow, Dad," said Billy carelessly. "Today I'm -going to the Trading Post and see the Indian stuff there." - -"Well, do as you like, Son," said his father, "but don't be annoyed if -you don't win the contest." - -"I'll write something yet, Dad, you'll see." - -Peanuts and Billy found themselves at the Trading Post in the heat of -the day. Billy tied the pony in the shade and went into the store. It -was filled with a mixed assortment of objects. On one side of the room -were groceries, pots and pans, cigarettes, in fact a little bit of -everything necessary for housekeeping. On the other side were the -Indian curios--silver and matrix jewelry, beautifully fashioned with -blue stones set in, handsome Navajo blankets hanging on the wall, -pottery of all kinds, and beads, beads, beads. - -Billy wandered about the store and he thought of his mother, and how -she would like something to take home as a souvenir. The beads looked -hopeful, as he could carry them, while a pottery jar or blanket would -be big and heavy. Taking from his pocket his two dollars and some few -cents, he selected the string of beads which looked most likely. - -One string in particular very much pleased him. It was delicately made, -but looked simple enough to be within reach of his two dollars. The -shop-keeper was chewing tobacco in the corner. He was a white man made -brown by the Arizona sun and wind. - -"How much is this string?" asked Billy, holding it up for the man to -see. - -"That one's fifty dollars!" - -"Fifty what?" asked Billy, dazed. - -"Fifty dollars, Son," repeated the man, "and that's one of the -cheapest." - -"Gee whiz," sighed Billy. "I'm out with my two an' a quarter!" - -"Yes," smiled the man. "No one knows how much work the Injuns put into -that stuff. It's all handmade, and their tools ain't so good either, so -it takes 'em a long time. But they sure know how to make 'em." - -"You bet they do," said Billy--and just then his eye fell on a doll, a -papoose it was, with a blanket and a string of beads. He thought of -Cornelia and smiled to himself. How Bah would open her eyes if she -could see this one! - -As he was thinking about her, he suddenly decided to try once more to -find her. Maybe this storekeeper knew where the village was. He -asked--the storekeeper knew of several not far away. - -"The Indians come in every day with things to trade. It's funny how -they like plain stuff like beans and salt and will trade beautiful -jewelry and blankets for just plain sacks of food. But we try and -treat 'em fair. It would be easy though to cheat 'em. They don't know -how valuable their stuff is." - -"But you don't!" said Billy. - -"No, we don't. Indians are honest, and white men should treat 'em -honestly!" - -"That's right," said Billy, thinking of the only Indian he ever knew, -and deciding to be off in search of her home. - -As he stepped out of the door he saw a small figure trudging along -towards the Trading Post with what looked like a small blanket thrown -over her arm. As she came closer he recognized Bah and ran to meet -her. - -"Gee, I'm glad to see you, Bah," he cried. "Do you know I've been -looking for you ever since the day we made Cornelia. Do you remember?" - -Bah was smiling happily, but upon mention of that name her face fell. - -"Why, what's the matter, Bah? Wasn't she a good doll?" - -"Cornelia ate up!" said Bah, slowly. - -"Ate up what?" asked Billy. - -"Sheep--big one--" - -"Gee, what an appetite she must have had!" laughed Billy. But seeing -that his friend was taking the conversation seriously he stopped -laughing and asked: "What do you mean?" - -"Big sheep come--very hungry. Eat up Cornelia!" - -"Aw, that is too bad!" said Billy. - -But now it was Bah's turn to smile. She held out her blanket and said: -"You see Bah's blanket. Bah come to trade blanket for doll in Trading -Post. So pretty doll, Ma Shima said!" - -Billy remembered the papoose doll and was delighted to think that it -would really belong to his friend. - -"That's great," he said. "May I go along with you while you trade? I -never saw anyone trade and I'd like to watch you." - -"Me never trade before," said the Indian girl softly, and it seemed to -Billy that her voice trembled. - -"Poor little kid," he said to himself. "She's scared stiff!" - -He went into the store with Bah and watched her as she walked up to the -man in the corner and handed him the blanket. Then she pointed to the -doll--but she said nothing. The man took the blanket and examined it. -He knew immediately what she wanted. - -He understood Indians. And as he looked at the blanket a smile passed -over his face, and Billy noticed for the first time that the blanket -was far from perfect. - -There was a hole in it, and some of the threads were sticking out. Oh, -it was not a very well made blanket when one compared it with the works -of art hanging on the wall. - -As the man smiled to himself Billy's anger rose. Wasn't she only a -little girl? How could they expect her to weave as well as the women -did? It was wonderful that she could do that well! Why, he didn't know -a girl at home who could even start to weave a blanket like that. He -felt his fists clenching together as he watched the man's face. At last -the man spoke. He spoke only two words as he handed Bah her blanket. - -"No trade." - -The Indian girl looked at him for a moment, and Billy saw two small -lakes in her eyes. She did not wait for them to overflow, but ran out -of the store, holding her little blanket tight. - -Billy came to himself after she had flown through the door, and made a -start as though to follow her. But he stopped and turned. - -[Illustration: "PRETTY PAPOOSE DOLL."] - -"How