. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. e kept me for quite a while, then she jerkedoff the robe and whack! three or four buckets of coldwater came all over me. Oh, I jumped out of that holein a hurry! Washakie stood there with the robe, threw it over me,carried me into the tepee and put me to bed. Thenhe threw more robes over me, and how I did sweat! Itwas rough doctoring, but it cured my cold all right. This was after Washakie and his party had got backfrom Salt Lake. They wers gone twenty-two daysin-stead of fifteen. Washakie had disposed of his robes andskins
. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. e kept me for quite a while, then she jerkedoff the robe and whack! three or four buckets of coldwater came all over me. Oh, I jumped out of that holein a hurry! Washakie stood there with the robe, threw it over me,carried me into the tepee and put me to bed. Thenhe threw more robes over me, and how I did sweat! Itwas rough doctoring, but it cured my cold all right. This was after Washakie and his party had got backfrom Salt Lake. They wers gone twenty-two daysin-stead of fifteen. Washakie had disposed of his robes andskins at a good price, and he had sold the two horses, sohe came back pretty well outfitted for the. winter. Hehad twenty-four blankets, a lot of calico, some red flannelfor the tongues of moccasins, some underclothing for me,and about a peck of beads of all colors and sizes. Thebeads were to swap for tanned buckskin, and the blanketsfor buffalo robes. He brought me a butcher knife, a newbridle, two pounds of candy, and a lot of fishhooks. I feltheap rich and very Away we went to the bottom. CHAPTER ELEVEN THE- SNOWY MOONS Snow had already fallen on the mountain tops whenWashakie got back, so he was in a hurry to get the campmoved to the winter range. Mother and Hanabi beganat once to arrange the packs for traveling. We soonstarted for our winter quarters. We went down the Tobitapa (Portneuf) to the Piupa(Snake River), then up the Piupa, and then west overthe divide on to the headwaters of Angitapa (Rock Creek),At this place we stayed six days and killed sixteen buffaloes,two for each family. That was to be the last kiUing ofbuffaloes until the next year. Washakie bought four ofthe buffalo hides from other Indians, which made sixin aU. He said that he wanted something for the womento do through the winter. When we started from here we went west over a bigmountain upon which we had to camp in about three feetof snow. We had to tie up all our horses to keep themfrom running awa
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