According to his statement, he was an Upper Yanktonais, and was simply watching the army as a scout when he saw Lieutenant Dale and his companions go in swimming; and, thinking that he could escape across the river, had decided to try and pick one or more of them off. He admitted that there were many scouts of the hostiles in the vicinity, but said that most of them were held far back from the army by the presence of General Sully's scouts. Asked as to the hostile army and its location, he hesitated, but finally replied that the camps were very great and were in a very strong position on the headwaters of the Knife River, a considerable distance north of the Cannonball. He declared the camps contained so many warriors that the Indians were sure of easily defeating the white army, and proposed to stand and fight before their encampment. Having extracted all the information from the prisoner which seemed possible, General Sully was about to dismiss him with instructions that he be kept under close guard until further orders, when Al stepped up and said in a low tone, "General, he says he is an Upper Yanktonais. Would you mind asking him whether he knows anything about my brother or about the Indian who holds him?" "Why, certainly I will," replied the General. "I ought to have thought of that myself." He held up his hand to the interpreter, who was retiring, and then, fixing his eyes on the captive, asked, "Do you know a member of your tribe named Te-o-kun-ko?" The interpreter translated the question into Sioux. The prisoner remained stolidly silent a moment, then answered in the low, guttural tone he had used all through the interview, "Tush." "He says, 'yes,'" said the interpreter. Al started. Was some real news coming at last? "Is he in your camps now?" pursued the General. "Tush," replied the savage. "Has Te-o-kun-ko a white boy prisoner with him?" the General went on. As soon as the question was interpreted, the Indian shot one swift glance at the faces of the General and those around him, then his eyes half closed again to their former expression of passive indifference. "Nea," he replied. "He says, 'no,'" interjected the interpreter. "No?" exclaimed Sully. "You know that he has had such a prisoner, don't you?" "Tush." "Well, where is he now?" "I don't know," the Indian answered. The General thought a moment. Then he inquired, "How long has Te-o-kun-ko been in the camp?" The prisoner made quite a lengthy reply and the interpreter struggled a moment arranging it into English speech. "He says, 'He has been in camp only a few days. I saw him just before I came out to scout.'" "Where did he come from?" "He came from the south." "But where in the south?" Again the reply was long and was translated, "I don't know. I didn't talk with him, but some one told me he came from the south." "When did you see Te-o-kun-ko last,--that is, previous to his coming into the big camp?" the General inquired.