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S; men in such cases generally act from instinct, anda charge fro 
ye oe hundred snaked Savages. is a circumstance not well alee > 
promote a cool exercise of judgment. Just as he was about to-fire, Max- 
well recognised the leading Indian, ahd shouted to him in the Indian 
language, | “ You’re a fool, God damn you, don’t you know me?” The 
sound of his own: language seemed to shock the savage, and, swerving 
his horse a little, he passed us like an arrow. ~He wheeled, as L rode out 
toward him, and gave me his hand, striking his breast and « pees 
“Arapaho!”” They proved to be a village of that nation,among w 
Maxwell had resided as a trader a year or two previously, and Peigtioe 
him accordingly. We were soon in the midst of the band, answering as 
well as we could a multitude of questions; of which the very first was, of 
They se were our Indian companions who were coming in the rear? 
disappointed to know that they were Cheyennes, for they 
‘had. ‘tally a anticipated a grand dance around a Pawnee scalp that night. 
The chief showed us his village at a grove on the river six failes ahead, 
and pointed out a band of buffalo on the ape side of the Platte, imme- 
diately opposite us, which he said they were going to surround. They 
had seen the band early in the morning Git their village, and -had been 
making a large circuit, to avoid giving them the wind, when they discov- 
ered us. In a few minutes the women: came galloping up, astride on 
their horses, and naked from their knees down, and the hips ae They 
followed the men, to assist in cutting up and carrying off the m 
The wind was blowing directly across the river, and the chief Pieces’ 
us to halt where we were for a while, in order to avoid. bie the herd. 
par therefore unsaddled our horses, and sat down on the bank to view 
e scene; and our new acquaintances rode a few hundred yards lower 
down, and began crossing the river. Scores of wild-looking dogs followed, 
ig like troops of wolves, and having, in fact, but very little of the 
dog i in ‘their composition. Some of them remained with us, and I checked 
one of the men, whom found aiming at one, which he was about to kill 
fora wolf. The day had become very hot. The air was clear, with a 
‘very slight breeze; and now, at 12 o’clock, while the barometer ned at 
25.920, the attached thermometer was at 108°. Our Cheyennes. had 
learned that with the Arapaho village were about twenty lodges of — 
own, includi ee their own families; they therefore immedia 
--menced - pS their toilette. After bathing in the river, they faveheed 
erward learned 
themselves in some ~handsome® calico shirts, which I aft 
soe al all their soonerwreniniies} and all ‘the ‘ikke <i 
‘which they had picked up among us, with some few presents I had given 
The loss which they see med. to regret most were their spears and 
shields, a and some Setasctad which they had received from me. However, © 
they itallw hilosophy of an Indian, and laughingly ‘con- 
hell ze Appenred however, a little mortified at the 
“in sueh a sorry plight. “Our people 
