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"Has my brother been a warrior?" said the wily Teton, in a tone that
he intended should be conciliating.
"Do the leaves cover the trees in the season of fruits? Go. The
Dahcotahs have not seen as many warriors living as I have looked on in
their blood! But what signifies idle remembrancing," he added in
English, "when limbs grow stiff, and sight is failing!"
The chief regarded him a moment with a severe look, as if he would lay
bare the falsehood he had heard; but meeting in the calm eye and
steady mien of the trapper a confirmation of the truth of what he
said, he took the hand of the old man and laid it gently on his head,
in token of the respect that was due to the other's years and
experience.
"Why then do the Big-knives tell their red brethren to bury the
tomahawk," he said, "when their own young men never forget that they
are braves, and meet each other so often with bloody hands?"
"My nation is more numerous than the buffaloes on the prairies, or the
pigeons in the air. Their quarrels are frequent; yet their warriors
are few.


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