This stopping-place was called Camp Cody, in honor of the reader's humble servant.

The next day was spent in hunting jack-rabbits, coyotes, elk, antelope, and wild turkeys.
That we had a splendid dinner may be seen from the following BILL OF FARE Soup Buffalo Tail Fish Broiled Cisco; Fried Dace Entrees Salmi of Prairie Dog; Stewed Rabbit; Filet of Buffalo aux Champignons Vegetables Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Green Peas Dessert Tapioca Pudding Wines Champagne Frappe, Champagne au Naturel, Claret, Whisky, Brandy, Ale Coffee I considered this a fairly good meal for a hunting party.

Everybody did justice to it.
The excursionists reached Fort Hays on the morning of October second.
There we pitched our tents for the last time.

That same afternoon General Sheridan and his guests took the train for the East.

They expressed themselves as highly pleased with the hunt, as well as with the way they had been guided and escorted.
General Davies afterward wrote the story of this hunt in a volume of sixty-eight pages, called "Ten Days on the Plains." In this chapter I have taken the liberty of condensing frequently from this volume, and in some cases have used the general's exact language.