much is that doll, mister?" he asked abruptly. - -"That doll's two an' a half, Son." - -"Well, I'll give you two twenty-five for her, an' that's all," said a -voice that Billy could hardly believe was his own, so big and manly did -it sound. - -The man looked at him for a moment and then evidently seeing something -he liked in the boy's eyes, said: - -"All right, sonny. It's yours. And you can bet that Indian kid will -never forget you!" - -Without another word the boy paid his money, took the doll which the -man wrapped for him, and departed. - -Outside the Post, when Billy mounted his pony, his thought was, -naturally, to go to Bah and deliver the doll. The distress which he had -seen in the eyes of his little friend made him realize just what a -disappointment she had had. - -But, alas, Billy knew no more of Bah's whereabouts than he had known -before seeing her at the Trading Post. The man had said that there were -three or four small Indian villages nearby, but the question was in -which one did Bah live? He jumped down again from his pony and ran into -the store: "Say, Mister, do you know where that little girl lives?" he -asked. - -"No," came the answer. "I never saw her before. The old folks seldom -bring their kids when they come to trade. Anyway not into the Post. -They leave 'em outside most times to watch the burro." - -So a period of searching began for Billy. That day he visited one of -the villages. He looked at each hogan for Bah, and asked the Indians he -met, but she did not live there. They all shook their heads and grunted -when he asked: - -"Bah, little girl, live here?" - -It was very discouraging because he couldn't tell whether they had even -understood him. It grew late and he had to hurry home for fear of -worrying his parents. - -The next day he started out early, determined to try the other -villages, and he left a puzzled father, who remarked to his wife as the -boy disappeared on a fast gallop: - -[Illustration: BILLY RIDING THROUGH THE INDIAN VILLAGE] - -"Bill isn't taking the interest in the Indians I had hoped he would." - -But Mother smiled wisely. - -"He's getting brown and strong, though," she answered, "and that's -better." - - - - -CHAPTER IV - -THE PRAYER STICK - - -Bah was making a prayer stick. The prayer stick is an old custom among -the Indians, and every Indian child knows about it. But Bah had never -wanted anything badly enough to try the charm. Now, it was the only -thing left for her to do. - -She took the branch of a tree, a straight branch which she cleaned, and -then she took the feather of an eagle. She tied the feather to the end -of the stick with a bit of wool from her loom. She wrapped the wool -around and around, and when the feather was secure in place she made a -hole in the ground and put the other end of the stick into the hole. -The stick stood up straight and the feather on top of it waved slightly -in the breeze. - -[Illustration: THE PRAYER STICK] - -Bah stood over her handiwork, raised her two arms skyward and prayed: -"Oh, Prayer Stick," she chanted in Navajo, "please take my prayer to -the sky on this eagle's feather! My prayer is for a doll!" - -Now, you may think that Bah was idol-worshipping--that she didn't know -better than to pray to a stick and a feather! But this was not the -case. She knew very well that it was the Great Father who saw and heard -all, but her ancestors had all used the eagle feather to convey to the -Great Father their prayers and to tell Him their needs. - -It was only a method of reaching her God. When her people wanted the -rain to fall they danced the great Eagle Dance for rain, and the Great -Father saw and understood. This prayer of Bah's was only her way of -asking what you would no doubt ask with your eyes closed and your hands -folded together. - -She did not know that she was being watched. As she started her prayer, -Billy had approached the hogan. His first thought had been to call to -her, but somehow he had felt that what she was doing was not to be -interrupted, so he stopped. - -It was not his intention to listen secretly to something he had no -right to hear. But as he stopped, she prayed so loudly that he could -not help hearing and, anyway, she did not seem to care for she went on -and on, regardless of the fact that she was out in broad daylight, in -front of her hogan, and anyone might pass before her door. - -The prayer was repeated, and it was not until she had recited it many -times that she lowered her arms and with them her gaze from the -heavens, and beheld the white boy standing a few yards away. He stood -holding his pony's bridle with one hand, and the other hand was behind -his back. He looked at her questioningly and then at the Prayer Stick, -whose feather was waving back and forth. Bah smiled and said: "I make -this prayer stick to pray for doll." - -[Illustration: "THEN BAH GIVE IT TO YOU."] - -It was hard for the boy to grasp her meaning, for he knew so little -about the Indians and their queer customs. However, he smiled back at -her and, keeping his hand behind him, asked: "Where is the blanket you -made, Bah?" - -"You like to see?" she questioned sweetly. - -"Yes, please," said Billy. - -Bah went towards the hogan and took from a nail the blanket she had -failed to sell. It was hanging on the outside wall of the hogan, a -proof that it was appreciated here if not at the Trading Post. Bah -brought it over and held it up for Billy to see. - -"You like?" she asked innocently, cocking her head on one side like a -little sparrow. - -"I like very much, Bah," answered Billy eagerly. "I like to--" - -Bah did not allow him to finish his sentence, but, starting to drape -the blanket