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comprising all of Arabella's worldly 

 effects. 



When Whiteleg saw them he 

 wrapped his blanket around him, 

 thus covering his 'store clothes,' 

 and empty-handed, as befits a brave, 

 started at a slow pace along the road 

 to his wigwam, some two miles from 

 the settlement. Manita lifted the 

 bundle to her head and followed 

 him, keeping well behind. Wah- 

 pu-ta did the same, and in this 

 fashion the three trailed along the 

 hot, dusty road, and disappeared 

 from view. 



Manita had been installed in her 

 new home three days when one of 

 the events occurred which are so 

 important to the modern Indian, 

 the monthly issue of beef. 



By sunrise Whiteleg mounted one 

 of his newly acquired ponies and 

 set off for the Agency. He was 

 to be sentinel that day, and after 

 riding through the still sleeping 

 settlement, he climbed a high hill 

 to the south, from which direction 

 the cattle were expected. There he 

 remained for hours seated on his 



