05-04-2018, 09:44 AM
News of the incident spread across the plains faster than an Oklahoma grass fire in July. The chiefs of all of the tribes in the territory gathered for a pow-wow. After days of intense discussion, they rode out to meet Trix.
They caught up with her at a watering hole west of Witchita. The horse was gathering wood for a campfire. Trix was filling a percolator with water for coffee. They heard a twig snap and looked up.
The were surrounded by a sea of war bonnets.
Trix looked at the Indians, and they at her. Nobody moved or spoke for the longest time.
Finally, Trix said, "Well? Are you gonna scalp me or what?"
The eldest of the chiefs rode forward.
"White woman's medicine make bravest warrior run like little schoolgirl," he said. "White woman become chief medicine woman of all the tribes." With that, he handed her an ornately beaded medicine bag.
Trix and her horse looked at each other, speechless. The horse shrugged. She curtsied, and accepted the gift.
"Come," said the chief. "Indians build new village for medicine woman to live in."
They caught up with her at a watering hole west of Witchita. The horse was gathering wood for a campfire. Trix was filling a percolator with water for coffee. They heard a twig snap and looked up.
The were surrounded by a sea of war bonnets.
Trix looked at the Indians, and they at her. Nobody moved or spoke for the longest time.
Finally, Trix said, "Well? Are you gonna scalp me or what?"
The eldest of the chiefs rode forward.
"White woman's medicine make bravest warrior run like little schoolgirl," he said. "White woman become chief medicine woman of all the tribes." With that, he handed her an ornately beaded medicine bag.
Trix and her horse looked at each other, speechless. The horse shrugged. She curtsied, and accepted the gift.
"Come," said the chief. "Indians build new village for medicine woman to live in."
