"Heap hunt," he said, in broken English now.

"Where you go ?" he asked, in return.
Auberry was also a diplomat, and answered that we were going a half sleep to the west, to meet a big war party coming down the Platte, the white men from Laramie.
The Indian looked grave at this.

"Is that so ?" he asked, calmly.

"I had not any word from my young men about a war party coming down the river.
Many white tepees on wheels going up the river; no soldiers coming down this way." "We are going on up to meet our soldiers," said Auberry, sternly.

"The Sioux have killed some of our men below here.