The Blackfoot shuddered with rage.
"I will have it," he cried, "even if I must use force in obtaining it."
"No," she replied; "cunning alone must be employed."
"I will have it," he repeated. "Before two days I will give it to my mother."
"No," she said quickly; "in two days is too soon. Let my son give it me on the fifth day of the new moon, which will begin within three days."
"Good; I swear it! My mother shall have the great medicine of Prairie-Flower."
"My son will bring it to me at the tree of the bear, near the great lodge of the Palefaces, two hours after sunset. I will await him there, and give him my final instructions."
"Red Wolf will be there."
"Till then, my son will carefully watch every movement of the Grizzly Bear; if he learns anything new, which appears to him important, my son will form on this very spot a pyramid of seven buffalo heads, and come back two hours after to wait for me. I shall have understood his signal, and will reply to his summons."
"Oche, my mother is powerful; it shall be done as she desires."