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206 FQURTEENTH The tournament of ye olden tiiii6. Is Jiere reviyed along the same IMS,, l iHtpressing the Indian as thoHgli dS*ui(9 By the glamour in the sunshine. T MUST have been about tiie 25th of July, 1541, when the wonderful spectacle which is about to be de- scribed in this chapter was enacted. It was a beautiful Kansas morning (none can surpass); thousands of Indians are early astir. There are those from the Osage villages, many from the Pawnee country, a few from the distant town of the "Twenty- four" near Atchison, and even some Omahas and Mis- souris are on the scene to witness the ever memor- able ilihtferMnmentj as weU as to be ready to take part in the next day's festivities. Our Spaniards are early to rise this morning, for upon them is the day's ordeal. Every man in our troop has put the best foot forward. Armor and arms are polished, horses are made to look their best by rubbing, but not with coal oil on a cloth as horse- traders now resort to for tliG purpose of makings