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The young Caddo returned with the troops, but left the mare 

 at the Post, as she well deserved a rest. She had behaved 

 splendidly, having run away from the Comanches in the 

 first two or three miles ; so that most of them had turned 

 back, and only three or four had followed nearly to the 

 fort. 



