How often had he warned her of the danger of offending Cloudy Sky, that sickness, famine, death itself, might be the result.

Her mother too, had wearied her with warnings.

But she remembered her dream, and with all a Sioux woman's faith in revelations, she determined to let it influence her course.
Red Deer had often vowed to take the life of his rival, though he knew it would have assuredly cost him his own.

The family of Cloudy Sky was a large one; there were many who would esteem it a sacred duty to avenge his death.

Besides he would gain nothing by it, for the parents of Harpstenah would never consent to her marriage with the murderer of the war chief.
How often had Red Deer tried to induce the young girl to leave the village, and return with him as his wife.