My child will show the Tetons that he is brave, by striking their enemies.

Men of the Dahcotahs, this is my son!" The Pawnee hesitated a moment, and then stepping in front of the chief, he took his hard and wrinkled hand, and laid it with reverence on his head, as if to acknowledge the extent of his obligation.

Then recoiling a step, he raised his person to its greatest elevation, and looked upon the hostile band, by whom he was environed, with an air of loftiness and disdain, as he spoke aloud, in the language of the Siouxes-- "Hard-Heart has looked at himself, within and without.

He has thought of all he has done in the hunts and in the wars.

Every where he is the same.