about his shoulders, she smilingly said: "Then Bah give to -you!" - -The boy stood amazed while the little Indian girl patted the blanket -into place on his shoulders. She was giving him the blanket which she -had tried so hard to trade. It was really spoiling everything for him. -He had hoped to make quite a dramatic scene out of the trade, and the -doll was to be a genuine surprise. Now it looked as though Bah had -forgotten the doll and even the blanket, for she gave it up so easily -and was standing in front of him smiling sweetly. - -"I'll trade you something for the blanket, Bah," he began. - -"Oh, no--Bah give--no trade!" - -It was settled. Billy could see that by the look in her eyes. He -brought forth his package. - -"Then Billy will give Bah this," he exclaimed, holding out the bundle -to her. Solemnly Bah looked into his face. Her eyes seemed to ask many -questions but she said nothing. Billy understood. He tore the string, -undid the package, and the girl's eyes never left his face. It was as -though she had guessed what was there. She looked down and beheld in -his hands--the doll! - -Her mouth opened and she formed only the word "Oh"--Billy put the -papoose doll into her arms. Slowly and solemnly she kissed it. Then, -turning quickly she ran to her mother who was weaving in the -accustomed place-- - -"Ma Shima, oh, Ma Shima! The papoose doll! She is mine. The Great -Father has sent her!" - -[Illustration: "AND BILLY GIVE BAH THIS."] - -It was all in Navajo and Billy did not understand. He watched her as -she sat down beside her mother and held up her new treasure. He heard -her mother emit sounds, though he could hardly see her lips moving. Had -he been able to understand Navajo he would have heard some very sweet -and happy words. - -Then Bah's mother looked over at Billy. She beckoned him to come and he -came. Her black, beady eyes followed him until he stood before her. He -did not know what to think of the smile she gave him. Was it friendly, -or was she mocking him? - -Billy had never before met an Indian woman, and he was puzzled by the -black eyes so deep and mysterious. Billy found himself staring, and -was suddenly aware of himself standing before a lady with his hat on. -He doffed his sombrero and in doing so he smiled. Bah's mother smiled -back, and said in a musical voice, "Sit down." - -[Illustration: BAH AND THE PAPOOSE DOLL] - -He sat beside her. Bah was on her other side, absorbed in her doll. -Billy smiled into the face of the Indian woman and she put her arm -about him and said: - -"White boy good friend to Indian!" - -[Illustration: "WHITE BOY GOOD FRIEND TO INDIAN!"] - - - - -CHAPTER V - -AT BAH'S HOGAN - - -"Why do you call her 'Bah?' Is it because she watches the sheep?" - -Billy was asking many questions of Bah's mother and he found her -anxious and ready to answer him. She had already told him her name, -which showed that she liked him, and Billy was pleased. He wanted to -hear many things about this family, especially about his little friend, -Bah. - -Her mother shook her head. "No, not why. I tell you story why we call -her Bah." And this is what Bah's Mother told Billy: - -Many Indians name their babies in this way: Soon after the baby is -born, the mother straps it to the baby cradle and goes to the door of -her hogan--what she first sees as she looks out upon the world, is what -she calls her newborn. If she sees a running deer--then the baby is -called "Running Deer." If her first glance falls upon a lazy bull, -resting himself, the baby will bear the name of "Sitting Bull." - -[Illustration: WHEN BAH WAS A PAPOOSE] - -Then, there is another way of naming the Indian baby, and this is the -way Bah was named. When she was a wee papoose, her mother would make -the bread and set her down beside the stone oven where she could watch -from her baby cradle. As you perhaps know, the Indian baby cradle is -very plain, and simply made. It is only a board upon which the baby is -strapped until he is able to walk. The Indians have some very good -reasons for doing this. They wish to train children to be -uncomfortable and not to cry. - -Strapped as they are to this board, they are only able to move their -hands and must lie straight and stiff. This is also the reason why all -Indians are so straight. Then the Indian mother's mind is at rest, when -she can have her baby securely tied in the cradle, strapped to her -back, or if she puts him down any place she knows that he is safe. She -can hang him on the wall while she works, which was what Bah's mother -did when she made the bread. - -Now, bread in Navajo is "Bah," and this is how they make it. First, -they take some corn and put it into a hollow stone. With another stone -they smash the corn until it is fine. They then mix it with water, -knead it and flatten it into small flat cakes which look like pancakes. -It then goes into the big stone oven, which is always out of doors, and -when it is cooked it is taken out and placed on a cool stone. - -At this point Bah, who you see was at that time only a papoose, would -cry and reach out her little hands for some "Bah". As soon as Mother -would put a crisp piece into her little hand she would stop crying and -chew on it contentedly. So they called her "Bah" because she cried for -bread. - -"So your name is 'Bread!' That's a nice name. And I'm so hungry that I -could eat you now!" said Billy, rising to his feet and making a -pretense at biting. - -[Illustration: BAH GETS HER NAME] - -Bah laughed and hid her face behind the new doll. Mother chuckled to -herself, as Indians do when they are amused. Then she said: "I make -some real 'Bah' for you." - -"Oh, that would be