The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1962-01-25

full sight to behold Horses could
be seen grazing to the east, south
and west, of the camp. The light
revealed not a wisp of smoke
over the entire camp. No move
ment at all could be seen, but a
few dogs could be heard barking
In the eastern portion, however,
that was not for long. A motion
of some kind began 10 assume
shape east of the camp. Red Bird
watched for a short time with
his well trained eyes and re-
marked, He Is there"
Within twenty minutes the
whole camp was in an uproar,
and II was plain to see that a
visitor was in camp. The two
scouts observed the movement
of the camp for probably two
hours. BY that time they decided
Il would be wise for them to with
draw some distance, for well they
knew that Growers visit had not
been welcomed with friendly
greetings.
Just before they reached their
horses Red Bird motioned for
Tom to stay back. He took out
his knife and advanced slowly.
Up went his arm and he threw.
About fifty feet in front of him
a Jack Rabbit jumped into the
air, his body cut. almost in two.
Yes" said Red Bird, speaking
in Blackfeet, Big Bear and Red
Bird will eat meat today"
The two scouts had some hard
tack in their saddle pockets, 80
raw rabbit and hard tack would
have to take care Of their hunger
for the day. They dared not light
q fire so close to . hostile camp.
Little did either care about food
at present. They were hungry,
yes, but they were worried right
now about their friend, Grover.
Here he was to the south of
them just a few miles In 0 hos
tile camp, and probably Ut this
was suffering mistreatment or
even unmerciful torture.
Tom and Red Bird did not dare
to stake their horses out TO Craze
for IL would be taking too much
of a chance so close to the camp.
As il was, the horses were 50
well hidden that an enemy scout
would need to be almost upon
them before being avere Of their
presence. Red Bird was not dis
turbed about being tracked, for
tracking was a speciality Of his.
He knew many ways to hide and
foul up tracks, and he had been
mindful of this occasion.
As the care of horse is one
of the first duties of a good
scout, the horses were not left
without grass. There was an
abundance of grass just below
the place where they had con-
cealed the horses. The scouts
made several trips down and
each time returned with an arm
full of fresh, green grass which
they had pulled, laying it il
front of their trusted transports
The horses needs taken care of.
Tom and Red Bird took two
pieces of hard tack and the rab-
bit and sat down to eat a bite
also to think. But first, Red Bird
cleaned the rabbit, then held IL
before him.
Usually the two scouts con-
versed in Blackfeet. In the first
place, Tom wanted to be able to
speak IL well, and secondly, Red
Bird knew that the better Tom
could speak the Indian language
the easier IL would be for both
of them, once they were in the
Blackfeet territory.
Red Bird spoke to Tom, Il will
show you a trick to eating raw
meat, that Shoots Quick Cody
taught me several SHOWS back"
First he cut the meat from the
bones of the legs and back, lay
ing II with the liver on a flat
rock, which he had already clean
ed. Next he scraped a smaller
rock and used II to mash all the
meat into a pulp. He did the
same with the two hard tack
biscuits. Separating the meat in
half, Red Bird took his share
and mixed il well with the hard