Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened: . ord to thegarrison that all were killed, for he saw the In-dians as they fired and the ofiicers as they disap-peared. They were compelled to skirmish downthe island before they could extricate themselvesfrom the dilemma. A supporting party went out,but met them returning, and thus relieved theanxiety of the garrison. The Indians not only use mirrors and flags forsignal purposes, but many carry with them goodfield and spy-glasses, some of English styles, pro-cured from Canada, and others are supplied bytraders on the frontier. The domestic life of the Indian,
Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened: . ord to thegarrison that all were killed, for he saw the In-dians as they fired and the ofiicers as they disap-peared. They were compelled to skirmish downthe island before they could extricate themselvesfrom the dilemma. A supporting party went out,but met them returning, and thus relieved theanxiety of the garrison. The Indians not only use mirrors and flags forsignal purposes, but many carry with them goodfield and spy-glasses, some of English styles, pro-cured from Canada, and others are supplied bytraders on the frontier. The domestic life of the Indian, with the bar-barity of the sun-dance and the filth of his home,have been often described; but the plenitude offurs in the land of Absaraka have furnished pe-culiar facilities for adornment and somewhat bet-ter wardrobes than are usual nearer the LowerMissouri and Mississippi waters. Their tepah(tepee, or lodge) is the model from which theSibley tent was derived, and will accommodateseveral families; but nothing else on the face of. \ DOMESTIC LIFE OF TUE INDIAN. 193 the earth, will furnish a more curious medley ofcontents than does a tepah where two or threefamilies, of all ages and sizes, with all theirworldly goods and hopes are huddled, piled, andcrammed about its fire, and where the fitful windand lazy squaws are combined in the eifort tosmoke bufialo tongues, strips of meat, and Inji^nall together. The picture is complete, by way ofcontrast, if a kettle of boiling water over the tirehas received a fat dog just after his throat feltthe knife, and a white oiBcer, on a pile of furs,is doing his best to show how gracefully he canendure the honors and dinner specially designedfor his presence. All this, too, while other offi-cers and ladies are cheerfully waiting outside inthe glad consciousness of escape from the hospi-tality of a chief. Bells, triangles, and common horns have foundtheir way among these Indians, and they eagerlyadopt from the white man whatever makes noiseor s
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