_Hunter._ I have not a word of complaint to make. The Indians have been represented as treacherous, dishonest, reserved, and sour in their disposition; but, instead of this, I have found them generally, though not in all cases, frank, upright, hospitable, light-hearted, and friendly. Those who have seen Indians smarting under wrongs, and deprived, by deceit and force, of their lands, hunting-grounds, and the graves of their fathers, may have found them otherwise: and no wonder; the worm that is trodden on will writhe; and man, unrestrained by Divine grace, when treated with injustice and cruelty, will turn on his oppressor. _Austin._ Say what you will, I like the Indians. _Hunter._ That there is much of evil among Indians is certain; much of ignorance, unrestrained passions, cruelty, and revenge: but they have been misrepresented in many things. I had better tell you the names of some of the chiefs of the tribes, or of some of the most remarkable men among them. _Austin._ Yes; you cannot do better. Tell us the names of all the chiefs, and the warriors, and the conjurors, and all about them. _Hunter._ The Blackfeet Indians are a very warlike people; _Stu-mick-o-sucks_ was the name of their chief. _Austin._ Stu-mick-o-sucks! What a name! Is there any meaning in it? _Hunter._ O yes. It means, "the back fat of the buffalo;" and if you had seen him and _Peh-to-pe-kiss_, "the ribs of the eagle," another chief dressed up in their splendid mantles, buffaloes' horns, ermine tails, and scalp-locks, you would not soon have turned your eyes from them. _Brian._ Who would ever be called by such a name as that? The back fat of the buffalo! _Hunter._ The Camanchees are famous on horseback. There is no tribe among the Indians that can come up to them, to my mind, in the management of a horse, and the use of the lance: they are capital hunters. The name of their chief is _Ee-shah-ko-nee_, or "the bow and quiver." I hardly ever saw a larger man among the Indians than _Ta-wah-que-nah_, the second chief in power. Ta-wah-que-nah means "the mountain of rocks," a very fit name for a huge Indian living near the Rocky Mountains. When I saw _Kots-o-ko-ro-ko_, or "the hair of the bull's neck," (who is, if I remember right, the third chief,) he had a gun in his right hand, and his warlike shield on his left arm. _Austin._ If I go among the Indians, I shall stay a long time with the Camanchees; and then I shall, perhaps, become one of the most skilful horsemen, and one of the best hunters in the world. _Brian._ And suppose you get thrown off your horse, or killed in hunting buffaloes, what shall you say to it then? _Austin._ Oh, very little, if I get killed; but no fear of that. I shall mind what I am about. Tell us who is the head of the Sioux? _Hunter._ When I was at the upper waters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, _Ha-won-je-tah_, or "the one horn," was chief; but since then, being out among the buffaloes, a buffalo bull attacked and killed him.