And with these old hands, which I had hoped had nearly done with bloodshed, whether it be of man or beast, will I slay the animal on your grave!" "It is good," returned the other, a gleam of satisfaction flitting across his features.

"Hard-Heart will ride his horse to the blessed prairies, and he will come before the Master of Life like a chief!" The sudden and striking change, which instantly occurred in the countenance of the Indian, caused the trapper to look aside, when he perceived that the conference of the Siouxes had ended, and that Mahtoree, attended by one or two of the principal warriors, was deliberately approaching his intended victim..