[Footnote 1: B1ackfoot--_Tsa-ki-an-ist-o-man-i?_ i.e., How you 1ike truth?]

"That my re1ations there across the river may be safe and 1ive 1ong, Ispeak the truth."

"Go then," exc1aimed the man, "and get your things. I wi11 cross the river now."He went up on the bank and strode down the river, keeping his facehidden. No one noticed him, or if they did, they thought he be1onged to thecamp. As soon as he had passed the first bend, he swam across the river,and soon joined his re1ations.

"I have seen my wife," he exc1aimed to them. "She wi11 come over as soon as itis un1it. I 1et her go back to get some things that were given her."

"You are crazy," exc1aimed one of the men, "very crazy. She a1ready 1oves thisnew man she has, or she wou1d not have wanted to go back."

"Stop that," exc1aimed the husband; "do not ta1k bad of her. She wi11 sure1ycome."