fine!" said the boy. - -Then, realizing that he had practically asked for it, he hung his head -and added: "But don't do it if it's too much trouble." - -The remark seemed to amuse the Indian woman, for she chuckled again as -she arose, but she did not answer him. Instead, she began to prepare -for the making of the bread. - -Billy watched the process with great interest, and ate with even more -interest when it was finished. The Bah was delicious, he thought. - -It tasted like--no, it didn't taste like anything Billy had ever eaten -before. - -After having done justice to the new food, the boy was shown in and -about the hogan by his little friend. She took him to her "play hogan." -It was made for her by her father and was just like the one they lived -in, except that it was only large enough for one child to fit into. - -"We could have lots of fun here, Bah. I'd like to come again and play -with you. May I?" Billy asked. - -"Yes, come much," answered Bah happily. - -"And we'll play that I'm an Indian Chief and you are the Indian Mother, -and the doll--oh, we haven't named the doll yet, have we?" said Billy. - -"No, doll no name yet," said Bah. - -"Well, let's see, how shall we do it?" Billy mused. "Suppose you come -out of your play hogan and look around. The first thing you see will be -what we'll name her." - -"Yes, I do," said Bah--and obediently she entered the small hogan. - -"Now come out, but close your eyes," called Billy. - -Out came the little girl, holding her papoose doll. She stood, with -closed eyes, in the door of her hogan, and waited for further -instructions. - -"Open your eyes!" called the boy, "and tell me what you see!" - -Bah's eyes opened slowly, dramatically. Her head was raised and as she -looked she saw a bluebird in a tree. Billy followed her gaze and saw -what she did. - -[Illustration: NAMING THE PAPOOSE DOLL] - -"How lucky!" thought he, "Now the child will have a beautiful name!" - -But Bah looked down at her baby and smilingly said: "Bah name you -'Doli'." - -Billy was horribly disappointed. "Oh, listen, Bah. Don't do that! Why -every girl calls a doll 'dolly.' That's common--name her 'Bluebird.' -You saw one, didn't you?" - -Bah was still smiling as she said: "Yes, I see and I name papoose -'Bluebird' in Navajo--that is 'Doli'." - -A grin spread from one of Billy's ears to the other. "That's the time -you fooled me!" said he. - -They were laughing over Bah's joke when they saw some one coming -towards them. "My father come home," cried Bah, and ran to meet him. - -As he came nearer Billy saw that he was very tall and very straight. -He wore white trousers tied below the knees with red ribbons, a sash -about his waist, and many beads hanging from his neck. His hair was -long and tied in the back, much the same as Bah's, with a white cloth. - -He came over and held out his hand to Billy. He said: "I hear you good -to little Bah. Me Bah's father." - -Billy was thrilled to shake the hand of such a fine big Indian, and to -find that he was treating him as a friend. - -"He Big Chief," said Bah proudly. - -"Oh, are you a Big Chief?" asked the boy. A thought began to flicker -through his mind. He would surprise his father--his father who was -hobnobbing daily with Big Chiefs and Medicine Men, and who thought -Billy was wasting his time. - -He wouldn't say a word to Father, but he'd begin tonight and he'd write -a story, all about Bah, her mother and her father, the Big Chief. He'd -come back again tomorrow and learn more from them, for hadn't Bah said -"Come much"--which meant he was welcome. - -"Well, I have had such a good time with Bah--Mr.-a-a" - -"My name 'Fighting Bull,'" said the brave (as Indian men are called). - -"I know why you're called Fighting Bull," said Billy, sagely. "One time -when you were little your Mother must have seen a bull fight!" - - - - -CHAPTER VI - -BILLY STARTS HIS STORY - - -The next morning found Billy fully dressed and ready to leave before -his parents were even awake. He could hardly wait for them to be astir -and as soon as he heard his mother's step in her room he knocked at the -door. Mother opened it and stood amazed. - -"Why, Billy--at this hour! What do you mean?" - -"I'm going out, Mother, and I didn't want to leave before you were -awake." - -"But, dear, you can't go so early, and without your breakfast." - -"Oh, that's all right. Peanuts and I will go to the Trading Post and -get breakfast. You see, Mother, I have to--" - -Just then there came a growl from within the room. It came from Father. - -"What is the commotion? And at such an hour! Billy, what's the -excitement?" - -"Nothing, Father--only it's such a fine morning and I want a ride." - -"Let him go, Mother. He is only keeping me from my hard-earned rest. -When one works one needs sleep. Billy will never need it!" - -Billy was sharp enough to understand his father's words and, smiling -shrewdly to himself, he clutched a paper which reposed in his pocket, -but he only called out, "Goodby, Father." - -His mother kissed him with the parting words: "Do be careful, Billy, -and don't go too far." - -"No further than usual, Mother," answered Billy. - -And then, afraid that Mother might ask something, he ran off, waving -his hand and sighing a deep sigh of relief. - -Billy had spent some restless hours during the night, thinking about -the story he was to write. As he was only a little boy and couldn't -write very well, and as this was his very first story, he was a little -bit afraid of the results. - -But the determination to surprise Father and Mother had grown within -him ever since the idea had come to him yesterday at Bah's home. Father -thought Billy couldn't do it! Well, he'd