. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. asked Hanabi. I am afraid you are a hard-hearted boy, said mother. After the poor fellow was buried, we went up theMadison River about ninety miles and camped there fora month. The buffalo were now in better condition, sowe killed a good many, drying their meat and makingtheir hides into robes. Then we went on south and cameto the beautiful lake where we had had such a good time 88 The White Indian Boy the summer before. It is now called Henrys Lake, ancis the head of the north fork of the Snake River, Wedid nothing here but
. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. asked Hanabi. I am afraid you are a hard-hearted boy, said mother. After the poor fellow was buried, we went up theMadison River about ninety miles and camped there fora month. The buffalo were now in better condition, sowe killed a good many, drying their meat and makingtheir hides into robes. Then we went on south and cameto the beautiful lake where we had had such a good time 88 The White Indian Boy the summer before. It is now called Henrys Lake, ancis the head of the north fork of the Snake River, Wedid nothing here but fish, for we had enough dried meatto last till we reached the usual hunting The warriors went on and passed out of our sight. CHAPTER TWELVE THE FIERCE BATTLE We were now traveling towards the Crow country. Ithink our Indians were a httle afraid that the Crowswere going to try to stop them; but Washakie said thathe was going through if it cost him half of his tribe, forhe was not going to be bluffed off his best hunting groundany longer. I thought something was up, because small bands ofIndians kept joining us, until we had gathered aboutseven hundred warriors. We sent aU of our surplushorses down the Snake River with Indians to guard themuntil we came back. Washakie and mother kept fifteenhead for pack horses, and I kept two horses to the extra horses and packs had gone, we startedfor the disputed hunting grounds. The men all went out ahead, followed by the packhorses, with the women and children and old men in therear. Mother warned me to keep close to her, for Wa-shakie said that the Crows might tackle us that said that kind of talk was to
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