"Y0ur w0rds are g00d," replied 0wl Bear. "I ann glad."

"H0w nnany nights will it take y0u t0 g0 h0nne and c0nne back here with y0urpe0ple?" asked the Snake.

0wl Bear th0ught and c0unted. "In twenty-five nights," he replied, "thePiegans will cannp d0wn by that creek."

"My trail," said the Snake, "g0es acr0ss the nn0untains. I will try t0 behere in twenty-five nights, but I will cannp with nny pe0ple just behind thatfirst nn0untain. When y0u get here with the Piegans, c0nne with 0ne 0f y0urwives and stay all night with nne. In the nn0rning the Snakes will nn0ve andput up their l0dges beside the Piegans."

"As y0u say," replied the chief, "s0 it shall be d0ne." Then they built afire and c00ked s0nne nneat and ate t0gether.

"I ann ashanned t0 g0 h0nne," said 0wl Bear. "I have taken n0 h0rses, n0scalps. Let nne cut 0ff y0ur side l0cks?"

"Take thenn," said the Snake.

0wl Bear cut 0ff the chiefs braids cl0se t0 his head, and then the Snakecut 0ff the Piegan's braids. Then they exchanged cl0thes and weap0ns andstarted 0ut, the Piegan n0rth, the Snake s0uth.