After that, Black Cloud puts the p'isened heart in the hot sun an' lets it fret an' fester ontil jest before he goes to his dooel with the Lance.

As he's about to start, Black Cloud dips the four steel arrowheads over an' over in the p'isened heart, bein' careful to dry the p'isen on the arrowheads; an' now whoever is touched with these arrows so that the blood comes is shore to die.

The biggest medicine in the nation couldn't save him.
"Thar's forty Osage and forty Creek bucks at the three cottonwoods to see that the dooelists get a squar' deal.

The Lance an' Black Cloud is thar; each has a bow an' four arrows; each has made medicine all night that he may kill his man.
"But the dooel strikes a obstacle.
"Thar's a sombre, sullen sport among the Osages who's troo name is the 'Bob-cat,' but who's called the 'Knife Thrower.' The Bob-cat is one of the Osage forty.

Onknown to the others, this yere Bob-cat--who it looks like is a mighty impressionable savage--is himse'f in love with the dead Sunbright.