They got instructions which left them serious.

The camp fell into semi-silence.

Each family returned to its own wagon.

Out in the dark, flung around in a wide circle, a double watch stood guard.
Wingate and his aids, Banion, Jackson, Bridger, the pick of the hardier men, went out for all the night.

It was to Banion, Bridger and Jackson that most attention now was paid.