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must bring horses that are perfect, that the girl was perfect in every respect, that her character was above reproach as everyone knows and that she was not a frequenter of the towns as were other girls of questionable character. He dwelt at length upon the virtues of the maiden as well as upon his injured dignity. Without any ceremony or formality of any kind the invited guests, one by one, quietly arose and went away. Only the immediate relatives remained in the banquet wigwam and after a short and quiet consultation they gathered up the pots and kettles and unhitching the horses from the hitching posts led them solemnly to the house of the party negotiating for the marriage. Toward evening they were busy going from place to place, I presume, in search for another horse. 

Today we will feast again when the sun reaches the middle of the sky and if our cousin comes with a quieter mid we may close up this part of the ceremony, and proceed to the next, which may come off tomorrow morning.