when we have had enough of the
fun we can take the scalp of a brave or two and retreat!" His friend
construed his daring proposition to be a test of courage, which it would
not become him, as a brave, to decline; therefore he assented with a
show of cheerfulness.

The handsome strangers were well received by the Ojibway girls, but
their perilous amusement was brought to an untimely close. A young
maiden prematurely discovered their true characters, and her cry of
alarm brought instantly to her side a jealous youth, who had been
watching them from his place of concealment. With him Tamahay had a
single-handed contest, and before a general alarm was given he had
dispatched the foe and fled with his scalp.

The unfortunate brave had been a favorite and a leader among the tribe;
therefore the maddened Ojibways were soon in hot pursuit. The Sioux
braves were fine runners, yet they were finally driven out upon the
peninsula of a lake. As they became separated in their retreat, Tamahay
shouted, "I'll meet you at the mouth of the St. Croix River, or in the
spirit land!" Both managed to swim the lake, and so made good their
escape.

The exploits of this man were not all of a warlike nature. He was
a great traveler and an expert scout, and he had some wonderful
experiences with wild animals. He was once sent, with his intimate
friend, on a scout for game. They were on ponies.

They located a herd of buffaloes, and on their return to the camp espied
a lonely buffalo. Tamahay suggested that they should chase it in order
to take some fresh meat, as the law of the tribe allowed in the case of
a single animal. His pony stumbled and threw him, after they had wounded
the bison, and the latter attacked the dismounted man viciously. But
he, as usual, was on the alert. He "took the bull by the horns", as the
saying is, and cleverly straddled him on the neck. The buffalo had no
means of harming his enemy, but pawed the earth and struggled until his
strength was exhausted, when the Indian used his knife on the
animal's throat. On account of this feat he received the name
"Held-the-Bull-by-the-Horns."

The origin of his name "Tamahay" is related as follows. When he was
a young man he accompanied the chief Wabashaw to Mackinaw, Michigan,
together with some other warriors. He was out with his friend one day,
viewing the wonderful sights in the "white man's country", when they
came upon a sow with her numerous pink little progeny. He was g