56 A HORSE-STEALING EXPEDITION. 



horse-guard and had to fly, losing one of their number, and my 

 informant was also wounded. They only escaped through their 

 being much better on snow-shoes than the Blackfeet. 



Such expeditions as these are looked upon as being strictly 

 honourable, and are not regarded as stealing; though an Indian's 

 ideas on this subject are not very orthodox, as with them it is 

 only wrong to be found out. 



