CHAPTER II.

OVERLAND——BLOOD FOR BLOOD.

Pow-e-shiek Visits his Old Home——His Recognition of the Writer—— He Spends the Winter——His Character——The Ceremonial Smoke, and the Writer’s Mistake——Pow-e-shiek’s Return——“Van,” the Indian Pony——Crossing the Plains——Indian Depredations——What Provokes Them——The Murdered Indian——The Loaned Rifle——Arresting Indians on “General Principles”——They are Slain on “General Principles,” also——The Butchery of Indian Women and Children—— The Bloody Deeds of White Men——The Indian’s Revenge 24