I like that, me!" Ambrose found the teepee village set up in the form of a square on a grassy flat beside the river.

The quadrangle was filled with the usual confusion of loose horses, quarrelsome dogs, and screaming children.
Simon called his attention to a teepee in the middle of the northerly side distinguished by its size and by gaudy paintings on the canvas.
"Head man's lodge," he said.

"Name Joey Providence Watusk." "A good mouthful," said Ambrose.
"Joey for English, Providence for French, Watusk for Kakisa," explained Simon.
He called a boy to him, and made him understand that they wished to see the head man.
"I send a message that we are coming," he explained to Ambrose.

"He lak to be treated lak big man.

It is no harm when you are trading with them." Ambrose agreed.