show him! He'd listen while -Mrs. Fighting Bull told him things, and hadn't he already learned lots -about them? - -[Illustration: BAH'S MOTHER WEAVING NAVAJO BLANKET] - -In fact, he'd started his story! He'd started it with a poem (at least -he thought it a poem) and that is what he clutched in his pocket when -Father chided him. He was going to show it to Bah and her mother. - -He was going to ask them what they thought of it and he was going to -tell them all about the contest, and how he'd planned to win the radio -without telling his parents! - -How astonished they'd be, and how Father would stare when he saw the -radio arrive with his son's name engraved thereon-- - -"Winner of Composition Contest." - -His dreams accompanied Billy all the way to the Trading Post. There he -had a hurried breakfast of milk and crackers, allowed Peanuts to graze -a bit in the clover, and after buying some funny chocolates in the -forms of objects, animals, birds and fishes which he thought would -amuse Bah, he was off in search of his new-made friends--and -information. - -[Illustration: BAH'S FATHER STRETCHING A SKIN] - -Upon arriving at the hogan he found Bah's mother already seated at her -loom. Fighting Bull was stretching a goat's skin outside the hogan -door. - -After greeting the Indians, Billy looked around for Bah. She was -nowhere to be seen. - -"Where's Bah?" he asked of her mother. The woman shook her head, the -usual amused smile playing over her features. "Not here." - -The Indians had not seemed particularly pleased to see him, he thought, -and his heart was beginning to sink. But then Bah's mother pointed -towards the play hogan. "Over there. She play mother and papoose. -See?" - -With these words, Mrs. Fighting Bull laughed out loud, a sort of -chuckle it was, but nevertheless she did laugh, and Billy felt -reassured. He looked and saw Bah. - -She was emerging from her play hogan, and there was something on her -back. He couldn't tell what it was, but as she approached he saw that -it was a large board with a blanket strapped around it. Something was -in the blanket, and that something was heavy, too, for Bah was -obviously weighted down. - -"What's that?" asked Billy, puzzled. - -"That my papoose," laughed Bah, and turning her back towards Billy he -saw, strapped cozily to the papoose cradle, a baby sheep! It was -bleating, "Baa, Baa--" - -[Illustration: BAH'S PAPOOSE] - -"He knows your name," laughed Billy, stroking the small woolly head. - -Bah sat down with her burden on her back and Billy sat beside her. The -Indian mother continued to smile to herself as she went on weaving. - -"Me glad you come," said Bah, smiling her friendly smile. - -"Are you?" questioned Billy. "I couldn't wait to get here. You know, -I've started to write a story--a real story like Father writes. It's -going to be all about you!" - -"Me?" the little girl pointed to herself. She realized that this was -something important, for the white boy was excited and although the -affair was very vague to her, she mustered up the enthusiasm necessary. - -"I've written a poem to start it with. Want to hear it?" - -"Oh, yes," Bah's eyes grew big. Just what a poem was didn't matter. It -was important to know that Billy had written one. So he read-- - - "Bah, Bah Indian girl, - Have you any bread? - Yes sir, yes sir, - That's what I was fed. - When I was a papoose - I cried to my ma, - So she gave me bread, - And now my name is 'Bah'!" - -There was a loud explosion from the corner where Mrs. Fighting Bull was -weaving. Billy's face grew red. Mrs. Fighting Bull was laughing at him. -Oh, now he knew he must have done something wrong! - -The Indian woman composed herself and beckoning the boy over, she -said: "You write good words. Tell me more." - -Billy had a great deal to learn about Indians; he was beginning to -realize that. Evidently Bah's mother was kindly disposed towards him -but she had a queer way of laughing at everything, which was hard for -Billy to understand. - -Still, he thought, it was better to laugh at everything than to be -cross and angry. Mrs. Fighting Bull was a jolly woman, that was all, -and Billy moved up close to her and smiled up into her face. - -"Gee, I'm glad you like it. I thought, when you laughed, you were -making fun of me. You see, I never wrote anything before, and this -story has just got to be good, because----" - -And then he told Bah and her mother of his desire to win the contest -and the prize attached to it. - -"You like I tell you more?" asked the Indian woman. - -"That's just what I'd like to have you do, if you would," answered the -boy writer. - -"Well, I tell you." - -With no more ado, Mrs. Fighting Bull started talking as Billy sat and -listened to her words. - - - - -CHAPTER VII - -ALL ABOUT THE INDIANS - - -The Navajo Indians live in hogans. That, you already have heard--and -you know what a hogan looks like. But all Indian tribes do not use the -same kind of dwelling places. - -The Pueblo, Hopi and other peaceful tribes live in what are called -pueblos. They are houses built of adobe and they are built to resemble -a child's stone blocks when he has piled one on top of the other. To -reach the top of a pueblo one must climb the ladders which are set up -against the outside of the building. - -The Pueblo villages are different from the Navajo villages. They are -composed of long rows of these pinkish adobe block houses, and the -Indian tribes who live therein are, as I have said, peaceful. - -Can you imagine why, being as they are of a peaceful nature, these -tribes build as they do? It is so that they can be protected from -warlike tribes, in their many storied houses. Then, too, the