I love you, and will make you my wife." "Then you must give up your people," replied the girl, "for I cannot live as the Dahcotah women.

Come with me to my white lodge, and we will be happy; for see the bright water as it falls on the rocks.

We will sit by its banks during the heat of the day, and when we are tired, the music of its waves will lull us to sleep." So she took Chaske by the hand, and they walked on till they came to an empty white lodge, and there they lived and were very happy.

They were still happier when their little boy began to play about the lodge; for although they loved each other very much, still it was lonely where they lived, and the child was company for them both.
There was one thing, however, that troubled the Dahcotah; he could not turn his mind from it, and day after day passed without relieving him from his perplexity.

His beautiful wife never ate with him.