He was eaten alive by red ants.

that Indian cruelty could conceive.

can paper) the most horrible death

dian girl. He died (says an Ameri-

death because he loved a Mayo In-

only white men for hundreds and

together in a camp. They were the

and William Regan. They lived

with him two miners, Albert Curry

he succeeded in doing. Wilson had

ship of the Indians, and this

here he had to gain the friend-

a silver mine. In order to live

in the far interior, he located

Near the Mayo Indian territory,

tains of Sinaloa over a year ago.

savage. Wilson went to to the moun-

the Medes and Persians, and more

laws, which are as rigid as those of

They live according to their own

They are virtually independent.

to the fierce and famous Yaquis.

Sinaloa, in Mexico. They are akin

The Mayos live in the State of

the Klondyke to Mexico. He had

mining regions of the west, from

fellow. He had lived in all the

was the leader of them. He was a

hundreds of miles around. Wilson

Line 2.3.0 had adventures all over the world.

Line 2.3.1 It was said that no woman could

Line 2.3.2 withstand his persuasive tongue, his

Line 2.3.3 entertaining stories, and cheerful

Line 2.3.4 manners. There were no white

Line 2.3.5 women out there to listen to and

Line 2.3.6 appreciate his alluring conversation.

Line 2.3.7 That was a source of great sorrow to

Line 2.3.8 Wilson. A mining prospector has

Line 2.3.9 plenty of spare time, and the long,

Line 2.3.10 quiet evenings gave a great oppor-

Line 2.3.11 tunity of spinning yarns. He did

Line 2.3.12 the best thing he could in his view

Line 2.3.13 of the circumstances. He made

Line 2.3.14 the acquaintance of the prettiest

Line 2.3.15 Indian girl in the tribe. Her name

Line 2.3.16 was Karamaya. The Mayo women

Line 2.3.17 are not generally attractive from a

Line 2.3.18 Caucasian point of view, but this

Line 2.3.19 girl came very near to being so.

Line 2.3.20 She was considered the belle of the

Line 2.3.21 tribe. In her dress of woven

Line 2.3.22 colored grasses and her necklet of

Line 2.3.23 panthers' claws she made a pictu-

Line 2.3.24 resque and artistic appearance. To

Line 2.3.25 the men who had not seen a white

Line 2.3.26 woman's face in a year she was a

Line 2.3.27 vision of loveliness. Wilson and

Line 2.3.28 Karamaya spent hours together in

Line 2.3.29 the afternoon and evening. He

Line 2.3.30 was teaching her English, and she

Line 2.3.31 was teaching him the Mayo lan-

Line 2.3.32 uage. That was the version they

Line 2.3.33 gave of their conversation. Wilson

Line 2.3.34 had apparently fascinated the girl's

Line 2.3.35 parents. Contrary to their usual

Line 2.3.36 custom, they made no objection to

Line 2.3.37 her acquaintance with the white

Line 2.3.38 man. He may have told them he

Line 2.3.39 wished to marry her. That seems

Line 2.3.40 the only way to account for their

Line 2.3.41 subsequent conduct and hers. The

Line 2.3.42 white men believed the girl was in

Line 2.3.43 love with Wilson. So did he. Per-

Line 2.3.44 haps she was. One evening she

Line 2.3.45 and Wilson wandered off to his

Line 2.3.46 camp, two miles away. When she

Line 2.3.47 came back her parents and the rest

Line 2.3.48 of the tribe were waiting for her.

Line 2.3.49 They questioned and threatened

Line 2.3.50 her, and she told them that Wilson

Line 2.3.51 had treated her cruelly. The chief

Line 2.3.52 of the tribe immediately sent an

Line 2.3.53 armed band of Indians to sieze

Line 2.3.54 Wilson and the two white men. He

Line 2.3.55 had no suspicion of the coming

Line 2.3.56 trouble, for he believed the girl was

Line 2.3.57 in love with him. A solemn court

Line 2.3.58 was summoned to try Wilson. It

Line 2.3.59 consisted of all the mature warriors

Line 2.3.60 of the tribe and was presided over

Line 2.3.61 by the chief. Now, the Mayos hold

Line 2.3.62 that all the troubles that happen to

Line 2.3.63 the Indians come from the inter-

Line 2.3.64 ference of white men with their

Line 2.3.65 affairs. Their laws are designed to

Line 2.3.66 prevent this, and they will fight

Line 2.3.67 until they are exterminated rather

Line 2.3.68 than permit such interference to be

Line 2.3.69 forced upon them. They prescribe

Line 2.3.70 death in the most terrible form for all

Line 2.3.71 men, white or Indian, who offend

Line 2.3.72 against these laws. They heard the

Line 2.3.73 statements of the girl and her

Line 2.3.74 parents and all the evidence against

Line 2.3.75 Wilson. The chief then said to

Line 2.3.76 him :-" Pale-face, you have tried

Line 2.3.77 to destroy the honor of the Mayo

Line 2.3.78 nation. You have tried to bring

Line 2.3.79 ruin and disgrace on us, as the pale

Line 2.3.80 faces have done with so many

Line 2.3.81 Indian nations. Yon must die by

Line 2.3.82 the greatest punishment the Mayo

Line 2.3.83 law inflicts. You will be eaten to