"
"Oh, neither," returned Jack. "They simply check off the
barks with their tails. There's a National Prairie-Dog Barking
Contest going on, and they are seeing who can yelp the most in a
week. They keep count with their tails."
At the little town of Oelrichs we saw a number of Indians,
since we were again near the reservation. One little girl nine or
ten years old must have been the daughter of an important
personage, since she was dressed in most gorgeous clothes, all
covered with beads and colored porcupine-quill-work. And at last
Ollie saw an Indian wearing feathers. Three eagle feathers stuck
straight up in his hair. He was standing outside of a log house
looking in the window. By-and-by a young lady came to the door of
the house, and as we were nearer than anybody else, she motioned
us to come over.
[Illustration: Big Bear Looks Into the Educational Situation]
"I wish," she said, "that you'd please go around and ask Big
Bear to go away. He keeps looking in the window and bothering the
scholars."
We stepped around the corner, and Jack said: "See here,
neighbor Big Bear, you're impeding the cause of education.
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