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him in the condition called by the Indians, “my 
heart is bad.’’ He had his gun out of its cover 
and his blanket off. This in an Indian means 
W ar. I noted at once that there was a crisis in 
his affairs, and I signed him to sit down. I sat 
down beside him, knowing that if he wanted to 
make a gun play, which I apprehended from his 
actions, I would be close to him, and could close 
with him and give him an even showdown for 
the gun. I reasoned with him in the sign lan¬ 
guage, reminding him that he was alone among 
the Blackfeet, his people all having gone back 
home across the mountains. I told him he had 
made a mistake, but there was time yet for him 
to make it right, and advised him to come back 
in two days and 1 would tell him what I thought 
best. What I wanted was time, for a wild In¬ 
dian in his war paint, mad and wanting to kill 
someone, is a bad customer to argue with. Sam 
departed without ceremony. He was faithful to 
my request and returned in two days’ time. 
In the meantime I had a talk with my inter¬ 
preter, Champaigne. I found he had counseled 
with his wife and had advocated a separation of 
his niece and Sam. This fact had been com¬ 
municated to Sam, and led him, in his now des¬ 
perate frame of mind, to desire to kill Cham¬ 
paigne, and this was the object of his visit to 
my store. 
When Sam returned I found him in a some¬ 
what better frame of mind. I said to him: 
“When do you cross the mountains to your peo¬ 
ple?” He informed me that he was lonesome 
and wanted to go, but he feared he would be 
punished by the fathers of St. Ignatius Mission. 
He had been married at this mission in the Flat- 
head Valley. I carefully went over his affairs 
and impressed on him the fact that he had vio¬ 
lated the law of his people. Now he must be 
careful and keep out of further trouble. I 
thought there was still a chance to make peace 
with the soldier band of his tribe by getting a 
pardon through the fathers. To that end I 
would assist him by giving him a letter to Father 
Ravalli, stating that he (Sam) was.not a drunken 
or lazy Indian. I also suggested that in con¬ 
nection with my letter he make a peace offering 
to the fathers, in the hope it would lighten the 
punishment for marrying the Blackfoot woman. 
He told me he had nothing to give, and he could 
not stop the punishment, which I found he 
dreaded very much. I then suggested that as 
he was a good hunter, an expert horseman, and 
could handle a lasso Well, he rope some buffalo 
calves — now nearly a year old — hobble them and 
keep them with my milch cows. He could use 
my corraIs• until they were gentle, he could then 
drive them across the mountains by the Cadotte 
Pass, and give them as a peace offering to the 
fathers at the mission. . He looked at me in sur¬ 
prise and doubt. I then showed him that as 
there were no buffalo in the Flathead country. 
I thought the fathers would appreciate the gift. 
He at once said he would try my plan. I en¬ 
couraged him to go to work at once, and soon 
saw him arranging for a hunting trip. 
Next day I made a visit to his lodge and found 
him and his Pend d’Oreille wife hard at work, 
and both in a very pleasant humor. I asked in 
the sign language of the wife, “Where is the 
Blackfoot woman?” She informed me in a very 
serious manner that when the Blackfeet had 
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