"No," replied Sun Bird. "When we rode after him he ran away."
"Well, when he saw that you were Dacotahs he was frightened," Little Raven said, boastfully.
While they were talking the war party came up to them. Sun Bird found Lean Wolf in command. He said that he had followed the Crows until he felt sure that they were going to their village. Then he left Running Dog to scout along the western flank of the war party, and returned to his companions.
"Do you believe those people know about us?" Sun Bird asked, anxiously.
"No," Lean Wolf assured him. "They are far away. The scouts did not go far from their people. Those Crows have killed plenty of game. They are afraid the Blackfeet will catch them, and take it away."
"Have you seen Feather Dog?" inquired Sun Bird.
"No," replied Lean Wolf.
Then the Minneconjoux inquired anxiously about the solitary horseman. They said that Little Raven had told them about him, but they were eager to know who he was and where he had gone.
"I cannot tell you that," Sun Bird told them. "He was far away, and we could not find out who he was. When we went after him he ran away. Perhaps Feather Dog will tell us about him."
"Yes, yes, perhaps Feather Dog will find out about him," the Minneconjoux told one another, hopefully.