“Indian agent cold now; be hot enough in next world.”
“Wh—who’re you?”
“Me White-man-runs-him, friend of honest palefaces; hate thieves and liars.”
“Do you know Buffalo Bill?”
“Him greatest man in world; him white friend of red men.”
“Do you know where he is?”
“Wuh; him in mountains; mebby find white cutthroats, take um back to be hung.”
“For how much money will you take us out of here and show us the way to Laramie?”
“Me not trade with white thief. Buffalo Bill take you Laramie.”
“If I would give you one hundred ponies, wouldn’t you get us out of this place?”