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looking over the camp, they heard in the distance the guns of the 

 Sioux, who were evidently killing game on the way, and the Chippewa 

 again sent out two scouts, with orders to go along the wooded shore 

 of a long lake near at hand and ascertain whether the Sioux were in 

 the open country on the opposite shore. The main body of the 

 Chippewa followed in the same general direction. Soon they met 

 the scouts coming back with the report that two Sioux were sitting 

 on the other shore of the lake. When the Chippewa reached the 

 place, the Sioux had gone. The Chippewa then very stealthily 

 ascended a hill from which they could see the entire Sioux camp. 

 They decided not to make an attack at that time because, owing to 

 the distance, the Sioux could see them too soon, but to wait until 

 night. The Sioux did not suspect the presence of Chippewa in the 

 vicinity. From tlieir hiding place the Cliippewa watched the Sioux 

 cook a meal and later prepare for a night march. Being reluctant 

 to let the enemy escape, the Chippewa sent three of their number 

 to see whether a successful attack on the camp could be made, but the 

 Sioux had gone before they reached the camp. Odjib'we was one of 

 these three. He told his tsvo companions to stay, saying that he would 

 creep ahead (see pi. 14). After crawling some distance, he got behind 

 brush where he could walk upright. Later he heard the enemy. He 

 kept very still. The Sioux were evidently making another camp in the 

 middle of the night, for he heard them chopping wood. He ran back 

 and found all the Chippewa at the old Sioux camp. 



"Why did you not come ? " he cried. "We could have killed all the 

 Sioux." "We were waiting for you to come back and report," was 

 the reply. Then all the Chippewa went forward and sat near the 

 enemy's new camp. They could hear the Sioux singing and dancing. 

 The Chippewa did not sleep, watching and waiting for the dawn. 

 In the first light they saw the Sioux astir. Four Chippewa went 

 ahead to watch at a spot where the Sioux would pass, and when the 

 latter came up, shot one man. That was the beginning of a hot 

 fight, which lasted all day and until after nightfall; it was fought 

 in the open with no protection except the high grass. No bows and 

 arrows were used, both Chippewa and Sioux being armed with shot- 

 guns. The fighting was particularly fierce on both sides. Odjib'we 

 said that he was obliged to "dodge and look out aU the time," and 

 that in the confusion it was impossible to tell who killed each man. 

 Toward evening No'din ("wind"), the MiUe Lac chief, was killed, 

 and the Chippewa could not recover his body. Three Sioux scalps 

 were secured by the Chippewa. After the fight they did not follow 

 the Sioux, but returned home with these trophies. 



