The elder of the two wives escaped from the murderous Chippeways.

Again and again, in the darkness of the night, she turns back to flee from her deadly foe, but far more from the picture of her children, murdered before her eyes.

She knew the direction in which the Dahcotahs who had left the party had encamped, and she directed her steps to find them.
One would think she would have asked death from her enemies--her husband loved her no more, her children were dead--but she clung to life.
She reached the teepees at last, and hastened to tell of her sorrows, and of the treachery of Hole-in-the-Day.

For a moment the utmost consternation prevailed among the Indians, but revenge was the second thought, and rapidly were their preparations made to seek the scene of the murder.

The distance was accomplished in a short time, and the desolation lay before their eyes.
The fires in the teepees were not gone out; the smoke was ascending to the heavens; while the voices of the murdered Dahcotahs seemed to call upon their relatives for revenge..