The party encamped about twenty miles from the village.

The women plant the poles of their teepees firmly in the ground and cover them with a buffalo skin.

A fire is soon made in the centre and the corn put on to boil.

Their bread is kneaded and put in the ashes to bake, but flour is not very plenty among them.
The next day parties were out in every direction; tracks of deer were seen in the snow, and the hunters followed them up.

The beautiful animal flies in terror from the death which comes surer and swifter than her own light footsteps.