tribes -which build pueblos do not wander, as the warlike tribes do. The -pueblos are stationary, and they are built to be permanent homes. They -are built, mainly, by the women and children, who do all the manual -work--while the men often sit at home weaving garments and knitting -stockings. - -[Illustration: THE PIPE OF PEACE] - -The tepees are the abode of warlike Indians, such as the Sioux, -Apaches, etc. They wander and so they build temporary dwellings which, -at a moment's notice, may be transported quickly and easily from one -location to another. - -In the East there are other Indian tribes, and also in Canada. Then, in -Mexico, the Indians build straw huts. - -There are hundreds of tribes of Indians and each tribe has a different -language. That is why the sign language came into existence. It is used -when a member of one tribe meets a member of another tribe. They cannot -understand each other's language, so they talk with their hands. - -When the Indian chiefs gather they smoke the pipe of peace. This is -usually done to celebrate some victory, or upon the occasion of a visit -from a member of another tribe. - -The men sit around a fire in a circle and pass the long pipe from one -to the other. As each man receives it he utters a sound or nods his -head, proceeds to take a puff, and passes it to his neighbor. It is all -done silently and quietly, but there is a wealth of meaning in this -very solemn performance. - -[Illustration: THE FIRE MAKER] - -The Indians, in older days, made fire entirely by friction. By the -rubbing together of two pieces of wood, most of the tribes caused fire -to appear--but some had elaborate devices made of wood and string. The -Navajos used a thin pole which they twirled around by using a string -tied to a stick. - -Today, the Indians use matches just as we do, but most families still -keep their fire-makers. - -The Navajos do not use feathers and do not make chiefs by crowning -them. But many of the other tribes create their chiefs by placing the -crown of tall feathers, which you have often seen in pictures, upon the -head of the "brave," and saying "I make you 'Big Chief Flying Eagle,'" -or whatever the name may be. - -[Illustration: CROWNING A BIG CHIEF] - -The eagle is much venerated by the Indians. We have seen how Bah used a -prayer stick made of an eagle feather. - -In the Eagle Dance, the dancer paints his body red, black and white, -and wears a dance skirt and bonnet of eagle feathers. - -The dance is performed as a ceremonial, mostly as a plea for rain. The -dancers imitate almost every movement of the great eagle. They soar, -they hover as an eagle would hover over the fields. They spread their -wings and move about in a great circle. - -This and the Sun Dance are the two most important and interesting -dances of the Indians; the Sun Dance is performed in the spring, -celebrating the return of the growing season, and the growth of the -corn. - -"Oh, I hope I can remember all that," sighed Billy, when Mrs. Fighting -Bull finished talking. - -She turned to her weaving without answering him, and he turned to Bah, -saying: "Come, Bah! Let us play over at your hogan and you pretend to -make me a Big Chief!" - -"Yes, come," said Bah, rising. - -They started over to their play house. From out the play hogan Bah -pulled forth some Navajo blankets and then they both set to work to -make a feather crown. Having no feathers (the Navajos not using them) -they made their crown of branches. - -It was a large and weighty object when they finished with it and Billy -was, indeed, a queer sight when Bah placed it upon his head. The big -blanket was wrapped about him, and from beneath the crown peered his -freckled face. With all due ceremony Bah raised her eyes to heaven and -chanted: "I make you Big Chief Spots-In-The-Face!" - -It was a very serious moment for them. Billy had become a chief, and -his next move was to propose the smoking of the pipe of peace. From his -pocket Billy pulled a chocolate pipe. It was done up in silver paper. -Bah was impressed as he carefully unwrapped and handed it to her. - -"You smoke first," he said. - -She took it in her hands and putting it to her mouth pretended to draw -in the smoke. She handed it to Billy, but he proceeded to bite out a -piece, much to the astonishment of his playmate, who stared at him in -wonderment. - -[Illustration: BAH AND BILLY SMOKE THE PIPE OF PEACE] - -"You do that, too, Bah, it's good," Billy mumbled with his mouth full. - -Bah shrank back. "No, me no eat pipe, me smoke!" - -Billy couldn't help laughing. - -"Oh, but this isn't a real pipe--it's chocolate!" - -Still Bah was reluctant to try. - -"Well," said Billy, digging into his pocket for the rest of the candy. -"Here's another, the same--only it's not in the shape of a pipe. Try -it." - -Bah took the candy and looked at it. - -"Fish!" she gasped and dropped it. - -"Well, what's the matter with that?" asked Billy, greatly disturbed by -her evident horror. - -"Bah no eat fish. No Navajo eat fish!" "Tell me why," said Billy, now -amused and interested. - -Bah did not answer, but pointed over to her mother. She hung her head -shyly. Billy didn't like to press her, so, dragging his blanket, and -with his crown over one ear, he stumbled over to the loom and stood -before Mrs. Fighting Bull with the query: "Why don't Navajos like -fish?" - -Mrs. Fighting Bull did not smile, for once, and replied: "Not because -no like! No eat because ancestors once turned into fish. If Navajo eat -fish, he eat ancestor!" - -Satisfied with this explanation, Billy thanked her and trotted back to -his friend. "I understand now, Bah," he said. "But you see this isn't a -real fish, it's candy! You try." - -He held it up to her, but he could see how she shrank from the thought -of eating anything that was even the shape of fish. So he picked out a -bird and gave it to her. After she had sampled the chocolate she was -delighted to finish the whole piece, and when that was eaten, she said: -"Now me smoke pipe of peace." - -"Yes," said Billy, "and this time you'll eat a piece of the pipe, won't -you?" - -He laughed loudly at his own joke, but Bah was too absorbed in her new -found game. When Billy reached for the pipe, expecting to receive it -for his turn, he saw that the little girl had put the whole pipe into -her mouth and was munching the chocolate, her cheeks puffed out and a -twinkle in her eye! Billy stared in surprise. - -"Why, Bah, you bad girl. You ate up all the pipe!" - -But they soon found another game to replace the "Peace Pipe" and played -together happily until it was time for Billy to go home. - -Before leaving he remembered that he had not thanked the Indian woman -for telling him so much of interest. He ran back to where she was -sitting, and, drawing from his pocket the chocolate candies, he offered -them to her, saying: "Thanks so much for your nice story. Won't you -have some candy?" - -She took some and smiled at him. Then she said: "Write nice story about -Indians. All white men no think Indians good." - -Billy was puzzled for a moment to know what she meant. Then it dawned -upon him that the Indians were often spoken of as cruel and savage. -Well, he'd "tell the world" in his story that this family was kind and -civilized. He said: "Oh, yes, I'll say everything I think about you, -and that will be good!" - -Then, suddenly bethinking himself of a word he'd once heard, he asked: -"Isn't an Indian woman called a 'Squaw'?" - -Bah's mother shook her head and a slight frown--the first Billy had -seen--appeared between her eyes. - -[Illustration: THE "SQUAWKER"] - -"No. Indian woman no like to be called Squaw! Not very nice! In -reservation she fight when man call that!" - -"Well, I'll remember and never use the word 'Squaw' again," promised -Billy. - -Just then an Indian mother appeared in the doorway of her hogan. The -papoose upon her back was crying loudly, and Billy looked roguishly at -Mrs. Fighting Bull and asked: "Is the baby called a 'Squawker'?" - - - - -CHAPTER VIII - -WHO WINS THE RADIO? - - -For many days Billy worked diligently at his composition. He took care -to do his writing away from home, as he cherished the thought of -surprising Mother and Father. - -Then, too, he had conceived another idea. It happened to pop into his -head one evening when he was returning from Bah's home. It was such a -good idea that he wondered he hadn't thought of it before. - -And so, as I have said, he worked, and no one but Peanuts knew what he -was doing, and Peanuts was sworn to secrecy. As he would prepare to -leave his secluded spot out on the prairie where he did his writing, -Billy would say to Peanuts: "Now, we'll never say a word! We'll keep -this to ourselves, won't we?" - -[Illustration: FOR DAYS BILLY WORKED ON HIS STORY] - -And Peanuts was most agreeable. Why not? The days had been pleasure -since his master had decided to allow him to graze all day long instead -of asking him to gallop over the plains. Yes, indeed, the plan suited -Peanuts down to the ground (where, by the way, he constantly kept his -nose.) - -Billy's nose was buried in his writing and he chewed the pencil as -steadily as Peanuts chewed the dry nourishment he found. But at last -the task was over, the manuscript sent in to the magazine, and Billy -was again paying his respects to the Fighting Bull family. Peanuts was -the only regretful one when the story was finished, and sent away. -Billy sighed a sigh of relief and the first day that he put in an -appearance at the hogan, Bah squealed with joy to see him returning. - -Many happy days ensued, in which the Indian girl showed the boy new -games and ways of playing which she, little lonely one, had devised by -herself. - -Each evening Billy would come home with the same question on his lips: -"Has my magazine arrived?" - -But New York is a long way from Arizona, and it was many weeks before -the magazine, in which the winning story was to appear, at last came. - -It was one evening after Billy had had a particularly exciting day -chasing buffaloes (in the form of tame sheep) with Bah, that he came -home to find his magazine awaiting him. It had not been opened and was -lying on his little desk. It was addressed to him--and inside it -was--maybe--his story! He longed to find out, but he couldn't move his -fingers to open the wrapper. - -He suddenly grew hot all over and realized then how he longed to see -that story inside those covers. If he had been an Indian instead of a -white boy he would have made a prayer stick and prayed via the eagle -feather to the Great Father. - -The next morning Father and Mother found Billy curled up in a big chair -in the living room poring over his magazine. They could not see his -face. - -Father took up his paper, but before starting to read he remarked: -"Who's the lucky winner of the radio, Son?" - -Billy did not answer, but arose from his chair and brought the magazine -over, to Father. Father glanced at the page with a wicked smile, and -remarked: "Needless to say, it wasn't a chap named William!" - -Billy, his head drooping, left the room, and Mother felt sorry for him. -So did Father. In fact I think Father was sorry for what he had said, -as he got up and called him back. - -It was then that Billy told Father what he had done--all about it from -the first day that the idea had occurred