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new ones; and my life was to be entirely different from that of the past。 

     Still; I was eager to see some of the wonderful inventions of the white 

people。      When   we   reached   Fort   Totten;   I   gazed   about   me   with   live…   ly 

interest and a quick imagination。 

     My     father    had   forgotten     to  tell  me    that   the   fire…boat…walks…on… 

mountains had its track at James… town; and might appear at any moment。 

As I was watering the ponies; a peculiar shrilling noise pealed forth from 

just   beyond   the   hills。   The   ponies   threw   back   their   heads   and   listened; 

then they ran snorting over the prairie。           Mean… 

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     while;   I   too   had   taken   alarm。   I   leaped   on   the   back   of   one   of   the 

ponies;   and   dashed   off   at   full   speed。   It   was   a   clear   day;   I   could   not 

imagine   what   had   caused   such   an   unearthly  noise。        It   seemed   as   if   the 

world were about to burst in two! 

     I got upon a hill as the train appeared。 〃O!〃 I said to myself; 〃that is 

the fire…boat…walks… on…mountains that I have heard about!〃 Then I drove 

back the ponies。 

     My father was accustomed every morning to read from his Bible; and 

sing a stanza of a hymn。          I was about very early with my gun for several 

mornings; but at last he stopped me as I was preparing to go out; and bade 



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me wait。 

    I   listened   with   much   astonishment。   The   hymn   contained   the   word 

Jesus。   I did not comprehend what this meant; and my father then told me 

that Jesus was the Son of God who came on earth to save sinners; and that 

it was because of him that he  had sought me。 This conversation made   a 

deep impression upon my mind。 

    Late in the fall we reached the citizen settle… ment at Flandreau; South 

Dakota; where my father and some others dwelt among the whites。                Here 

my wild life came to an end; and my school days began。 

    THE END 



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