Captain Parker, who was a brave man, gave Satanta to understand that he was reckoning beyond his powers, and would find it a more difficult undertaking than he had any idea of, as they were prepared for him at any moment.

The interview finally terminated, and Satanta angrily left the officers presence.

Going over to the sutler's store he sold his ambulance to Mr.Tappan the past trader, and with a portion of the proceeds he secretly managed to secure some whisky from some bad men around the fort.

There are always to be found around every frontier post some men who will sell whisky to the Indians at any time and under any circumstances, notwithstanding it is a flagrant violation of both civil and military regulations.
Satanta mounted his horse, and taking the whisky with him, he rode rapidly away and proceeded straight to his village.

He had not been gone over an hour, when he returned to the vicinity of the post accompanied by his warriors who came in from every direction, to the number of seven or eight hundred.