THE WOLF HUNTERS 



the sign of the forked tongue; then continued, 

 **Any mans in casa — house?" nodding toward the 

 dugout. 



"Yes," I replied. 



Apparently wishing to see the inside of our 

 house — or to get the drop on me In some way — 

 after a few more words between them, Joe said: 



*'He say: * White man come to Kiowa's camp 

 Kiowa feed him. Satank he hungry. Want to 

 go In casa, eat with white man — be good amigos.'" 



I replied: 



**Food all gone. Pardners gone with wagon to 

 bring some buffalo meat. Tell him to come again 

 when pardners get back. I'll give him plenty to 

 eat. 



Of course, Satank did not believe this, and I did 

 not care. I wished to stand him off, for I was de- 

 termined that he should get no closer Inspection 

 of our situation than he already had. I felt sure 

 that he had a party of his warriors close about — 

 probably in hiding in the timber — and that he 

 had come on a spying tour. 



Satank evidently recognized me as one of the 

 actors in an episode that took place at Fort Wise 

 when I was in the service, and asked a number of 

 questions about it. To all these I replied by deny- 

 ing any knowledge of the event. The interpreter 

 said, however: 



"He say: *You can't fool him. He know you.'" 



I was in dread all the time that they might lift 



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