Memories of a Rear Hunter 



lowing morning eight hard-boiled eggs at a sit- 

 ting. No ill-effects were heard of during the night. 

 I took my sixteen eggs in broken doses. 



We here received late papers telling how the 

 Nez Perces had out-maneuvered Colonel Sturgis 

 of the Seventh Cavalry, and of their escape. 



On the 24th we crossed the Madison, and 

 dropped into the wagon road leading to Bozeman 

 from Virginia City. Here some alarm was caused 

 by our pack mule, Dollie, to which after getting 

 into the open country, we had not paid much at- 

 tention, for we had allowed her to trot on behind 

 at will. As before remarked, when packed for the 

 road there was nothing visible except her ears and 

 feet under a pile of bedding with a white wagon 

 sheet on top. Soon after getting on to the Boze- 

 man road, we met twelve empty farm wagons that 

 had been hired by General Howard to carry the 

 impedimenta of his command, had been paid off 

 and were on their way to their homes on the west 

 side of the Rockies. We stopped the head team, 

 passed the news and went ahead. In a short time 

 was heard a tremendous clattering and rumpus 

 behind. On looking back, there was Dollie trot- 

 ting along, innocent and apparently careless of her 

 surroundings. As the lead wagon was met, the 

 horses, after being kept in the road a short time, 



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