The chief, in whose
countenance disappointment and rage were struggling with the affected
composure of his station, extended an arm towards the river, and the
whole mystery was explained.
Hard-Heart had already crossed half the bottom, which lay between the
acclivity and the water. At this precise moment a band of armed and
mounted Pawnees turned a swell, and galloped to the margin of the
stream, into which the plunge of the fugitive was distinctly heard. A
few minutes sufficed for his vigorous arm to conquer the passage, and
then the shout from the opposite shore told the humbled Tetons the
whole extent of the triumph of their adversaries.
CHAPTER XXIX
If that shepherd be not in hand-fast, let him fly; the curses he
shall have, the tortures he shall feel, will break the back of
man, the heart of monster.
--Shakspeare.
It will readily be seen that the event just related was attended by an
extraordinary sensation among the Siouxes.
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