CHAPTEE IX. 



Our 'New Acquaintances — Taking it Quietly — Maliaygun Fraternises 

 with Keenamontiayoo — The Carouse — Importunities for Eum — 

 The Hunter asks for more — A Tiresome Evening — Keenamon- 

 tiayoo Kenounces us — His Mght Adventure — Misquapamayoo's 

 Devotion — The Hunter returns Penitent — The Plains again — The 

 Wolverine on our Track — The Last Band of Buffalo — Gaytchi 

 Mohkamarn, " The Big Knife " — The Cache Intact — Starving 

 Indians — Story of Keenamontiayoo — Indian Gambling — The 

 Hideous Philosopher — Dog Driving — Shushu's Wonderful Saga- 

 city — A Long March — Return to La Belle Prairie — Household 

 Cares — Our Untidy Dwelling — Our Spring Cleaning — The Great 

 Plum Pudding — Unprofitable Visitors — Rover's Accomplishments 

 Astonish the Indians — Famine Everywhere. 



When we readied the hut, we found ''The Wolf" and 

 his wife already established there. The latter was a 

 pleasant, clean-looking woman, and she set to work 

 diligently to wash and mend our clothes, while we 

 lords of the creation, including her husband, looked 

 on, smoking and discussing the news brought from 

 the Fort, speculating on the cause of our not re- 

 ceiving letters, and fixing our plans for the future. 

 The luxury of a day's complete idleness after severe 

 exertion is immense, and we now fully appreciated it. 

 In the course of two days, Keenamontiayoo and 

 Misquapamayoo made their appearance with a sleigh- 

 load of moose meat, which we found very delicious, 

 especially after being so long restricted to pemmican, 



