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through camp and had fed with them. After watering our 

 horses and staking them for the night, we broiled our veni- 

 son on a fire of quaking-asp coals. Our beds consisted of our 

 saddle blankets, and we were soon ready for sleep. Pre- 

 sently the wolves began to howl in a fearful manner. My 

 companion related several close calls he had passed through 

 in Texas, and this narration did not tend to peaceful slumber. 



When morning came we started for the Yellowstone, 

 and,, after a ride of three days, came to the old trading center 

 at Huntley. I have never forgotten the delight of this trip 

 and have since passed very near the same place. I still hope 

 to revisit this locality, as I am very sure there are deposits of 

 gold in the vicinity, for the indications all point that way. As 

 time passes old Earth will yield up some of her very precious 

 treasures in Wyoming and Montana, such as are yet un- 

 dreamed of. 



The name of the man with whom I made the expedition 

 was supposed to be John Glenwood. I learned afterward 

 however, that this was an assumed name, and that he had 

 left Texas to avoid intimate connection with the hangman's 

 rope, as he had committed murder. 



