I was completely satisfied myself that the whole would be destroyed, and I besought Grant, whom I knew, to suggest or let them try and devise some means to save the women and children.

I represented to him that they could have done no harm to anybody, whatever he or his party might think the men had.

I entreated him to take compassion on them.

I reminded him that they were his father's country-women and in his deceased father's name, I begged him to take pity and compassion on them and spare them.
"At last he said, if all the arms and public property were given up, we should be allowed to go away.

After inducing the Bois-brules to allow me to go to Fort Douglas, I met our people; they were long unwilling to give up, but at last our Mr.Macdonell, who was now in charge consented.
We went together to the Frog Plain, and an inventory of the property was taken when we had returned to the Fort.