That night both commands went into camp on the Rosebud.

General Terry had his wagon-train with him, so the camp had everything to make life as comfortable as it can be on an Indian trail.
The officers had large wall-tents, with portable beds to stow inside them, and there were large hospital tents to be used as dining-rooms.
Terry's camp looked very comfortable and homelike.

It presented a sharp contrast to the camp of Crook, who had for his headquarters only one small fly-tent, and whose cooking utensils consisted of a quart cup in which he brewed his own coffee, and a sharp stick on which he broiled his bacon.

When I compared these two camps I concluded that Crook was a real Indian fighter.

He had plainly learned that to follow Indians a soldier must not be hampered by any great weight of luggage or equipment.
That evening General Terry ordered General Miles, with the Fifth Infantry, to return by a forced march to the Yellowstone, and to proceed by steamboat down that stream to the mouth of the Powder River, where the Indians could be intercepted in case they made an attempt to cross the stream.