I remember that General Sherman estimated that the number of buffalo on the Plains at that time must have been more than eleven million.

It required all the energy of the soldiers and scouts to keep a road cleared through the herds so that the ambulance might pass.
We breakfasted during the morning stop and rested the horses.

For the men there was plenty of water, which we had brought along in canteens and camp kettles.

There was also a little for the animals, enough to keep them from suffering on the way.
Two o'clock found us still making our way through the buffalo herds, but with no Council Springs in sight.

Curtis was on ahead, and one of the lieutenants, feeling a little nervous, rode up to another of the scouts.
"How far are we from the Springs ?" he inquired.
"I don't know," said the guide uneasily.