When three or four miles out on the trail and not far from the hills we came to a bunch of quite tall willows.

The center of the bunch had been cut out and the branches woven in so as to make a sort of corral.

In the center of this was a spring of good water and some good grass growing around.

This was pretty good evidence that some one had been here before.

We took a good drink and filled our canteens anew, for we did not expect to get another drink for two or three days at least.
We took the trail again and hurried on as the good water made us feel quite fresh.