CHARLES L. YOUXGBLOOD. Iv\3 



CHAPTER XIII. 



WILD HORSES THIRSTY AND HUNGRY 



WATER AT LAST BONES ON THE PLALNS 



THE RESULT OF STRONGHEADEDNESS. 



After Johnson left me I ran across two 

 young men by the name of Stanfield and 

 formed a partnership with them. At that time 

 there were a great many wild horses in that 

 vicinity, and we concluded to try our luck 

 after them. So we started out and soon struck 

 a large drove, I think about seventy-five. 

 They were going west, and, ps we had had 

 no experience in that particular line of hunt- 

 ing, we did not have any idea how far they 

 were likely to go, but followed them as closely 

 as we could, intending to get back that night, 

 but instead followed them about one hundred 

 and forty miles. As we had not intended any 

 such chase, we had made no preparations 

 for it and did not take any provisions with us, 

 and were compelled to do entirely without 

 food. I tasted no water at all on the first and 



