When several miles from Ft.

Kearney I think on July 3rd, we camped near the river where there was a slough and much cottonwood and willow.

Just after sundown a horse came galloping from the west and went in with our horses that were feeding a little farther down.

In the morning two soldiers came from the fort, inquiring after the stray horse, but Dallas said he had seen none, and they did not hunt around among the willows for the lost animal.

Probably it would be the easiest way to report back to the fort--"Indians got him." When we hitched up in the morning he put the horse on the off side of his own, and when near the fort, he went ahead on foot and entertained the officers while the men drove by, and the horse was not discovered.