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East and regulates these things. 

 The beef also is bought by the 

 Government, driven alive and 

 killed on the spot, an admirable 

 plan, if contractors were always 

 honest. 



Manita had followed all the little 

 excitements of the day with keen 

 interest, it being her first beef issue 

 from the Indian point of view. As 

 the sun was getting low, she was 

 once more seated in the wagon with 

 Whiteleg beside her driving, and 

 Wah-pu-ta packed in the back with 

 bundles and boxes of provisions. Man- 

 ita had clasped in her hand a bundle 

 containing a pair of moccasins and 

 a belt of finest buckskin, beauti- 

 fully beaded, for which she had 

 exchanged her wedding shoes. 



Nothing was said as they jogged 

 along. The twilight came quickly, 

 the crescent moon and numberless 

 stars dappled the deep blue sky. 

 A gentle evening breeze cooled the 

 earth, but it failed to cool the 

 fevered thoughts of It-tas-da-chirsch, 

 in whom the meditations of the 

 morning and the frequent draughts 

 of firewater in the afternoon had 



