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I understand that old Oo-pee-too-korah-han-apee-wee-yin " the Superintendent prided himself upon his mastery of Indian names and ran off this polysyllabic cognomen with the utmost facility "the Pond-maker, or Pound-maker as he has come to be called, is in the neighborhood.
To the Sergeant in charge, the Superintendent of Police having departed to Macleod, he reported the events of the preceding night. "What about that rumor, Sergeant?" he inquired after he had told his tale. "Well, I had the details yesterday," replied the Sergeant. "Colonel Otter and a column of some three hundred men with three guns went out after Pound-maker.
Pound-maker, Little Pine, Big Bear and some of their other Chiefs were similarly disposed of. Copperhead at Macleod was fretting his life out like an eagle in a cage. The various regiments of citizen soldiers had gone back to their homes to be received with vociferous welcome, except such of them as were received in reverent silence, to be laid away among the immortals with quiet falling tears.
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