He ascended the hill beyond, and drove on.

His woollen comforter, tied about his neck, became frosted over from his breath; and the breasts, and mane, and sides, of the horses were gradually sprinkled with white, in the same way.

They were both black horses,--the General having been left at home.
They trotted down the hills and along the level portions of the road, and wheeled around the curves, with great speed.

Jonas found that he had no occasion for his whip, and so he put it away behind him, under the buffaloes.
He went on in this way, without any special adventure, for a couple of hours, and then began to see a gray light appearing in the eastern sky.
About the same time, the windows of the farm-houses, which he passed on the road, began to be illuminated by the fires, which they were kindling within.

Now and then, he could see a man hurrying out to a barn, to feed the cattle.