Now, by this time, it had been dark less than about an hour so chief Mud and his son Red Deer fell asleep with instructions that they were to be awakened when the preparations for their departure were complete.

The people woke them about two hours before the dawn, with a breakfast of meat, roots and berries and clear cold water. Their weapons and pouches of food lay ready.

`'Honourable Mud, we love you so much that we can hardly bear to see you go. We will wait for you at all our places until your return and your honourable son's return. Did you dream last night? Can you tell us anything more?"