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h into the air the Nez Perce thrust his nostril; for he had got

scent of the battle from afar And last, but not least, came the

remnant of that tribe whose chief had shot Custer in the Black Hills

The Sioux only required to be shohere the eneht of the fat cattle grazing upon the

prairies

But we return for a time to Captain Stephens and his party When

their deliverer, the Indian boy, departed, they rode along the bank

of the Saskatchewan, according to the lad's instructions, and in half

an hour were in sight of Pitt Inspector Dicken was glad enough to

receive this addition to his little assistance; and inforainst the forces

him

"What is the number of the enemy?" enquired Stephens

"About a hundred ar Bear accompanied by a dozen wives ca, and invited me to have a talk With the

coolest effrontery he informed me that if I would leave the fort,

surrender waainst all harm If I refused

these terat our forces; and that

afterwards he would burn the Fort and put the inmates to death