52 A SPORTING PARADISE 



" All our party started for the Omahas, but 

 when we came in sight of the place where they 

 had been we could see no one. As we sat there 

 considering, one of the party looked off down 

 a little creek, and saw two men. We charged 

 them. The two Omahas jumped on their horses 

 and ran. I had the fastest horse of all the 

 Cheyennes, and was ahead of all the rest. I was 

 intending to do as my father had told me. As 

 I rode, I saw that one of the Omahas had a flint- 

 lock gun, and the other a bow and arrows, and 

 as I was coming up with them, I saw the one 

 who had the gun raise the pan-cover and pour 

 in some powder to make a sure fire. Then he 

 began to sing, and made signs to me to come 

 on. I had no gun, only a bow and arrows and 

 a quirt. 



" The two Omahas rode side by side and pretty 

 close together, and I thought that I would ride 

 in between them, count coup on the one that had 

 the gun, and give them both a chance to kill me. 

 I did not wish to live. I raised the whip to hit 

 the one that had the gun. Just as I was about 

 to do this the Omaha twisted around on his 

 horse, and thrust the muzzle of the gun so close 

 to me that it touched my war shirt. The gun 



