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away, being pursued to the gate of the stockade, while all the 

 men stood round and laughed. 



In the morning we rode out with the Crows, forming a line 

 when we came in sight of the Bannocks, who also did the 

 same. Then the Crow chief and ourselves rode forward to 

 meet the Bannock chief, whose name was Tendoi, and we all 

 shook hands in a very friendly manner. This chief, of whom 

 I saw a good deal later on, was a fine-looking Indian, with a 

 good face, though his appearance was much spoiled by his 

 wearing a battered high silk hat, of which he was very proud, 

 and in the front of which he had put a red cockade. The 

 Bannocks were, as a rule, finer men than the Crows, the latter 

 were small and wiry, however, and as active as cats. After we 

 had all shaken hands, Tendoi joined us, and we rode to a 

 place about half a mile from the ranche, where he planted a 

 small flag, and this meant that his wives, of whom he had 

 three, should put up his lodge on that spot, the rest of the 

 tribe erecting theirs so as to form a large circle, the spaces 

 between the lodges being filled with brushwood. Into this 

 the horses are brought at night, three or four of the younger 

 Indians taking it in turn to act as horse-guard. Having seen 

 the lodges put up we returned to the ranche, leaving word 

 in camp that I wished to buy a good horse. I heard from 

 Reed that more than half the tribe had gone on the war- 

 path, taking most of the horses, so that there were not 

 many for sale j but a big grey was brought for me to look at 

 later in the day, which was much larger than the average 

 Indian pony and very good-looking, which I bought for a 

 Winchester rifle and fifty dollars (10). I thought it 



