The Red-Skin and the Bishop.
Theue is a very interesting article by Bishop W hippie, in which 1)6 de' sr-rihes his lifa among the Bed In'i-ms. Bishop Whipple tells tha fol'owing st»ry illustrative of the ; quick preceptjon of the Indinn. The I Bishop had been reproving Wabasha the head chief in the Dacotah mission for holding a nrnlp-iUnoe over ■>
murdered Oliipeway and threatening iiim with dirine vengenance on the great day of account. This Was the Indian's effective response i - Ihe old chief gtniled, drew his pipe from his m»nth, blew a cloud of smoke upward, and said : — " What man go to war with his own Ibrothor in the same country ; kill more men than Wa 1 asha can count an all his life. Great Spirit smiles ; says, ' Good white man ; he has my hook ; I love him very much : I lisive v gool place for him by-imd-by." The Indian is a wild man ; he has -v© Great Spirit book ; he kills one xnau ; has a scalp-dance ; Great Spirit is mad, and says, ' Bad Indian ; I will put him in a bad place by-and-by.' Wabasha don't believe- it."
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 July 1890, Page 2
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188The Red-Skin and the Bishop. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 July 1890, Page 2
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