Her people had built for her a little shade or lodge, and had given her some provisions--enough to last her trip to the Happy Hunting-Grounds.

This is often done by the Indians when an enemy is in pursuit and one of their number becomes too feeble to keep pace with the flight.
Our scout, John Nelson, recognized the squaw as a relative of his Indian wife.

From her we learned that the redskins we were pursuing were known as the Pawnee Killer band.

They had lately killed Buck's surveying party, consisting of eight or nine men.

This massacre had occurred a few days before on Beaver Creek.