trail in the morning; they would follow all night, or
as long as the herd ran. When the buffalo war fairly tired out they
would lay down, and the Utes would see then as we warn't there. Then
they would set out upon the back-trail, skirting along each side of the
line trampled by the herd until they came upon our trail; the dead horse
was a sign as they could see a mile away, so it was clear that we must
foot it as soon as we could. We gave the horse an hour's rest; and it
did us as much good as him, for I can tell you we war pretty well used
up. We drove him afore us until, after six hours' walking, we came to a
stream. We went up this for an hour, then we both filled our
hunting-shirts with stones and fastened them on the horse, and then
drove him off."

"What did you put the stones on his back for?" Frank asked.

"To make the Utes think as he was carrying double. Each of the loads was
about the weight of a man, and the horse was so tired that he staggered
as he walked; so as they would see his tracks, and wouldn't see ours,
they would naturally come to the conclusion as we war both on his back.
It warn't likely as the critter would go far before he laid down,
perhaps not more than half a mile; but that would do for us. We went
back a few hundred yards in the stream, and then struck off across the
prairie, the same side as we had come from, taking care to make as
little sign as possible.

"The Utes would be riding along by the side of the stream and looking
for a horse's print, and the chances war that they wouldn't see ours.
When they came up to the horse and found out the trick, they would
gallop back again; at least half of them would go up the stream and half
would take the back-track; but, you see, as they went up they would have
trampled across our track, and they would find it mighty hard work to
pick it up again.

"We footed it all day, and the prospect warn't a pleasant one. The
nearest settlement was nigh a thousand miles away, we had no horses, and
we daren't fire a gun for fear of bringing Utes down upon us. We had
made up our minds to strike for the Cheyennes' country, that being the
nearest where we could expect to find friends. For two days we tramped
on. The third day we war sitting by the side of a stream, eating a
prairie-dog as we had trapped, when Rube stopped eating suddenly, and
said, 'Listen!'

"I threw myself down and put my ear to the ground, and, sure enough,
could hear the gallop of ho