The Green Grass ceremony put an end to the general mourning, and there was great celebration when the buffalo did indeed return. Beckwourth found himself unsettled, however. It did not sit well with him that the life of such an innocent as Little Wife could have been threatened so.
One night, an enemy made off with Crow horses. The alarm was given while they were still in the act, and the Crow chased them away with wild gunfire and arrows. The next morning, they found a Blackfoot who had been unable to flee, his leg shattered by a bullet. This warrior was very young, but he faced his fate with trembling voice and nocked arrow, hurling insults at them in his own language. Soon, the entire village was at the scene. Among the Crow was one who had been captured from the Blackfeet as a boy. He
