him to kill the bear was to throw the knife at it from a distance,
'cause the bear was four times as big as any bear he had ever
killed. Pa took out a handful of gold pieces and distributed them
among the Indians, and told the Carlisle Indian to explain to the
tribe that the great father had killed the bear by hypnotism, and
they all believed it except the chief, who seemed skeptical, for
he said: "Great father heap brave man like a sheep. Go play seven-
up with squaws." Poor Pa wasn't allowed to talk with the men all
day, 'cause the old chief said he was a squaw man. Pa says they
don't seem to realize that a man can be brave unless he allows
himself to be killed by a bear, but he says he will show them that
a great mind and a great head is better in the end than
foolishness. Now they want Pa to run a footrace with the young
Indians, as the record he made getting to camp ahead of the bear
is better than any time ever made on the reservation.




CHAPTER II.


Indian Chief Compels Bad Boy's Pa to Herd with the Squaws--He
Shows Them How to Make Buckwheat Cakes and Is Kept Making Them a
Week--He Talks to the Squaws About Women's Rights and They
Organize a Strike--Pa's Success in a Wolf Hunt--The Strike is Put
Down and the Indians Prepare to Burn Pa at the Stake.

Since Pa's experience in trying to kill a grizzly by making the
animal chase him and die of heart disease, the chief has made Pa