Volume 1

CHAPTER X.
THE CHEYENNE TREATY: 1806.
rirnr EDNESDAY, July 23d! Early in the morning the
^^^^^^ natives began to file off in small parties ; all were
to assemble on the top of a high hill at some distance from
the village. At ten o'clock Le Borgne's brother and the
Schian arrived, informed us that all were off,
and requested
us to accompany them to the Schian camp, as he was certain
that his brother would be happy to see us, and we
should be under his particular charge in case of accident.
Having previously determined to follow this party, we were
happy to have him propose what exactly suited our own
inclinations. But my landlord was so obliging as to insist
on my accepting the services of his young wife on my
journey, for which purpose he had provided her with a
horse and other necessaries. I did not in the least relish
this proposal, and signified as much to him ; but he was
determined to send her, and I could only hope to give her
the slip among the crowd. As she was not ready to start
at the same time we did, I had a favorable opportunity of
avoiding her.
We mounted our horses and put ourselves under the
directions of Le Borgne's brother, a very stout, well-built
fellow. Our course on leaving the village was S., directly
up the high bank, through a very rough, hilly country,
without wood of any kind. At one o'clock we came to the
hill, where a multitude of people awaited our conductor.
The top of the hill was entirely covered with men, women,
children, and horses. On our arrival old Choke-cherry,' a
'
" The old chief we have mentioned, whose name is Caltahcota or Cherry on
a Bush," L. and C, p. 184, is doubtless the same person who is here called
"old Choke-cherry."
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