Bull Eagle, another chief, was intoxicated and laughed at him. Inflamed he rushed to Sage's quarters, intending to kill "Yellow Hair," as Sage was called. He was tall, well made, and wild-eyed. Bull Eagle, in sudden anger appeared, and made a thrust at him with his knife, but the old chief caught the blade and nearly severed two of his fingers. His wife then interfered, but twenty of the partisans fought it out, while the white people stood around observing neutrality. Two were killed and others hurt. Two hours later the chief re-appeared and apologized and he and Sage became famous friends.

Sage also tells of a grand jollification at Fort Laramie, that "rivalled Bedlam and the Council Chamber beyond the Styx. Yelling, screeching, firing, shouting, fighting, swearing and such interesting performances were kept up without intermission, and there was no repose." Liquor sold for four dollars a pint. Men and women ran from lodge to lodge with vessels containing liquor. Susa-ceicha fell from his horse, while riding between Fort Platte and Fort John, and broke his neck. Low Bow, his son. preached a sermon, calling on "Wakan-tunga" the Great Spirit for help. All the Indians" cried like children, and the whites helped prepare a burial scaffold.

After all the chaos of early years, we wonder that there is anything left of the red men ; but time and another generation accomplish marvelous changes. There was a change in the few years that followed the visit of Sage. It was effervescing at that time.