He proposed to pay them certain articles, which he should receive from the United States Government when he drew his annuities, as a return for the privilege he demanded.
The Dahcotahs and Chippeways were seated together.

They had smoked the pipe of peace.

The snow had drifted, and lay piled in masses behind them, contrasting its whiteness with their dark countenances and their gay ornaments and clothing.

For some years there had been peace between these two tribes; hating each other, as they did, they had managed to live without shedding each other's blood.
Hole-in-the-Day was the master spirit among the Chippeways.

He was the greatest hunter and warrior in the nation; he had won the admiration of his people, and they had made him chief.