We will have a merry night, and when the sun is high, and the long knives come to seek me, you may laugh at them, and tell them to follow me to the country of the Tetons.' The father left the teepee, and White Deer struck the keg with his tomahawk.

The fire water dulled their senses, for they heard not their enemies until they were upon them.
"It was in the dead of night--all but the revellers slept--when the soldiers from the fort surrounded the village.
"The mother of White Deer heard the barking of her dog.

She looked out of the door of her teepee.

She saw nothing, for it was dark; but she knew there was danger near.
"Our warriors, roused from their sleep, determined to find out the cause of the alarm; they were thrust back into their teepees by the bayonets of the long knives, and the voice of the Interpreter was heard, crying, 'The first Dahcotah that leaves his lodge shall be shot.' "The soldiers found out from the old chief the teepee of the revellers.
The young men did not hear them as they approached; they were drinking and shouting.

White Deer had raised the cup to his lips, when the soldier's grasp was upon him.