It was larger than most of the others, more finished in its form, and finer in its materials; but there its superiority ceased.
Nothing could be more simple and republican than the form of living that the ambitious and powerful Teton chose to exhibit to the eyes of his people.

A choice collection of weapons for the chase, some three or four medals, bestowed by the traders and political agents of the Canadas as a homage to, or rather as an acknowledgment of, his rank, with a few of the most indispensable articles of personal accommodation, composed its furniture.

It abounded in neither venison, nor the wild-beef of the prairies; its crafty owner having well understood that the liberality of a single individual would be abundantly rewarded by the daily contributions of a band.

Although as pre-eminent in the chase as in war, a deer or a buffaloe was never seen to enter whole into his lodge.

In return, an animal was rarely brought into the encampment, that did not contribute to support the family of Mahtoree.