Though there may be a dozen vacant chairs in the room, he is not used to chairs, and, like the Indian, prefers a more humble seat.

When I was employed by General Harney last summer to take charge temporarily of the Indians that were gathered here to form a new reservation, one day a guide and trailer came into the General's headquarters.

I told him to be seated.

He sat down on the floor, bracing his back against the wall.

The General saw this, and in vexation cried out, 'My God, why don't you take a chair when there are plenty here not occupied ?' The man arose and seated himself in a chair, but in so awkward and uncomfortable a manner that he looked as if he might slip from it at any moment.