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Rh not more than three miles from where we were, we staked our horses on the grass, ate a cold lunch, and it now being dark we started afoot for the Indian camp.

We did not get in sight of the Indians any more until within a quarter of a mile of their camp.

They had a little fire of sagebrush and had not lain down yet, but were watching the horses very closely.

They stayed up until about eleven o'clock, and every few minutes some of them would go out to where the horses were feeding and look all around. The moon being full, it was a very bright night, and we could see well.

Finally the horses all got quiet, and the Indians, after building up a little more fire, all laid down by it for a nap.

Would go out where the horses were feeding and look around

After they had lain there some little time, I told the boys now was our time, for as soon as one of them woke up he would go out to the horses again.