his discourse:--

"Yes, pup, we'll make our camp here for a long bit,

old dog, in this beautiful plain. We'll make a willow

wigwam to sleep in, you and I, jist in yon clump o'

trees, not a stone's-throw to our right, where we'll have

a run o' pure water beside us, and be near our buffalo

at the same time. For, ye see, we'll need to watch him

lest the wolves take a notion to eat him--that'll be

your

duty, pup. Then I'll skin him when I get strong