to what I saw. He looked steadfastly for a moment,
then raising his eyes to the grove, exclaimed in a whisper, 'The timber is
full of Indians! I see them advancing from tree to tree; it is time for
action. I shall fall, but you may be saved; if so, let my friends in
Kentucky know that I died like a brave man. I will arouse the rest.'

He went to the tent on our left, while I remained watching the approach of
the enemy. I could see them distinctly as they moved from tree to tree. I
heard B---- call in a whisper, 'Jamison! Jamison!' Jamison came out of his
tent but without his arms. B---- told him of our danger, and directed his
attention to the Indians in the grove. As he spoke Jamison stretched out
his arms and gave a yawn, remarking, 'These Injuns are mighty unsartin
critters; there's no knowing about their motions;' crawled into his tent
again. B---- returned; neither of us spoke. We lay down and drew our
blankets over us; at length B---- said:

'Harry?'

'What?'

'Hoaxed! by thunder!'

The whole truth, which had been breaking in upon my mind by degrees, now
flashed upon me, and I raised a shout of laughter. At this instant, poor
'Doings,' who had been awake from the commencement, but who was so scared
that he had rolled himself under the eaves of the tent, and contracted
himself into a space scarcely larger than my arm, and who in his terror
would have lain still and had his throat cut without wagging a finger in
defence; this poor, miserable 'Doings' exclaimed 'Haw! haw! haw! I knew it
all the time; I never see fellows so scared!' This was too bad. However,
we had our laugh out, discussed plans for vengeance, went to sleep and had
quiet slumbers for the rest of the night.

The next morning we ascertained that the whole story about the Sioux
encampment had been fabricated for the purpose of trying our mettle, and
that all save B----, myself and 'Doings,' were in the secret. The moving
objects which I had seen in the grass were Indian dogs prowling around for
food, and the Indians in the timber existed only in our excited
imaginations.

* * * * *

I may hereafter give an account of the _modus operandi_ of our revenge,
and of our mode of hunting the buffalo, in which we met with much success;
and of other matters of interest which fell under my observation during
the sixty days we spent with this tribe of Indians.

H.