Western field . tood by all Indians andfrontiersmen from the Great Slav lakes toMexico. She explained that she was aCheyenne, and that two moons previouslyshe had accompanied her husband to waragainst the Missouri River tribes, he beingthe partisan or leader of the party, number-ing twenty-three in all. After traveling manynights and hiding somewhere away to sleepin the daytime they had at last come to thegreat river and, looking down into its deep,wide valley, saw a large encampment of theenemy on the opposite side. When nightagain came the woman had been left by herhusband in a grove of pine
Western field . tood by all Indians andfrontiersmen from the Great Slav lakes toMexico. She explained that she was aCheyenne, and that two moons previouslyshe had accompanied her husband to waragainst the Missouri River tribes, he beingthe partisan or leader of the party, number-ing twenty-three in all. After traveling manynights and hiding somewhere away to sleepin the daytime they had at last come to thegreat river and, looking down into its deep,wide valley, saw a large encampment of theenemy on the opposite side. When nightagain came the woman had been left by herhusband in a grove of pines high up towardthe rim of the valley, he charging her to re-main there until he returned. Then, at thehead of the party, he set out to enter thecamp and steal therefrom as many horsesas possible. At this point our strange and unbiddenguest seemed to break down; she coveredher head with the robe and remained mo-tionless for some moments. Pore little THE BUFFALO, ALONE, MOVED ABOUT. THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE 195. :Mj iJOWN, HE SAW AX EiNOAMPiMEXT OF Xi^iE gal, said Wind River, leaning over andpatting her gently on the shoulder. I cansee how twas; shes shore had a hard timeof it. I bet she has, Allison put in, sympathet-ically. The woman continued her story: Long,long I sat there under the pines. The moonset, the Seven wheeled slowly round, themiddle of the night passed and then, far be-low, I heard shots, many shots, saw theflash of the guns, and knew that our partyhad been discovered. All night I waited—hoping, fearing, listening, but my husbanddid not return, nor did anyone else. YetI still had hope, and remained where I wasall that day. But when another night cameand partly passed, and none returned to me,then I knew that they were all dead. SoI arose and took all of our food that I couldcarry and started homeward. The way hasbeen long, my food is long since gone. I wasabout to give up when I saw the sparks fromyour fire here. Again the woman covered her lace
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