The two Indians, envious each of the other's acquisition, began to
discuss with growing anger the comparative value of the articles.
Unable to arrive at an agreement, they resolved to put up the hat and
gaiters as a stake and gamble for them.

The impressive head-gear and antique gaiters of an Anglican bishop
never appeared to greater advantage than they did upon the old Indian,
the winner of the game, when he proudly strutted before his dusky,
admiring brethren, displaying on head and bare legs the Episcopal
insignia, and having for his only other garment an old shirt whose
dingy tail fluttered coyly in the summer breeze.


NEYKIA'S WEDDING

At ten o'clock, on the morning of Neykia's wedding, a motley mass of
natives clothed in many colours crowded about the little church, which,
for lack of space, they could not enter. Presently the crowd surged
back from the door and formed on either side of the path, leaving an
opening down the centre. A tall half-breed with a shock of wavy black
hair stepped from the doorway, raised his violin, and adjusting it into
position, struck up a lively tune to the accompaniment of the wailing
of a broken concertina played by another half-breed who preceded the
newly married couple. Neykia wore a silk handkerchief over her head, a
light-coloured cotton waist open at the throat, a silk sash over one
shoulder, and a short skirt revealing beaded leggings and moccasins.
Behind the bride and groom walked Oo-koo-hoo and the fathers of the
bridal couple, then the mothers and the rest of the relations, while
the clergy and the other guests brought up the rear. As the little
procession moved along, the men, lined up on either side of the path,