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however, is of the opinion that in giving these orders 

 the medicine men had the gifts in their eye, and 

 simply wished time to put them in their pockets. 

 Hewgaw could not resist the temptation to peep. 

 Immediately around the rock all was quiet, while 

 without the narrow circle the descending torrents 

 were dashed fiercely by the winds. The beasts of 

 the plains, in countless numbers, came rushing in 

 toward the Waconda, their forms white with coat- 

 ings, of salt, and probably representing the largest 

 amount of corned meat ever gathered in one place. 



All the brute eyes — knightly elk, kingly bison, and 

 currish wolves — were turned toward the top where 

 Wa-bog-aha and Hewgaw stood, casting their valua- 

 bles, as appeasing morsels, into the hissing spring. 

 It refused to be quieted. Suddenly, the lovers were 

 nowhere visible, and the salt storm ceased. Nothing 

 could be found by the afflicted father, except a tress 

 of his daughter's hair — perhaps her chignon. 



The old chief declared that, just as the end w^as 

 approaching, the clouds were full of beautiful colors, 

 and the air glittered wdth diamonds. The white 

 'man's science, however, coldly assumes that these 

 appearances were only the rainbows and their re- 

 flections, playing amidst the crystal salt shower. 



Sabbath morning dawned upon our camp, and ac- 

 cording to our usual custom, we lay by for the day. 

 At ten o'clock, the Professor read the morning serv- 

 ice. It must have been a strange scene that we pre- 

 sented, while uncouth teamsters and all — our family- 

 pew the wide valley, with its seats of stones, and 



