And what's more, some grownups never get over it.
Perhaps Sitting Bull had given the fever to Injun, for the dog was trembling so that he shook the canoe; each particular hair stood on end, and if any one had stroked Bull, he probably would have got the electric shock of his life.

Anyway, Injun sure had buck fever for the first time in his young life, for in bracing himself for his next shot he sat too far back on his left leg, and when he let go his arrow, over went the canoe.

All hopes for a successful issue of that battle would have ended right there had not Injun's arrow by a lucky shot gone straight into Mr.
Deer's heart.

With one mighty lunge in the air he fell back in the water toward the shore, where his horns and part of his body remained above the surface.

When the canoe went over, Whitey held his rifle high over his head, so it was still dry and ready for use--a needless precaution in this case.
I hate to write this part of the story.