the united camp the back of a Crow on which to inflict punishment. The word amaraba, which means " clear out," was used so much on this occasion that it has since become proverbial among us.
This forced separation, though it may have checked the present ebullition, could not be of long duration. It needed but a spark to rekindle their hostile dispositions into open
war. The next day, as if to provoke a rupture, the dis
affected Crows stole thirty horses from the Flatheads. Two innocent persons were unfortunately charged with the crime,
and punished. The mistake being discovered, the amende
honorable was made, but to no purpose. The Flatheads, aware of their dangerous position, employed the interval in fortifying their camp, stationing their' women and children in a place of safety, and arming themselves for the contest. An immense cloud of dust in the neighborhood of the Crow camp at ten o'clock announced the expected attack. On they came with the impetuosity of an avalanche, until within musket shot of the advanced guard of the allied camp, who had just risen to their feet to listen to a few words addressed them by their chief, Stiettietlotso, and to meet the foe. " My friends," said Moses, (the name I gave him in baptism) " if it be the will of God, we shall conquer - if it be not his will, let us humbly submit to whatever it shall please
his goodness to send us. Some of us must expect to fall in this contest: if there be any one here unprepared to die, let him retire; in the meanwhile let us constantly keep Him in
mind." He had scarcely finished speaking, when the fire of the enemy was returned by his band, with such terrible effect as to make them shift their mode of attack into an other, extremely fatiguing to their horses. After the battle had raged for some time in this way, Victor,' the grand chief of the Flatheads, perceiving the embarrassed position of
the enemy, cried out: " Now, my men, mount your best horses, and charge them." The manoeuvre was successful.
a For an interesting anecdote of Victor and Pope Gregory XVI, see p. 1341.