After Bighorn ^ 



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they took to wing, always Hghting oiT the' 

 nearest tree, and craning their heads from 

 one side to the other. Suddenly the guide dis- 

 covered we were too high up to pitch camp, 

 there being no water or wood, both very es- 



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sential for a good camp. Keeping on, we 

 reached the divide and the descent began; but 

 before long all were obliged to dismount, for it 

 was so steep for the greater part of the way 

 that the horses were sliding on their tails down 



