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the next room and awoke the inter-
prefer, who lay upon bunk. Him
! sent to the tepee OF the chief Amer
lean Horse, asking that famous indi.
vidual to come to my tent at once.
had some doubt as to whether the
request would be granted ON such n
night; but this was put ut rest In the
course of an hour.
| had given him up and was about
to so to bed. when my uyopa was
trust aside, and the chief stopped in
through It's opening. His blanket was
soaked and his black braids dripping
water. but lie grinncd amicalqy, flung
aside his outer covering, and sQnattcd
upon robe which had spread near
the center of my canvas walled room.
| was glad to see that he was good
natured, and flung n blanket on the
floor, seated myself opposite him, and
offered my tobacco, we'll knowing that
he had not come without his pipe.
And In moment We were looking ut
each other inquiringly through the
veil of our smoke.
was the first to break silence
Brother" | said in his own tongue,
81 have tonight heard strange story
from your agent" and then as briefly
as possible / went on I'm Sioux and
told him all the facts which McGilliv-
ray had related. This Of course took
sometime and much patience in order
to make the matter perfectly plain to
him. When he finally understood the
situation, his face grew darker with
anger.
1T is always So he said "They
have cheated us from the beginning
Since was a boy can remember
nothing else wherein we had dealings
with white people, and II was SO with
my fathers before me-"
Right here let ME say that, in a
wide acquaintance with Indians,
have met but few whose characteris-
Tics were more in common with the
best and most enlightened of my race.
He was and Is my ideal of an Indian
keen I'm natural intelligence, humane
OF heart, quick to grasp any situation
within the range of his comprehen.
sion, amenable to reason, and eloquent
In council. His speech made before
tho United States commission at Spot-
ted Tail Agency In 1875 was the fin.
est example of Indian oratory which
1t has been my fortune to hear or to
read. 1t had been years since ! list
ened to his voice, but of late 1t had
been my good fortune to know him
well and to win his friendship.
spoke soothingly. Brother" /
said, there are many kinds of people
among my race. and not all are dis
honest-.not all of them wish to de
fraud the Indians. On the contrary,
here is one, even I, who wishes to
help you; and your father the agent
also wishes to do right by your peo-
pie. Let us not talk about the wrongs
OF the Indians any further. for have
other things to speak about. Brother,
| shall be glad to go on n hunt with
you among the breaks of White Riy-
er tomorrow. | think some of your
young men should follow to bring In
the deer and antelope we may shoot.
Let us start early and be gone sew
eral days. What say you?"
The chief gave me keen look. and
his face lighted in one of those rare
Indian Smiles which the face of
American Horse can display SO well.
Going on a Good Hunt"
Good, brother!" he said 81 will
go. Some of my young men also will
follow us. Doubtless we shall make
good hunt"
At noon the following day Ameri-
can Horse and myself were camped
on the beetling heights which over
look White River Valley and great
scope of country to northward
Among the pine trees where sum
mcr breeze rustled, singing among
the branches, we picketed our ponies
ana built a. camp fire, the blaze of
which could be seen far from the
edge of the timber.
| Tho luro fb,c fbrn,,,,.
effective. We had not finished cook.
ing our supper of bacon and coffee.
when an individual on horseback
drew rein within the circle of our
freight
Howl he grunted
Howl we answered amicably, and
then In suggestive tone | said.
Light. stranger, and eat"
You bet!' he said; then picketed
his horse and came and squatted at
our camp fire.
cursory glance Mt him discovered
a cowboy of the familiar sort. He
fell upon our provisions with the
voracious appetite of his kind and
only when the pipes were lit did he
grow talkative.
You're from what rancho" asked.
| medicine Hat he answered.
Then l said, you'd hest turn in
here. There's grub In plenty and q
blanket to spare"
Obliged to YOU but I'm on this
blanky blank quarantine. and I've got
to ride the ridge all night" He spoke
with disgust.
And what's the cause of quaran-
tine. and what's it all abont?" ask
ed In a friendly and innocent tone.
Without any hesitation he went on
to explain, telling me what j already