Southwest High School - Sachem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Tirne passed, the lndian was no longer thin. l-le and his tepee had grown. The feathers in his headdress flowed over his shoulders as do the Waters oi a great falls. Whenever he spoke, or argued, or Wrote, all who listened, or argued, or read at last had to nod their v :ii Jf.i1,',' A,,'-,5,,.N . , 4 . ., ,i f' V4'- ' .f rf, - . il 'F 5 ,..it o if ' H fin.. -- heads. ln tournaments, he did not always Win. But A J. ' A tt- that when K 'fl 2 5, Qiiifflz ' X if Wu ' i il fi-x 1 bi A xi ' ,FA Y Y r' ,' ' ' Qxxllf nhl' ll ' - P' I Mila' ' N X lla '.,:r:, . 9 .W 7.7.,,,.,w , 5- W K., I r-.Nm ,fi . :,M. Ei- ffl' A -1 4'f 4 --ff ,fi i y n l ' V ...s,.1.hh 1- in U 5 , .4 V S., ,df 1. .-Ly, r w-,,.-..M--ffwe'e-- ,g,,i : ,mf -: . . .',elffpxruf-,:g1,Hswgwswmwmvamrgvmf-y--..w,,,, w a' ' g 4 Alf' -115. ,, Huff. 125 l xl 433' elif. 1 V V 'T ' ' - V ' fs -3 -f ' . 1,511 fl- . W..s...,.. .,,,,, M'l:L'f'lfi'f'ftff:?W 'Cl W if I .,: ' , 9 v.sg::3:...:,,,--Q V ng ., :L QVN. - N ir -:m: 'r:'5''l 'l'Z,. '-'W 'ff M1 .. -- I Q . ...,,,., xr i . ,, ..z...vfq f . v. WA f,, -:QW . th e o t h e r trtbesrn en soon learn ed by sad experience the lndian Was play- ing no one but a tool counted his points b e t o r e they were made. Whenthe lndianlett histepeeto acguire more wis- dorn, he was Wel-

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comed in the gbodes - y A ofthe gregt ,,-f s or g e s . Qtten he 'f' needed no ' wgmpum to enter. The In- dign, de- ciding one d or y th Cl t the wglis ot his tepee w e r e t o o b g r r e n , cgiied up- on the clev- , e r n e s s o t his hotnds, gnd gttrgctive deoorgtions soon gppegred. Even his jegious neighbors cgme to gdmire. The Indign sits cross-legged before his tepee. He is thinking ot his poist. He is thinking ot the pgst few winters . . . My tepee is bigger ofnd better. I hgve built or shelter gt my ggte to protect my comings ond goings. New trophies, new cups, new chgmpionships crowd my trophy cgse.