Hugh Pendexter

Hugh Pendexter

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Portrait of Hugh Pendexter Hugh Pendexter,  The Raven Mocker (1918)

“ It usually flies through the heavens in fiery-shape and all other witches and demons scatter at its approach; jealous yet afraid of it. It was no Fire-Panther that Big Bear had seen, but the Raven Mocker hurrying to be in at a death.
"Kalanu Ahyeliski!" gasped the Whistler, staring wildly up into the forest tops. "Keep it away!"
"I have no medicine," shivered Big Bear.
"Stay with me, or the Mocker will eat my heart. If you stay it may keep away. If you bury me quick it can not get me."
"I have no medicine," repeated Big Bear, fighting mightily to overcome his impulse to flee.
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Portrait of Hugh Pendexter Hugh Pendexter,  The Raven Mocker (1918)

“ Dazed by the horror of it all Big Bear could only remember that the Raven Mocker could not violate a grave. He frantically scooped out a hollow in the forest mold and covered up the dead man. Then he ran as though pursued by a legion of demons. Not till far into the night did his mind clear and permit him to think connectedly. The Whistler's dying words had lodged fast in his brain and now demanded attention. He reviewed them and found them incredible. Why should Bridge, autocrat though he was, seek the life of a bearer of belts, a man he had scarcely seen? ”
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Portrait of Hugh Pendexter Hugh Pendexter,  The Raven Mocker (1918)

“ The Whistler came toward him, saying—
"It is Yanegwa, returned from the Great Council Fire of the Iroquois."
Big Bear smiled amiably. The Whistler was very welcome, for his presence proved the Fire-Panther was a liar and that Wahuhu had nothing but old woman's talk to tell. Some evil spirit had sought to trap him and had failed. Yet he could not resist jibing—
"The Whistler has lived with the whites so long and drank so much of their strong water his eyes have grown dim, or he would have known a Shawnee would not leave a trail a cow could follow."
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