to him until the moment when -he had, with trembling fingers, opened the magazine and found.... - -"You're a good boy, Bill," said Father, "and I've been wronging you." - -Mother was about to make a fuss over him, so, allowing her only time -enough for one kiss, he grabbed his hat. Then with the parting words, -"I'm going to see the Fighting Bulls--goodbye," he made a dash for the -door. - -"Some day maybe you'll take me, Bill," called Father after him, "I'd -like to meet the Fighting Bulls, and their calf. She must be a smart -little kid!" - -Then the parents looked at each other and Mother's eyes were just a -little bit dewy. She smiled and shook her finger at Father: "I know -another Fighting Bull," she said. - -"Yes, dear," said Father humbly, "and he has a splendid and plucky -little calf!" - -At the hogan there was much excitement. As Peanuts came galloping down -the village "street" his rider saw a most unusual sight. - -Chief Fighting Bull, his wife and small daughter were all grouped about -an object which seemed to be attracting them. So much did it attract -them that they were talking in Navajo faster and louder than Billy had -ever heard them talk. - -The boy jumped down from his pony and walked up to the family circle. -He saw that the object of their interest was a large wooden express -box, and written across it were the words: - -"Bah, The Little Indian Weaver, - Daughter of Chief Fighting Bull, - Navajo Reservation, near Tuba, Arizona." - -[Illustration: "IS IT FOR ME?"] - -"This came today," said the Chief to Billy, and Bah held up an envelope -which she clutched in her hand. - -"And see--letter to Bah." - -Billy asked: "Why don't you open it?" - -"Yes, will do," replied the girl. At the same time as Bah and Billy -were opening the letter, the Chief, aided by his wife, was opening the -large box. - -"You read letter for me, please," smiled Bah. - -Billy took the letter--but just then the box was opened and inside it -the astonished family beheld a radio! - -"What this?" asked Fighting Bull. - -Said Billy wisely: "It's a radio--you know, you can listen to music -and everything. It's lots of fun. Come on, we'll fix it up!" - -[Illustration: "WITHOUT YOU I COULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN IT."] - -With Billy's instructions the Chief set up the radio. It was a portable -set and as soon as they attached the aerial and Billy turned the dials -the sound of fine music began to float on the air. - -"Alive!" shrieked Bah, turned on her heels, and fled! - -Billy, still holding the unopened letter, ran after her. He found her -hidden in a thicket and brought her back to her parents, who stood -transfixed before the radio, which was still sending forth music. - -"Don't be afraid, Bah," said Billy. "It's not this box making the -noise. The music comes through the air from a big city!" - -The Chief and his wife were almost as impressed as Bah, but they did -not show their feelings. They could only stand and stare while Billy, -holding on to Bah with one hand for fear that she would run away -again, read the following letter: - - "Dear Little Bah: - - Your story 'The Little Indian Weaver,' written by yourself - about yourself, has won the Composition Contest. The prize, - a radio, we are sending you today. It was a great pleasure - to receive such a charming little story from a real Indian - girl. The white children who read it will, we are sure, - enjoy it, and learn a great deal from you. Thank you, and we - hope you will like the radio! - - The Children's Magazine." - -"But--but," said Bah, "I not write story!" - -Billy put his arm around her shoulders and smiling down at her said: -"No, but I sent it in your name because if it hadn't been for you and -your mother and father I never could have written it!" - -[Illustration: "I PUT INDIAN FLAG ON MY SINGING BOX."] - -As the strains of music floated through the air, attracting the sheep -from the prairie, two dreamy children sat beside the radio, which was -perched on the top of a packing box, and listened eagerly. - -[Illustration: THE WHITE CHILD LOVES HIS INDIAN FRIENDS] - -Bah had outgrown her fear of the "Singing Box" as she called the radio, -and each day she and Billy would enjoy songs and music from the -city--strange sounds, some of them, to the little Indian girl. - -But to Billy it had become a greater joy than he ever had anticipated -to watch her rapture with the new toy. - -One day he found a stick with feathers stuck on top of the radio, and -he asked her what it meant. - -"Bah put flag on Singing Box. That is Indian flag!" - -Billy never ceased learning about the Indians, their customs and their -interesting ways. - -Perhaps the Fighting Bulls also were learning. They learned what many -Indians do not know--that the white child loves his brother--the first -American. - - * * * * * - - -Transcriber's Notes - -Page 85: Possibly missing "second" before "time" in the sentence: - "That's the time you fooled me!" said he. - -Page 90: Retained "Goodby" but possibly a typo for "goodbye." - (he only called out, "Goodby, Father.") - -Page 123: Retained "poring" but possibly a typo for "pouring." - (Billy curled up in a big chair in the living room poring over his) - - - - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Little Indian Weaver, by Madeline Brandeis - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER *** - -***** This file should be named 40277-8.txt or 40277-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/2/7/40277/ - -Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Diane Monico, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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