While they appeared to be doing his bidding, he was confident that some of them were better scouts for their native tribes. The element of integrity did not seem at first to be requisite, according to Indian standards. One time, a chief of some

note among the Sioux had offered his son as a candidate for position in a place requiring integrity, and one of the recommendations given was that the son had single-handed stolen twenty ponies from the Pawnees.

Captain Fouts proceeded down the south side of the Platte river with caution, looking out for surprise attack. There was nothing of suspicious note, except signal fires on the hills on both sides of the Raw Hide, and on the west side of Sheep creek and on Signal Buttes.

"On the afternoon of the thirteenth of June," says C. G. Coutant, in his history of Wyoming, "the party went into camp on Horse creek, and the indians proceeded to give a dog feast. In the evening, three hundred and eighty-two of the warriors congregated in secret council. The officers were seriously anxious to know just what was going on, yet their best efforts failed of finding out."

Through Butler and Hyde, comes a story, evidently of Indian origin, that the Indians were furious at certain white officers and soldiers, for taking young Indian girls into their tents, and keeping them there all night. It seems doubtful that there was any truth to the story, for the reason that there were a number of white women in the party, that were being taken out of the danger zone and among them were the wives and families of Captain Fouts, and Lieutenant Triggs. It is not prob-