176 BUFFALO LAND. 



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Sachem was one of many great chiefs who had a 

 mighty wigwam in the big city of the pale-faces, far 

 away toward the rising sun ; that they were all good 

 men, and never lied like the chiefs of the Cheyennes, 

 or took any thing belonging to others ; and that their 

 women, instead of carrying heavy burdens, spent all 

 their time in distributing the money and goods of the 

 big wigwam to the needy. 



White Wolf signified, through the interpreter, 

 that such a wigwam was too good for earth, and 

 ought to be pitched on the happy hunting grounds 

 as soon as possible. 



Sachem thought the savage meant to be sarcastic. 



