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the ibfLMiiost of tiicm t;) halt, which he did. 

 i asked him what tribe he belonged to and he 

 answered ''Oiiiaha/' I told him not to come 

 any closer, and he stood there naming over 

 several articles and jabbering generally. I 

 then asked him how many there were of them 

 and he said there were thirty, which was near 

 the truth, as I could see about that number. 

 He asked in turn how many there were of us 

 and I told him eight. Me was directly be- 

 tween us and our camp, and I did not want 

 It i 111 there, so [ told him to turn to the left as 

 some of the boys might want to shoot him if 

 they saw him. lie turned and went around, 

 carefully watching for ''the boys," but without 

 seeing them. I only wanted him out oi my 

 vvay, so we could get back to camp. 



They pitched their teepes on a hill about a 

 mile from our camp, as though they were 

 going to stay all night. As it was earlier in 

 the day than usual to prepare for camping for 

 the night, and as the place they selected was 

 on a hill instead of near water, it aroused our 

 suspicions and we began preparations for de- 



