They saw abundance of meat lying there already killed, and perhaps guessed that we could not use all of it.
"Auberry," said Belknap, "we must go talk to these people, and see what's up." "They're Sioux!" said Auberry.

"Like enough the very devils that cleaned out the station down there.

But come on; they don't mean fight right now." Belknap and Auberry took with them the sergeant and a dozen troopers.

I pushed in with these, and saw Orme at my side; and Belknap did not send us back.

We four rode on together presently.