on a given day, at a certain hour, the woman should
take the four horses down the shores of the lake to
its lower end, as if she were going for firewood, there
cross the creek at the ford, and drive them to the
willow bluff, and guard them till the hunters should
arrive.
Having settled this, Joe returned to the tent and
informed his comrades of his success.
During the next three days Joe kept the Indians in
good-humour by giving them one or two trinkets, and