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176 BUFFALO LAND. 



Sachem was one of many great chiefs who had a 

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

 aw^ay 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 wigw^am to the needy. 



White AVolf 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. 



