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CHAPTER XI
Black Wolf's Indian Legend-Determination to EscapeBack
in the Settlements.
GREAT many years ago," said Black Wolf,
"a young chief, belonging to one of the most
powerful tribes of Arkansas, concluded that
he would visit one of the nearest white settlements,
and see some of the people of whom he had heard so
much. So he took his gun and dog, crossed the 'father
of waters' in his canoe, and travelled for many days
toward the rising of the sun, through a dense forest
that had never echoed to the sound of the white man's
axe. One day, just as the sun was setting, he came to
the top of a high hill, and four or five miles away, in
the valley below, he saw the smoke curling up from
the chimneys of the most western settlement, at that
time, east of the M1ississippi river.
"As it was too late to reach the settlement before
dark, the chief sought out the thickest part of the
woods, where he spread his blanket upon the ground,
and laid himself down upon it, with the intention of
passing the night there. He had scarcely settled himself
to rest, when he heard a 'halloo' a long way off
among the hills. Supposing that some one had got
lost in the woods, he raised himself up and shouted
as loud as he could. Again he heard the 'halloo' apparently
a little nearer, but it sounded so mournful
and wild, and so unlike the voice of any living being,
that he became alarmed, and did not shout in return.
After awhile, however, the long, mournful 'halloo-o-o'
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Duval, John C. The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter, book, 1870; [Macon, Ga.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5831/m1/65/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .