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when they had seriously considered turn- 

 ing back, they located the bison. 



They had taken refuge in a series of 

 deep, narrow valleys, between two high 

 mountain chains, which rose above them on 

 each side into the clouds. The sides of 

 these valleys, beginning about half-way up, 

 were heavily timbered, but along the bot- 

 tom and on the lower slope there was good 

 green feed. They were so sheltered from 

 the wind and the cold that it seemed 

 twenty degrees warmer than the outside 

 country. 



They had located the fugitives just at 

 dusk, so nothing could be done that night. 



The following morning reveille sounded 

 before sunrise, and snatching a hasty meal, 

 the bugler sounded boots and saddles and 

 they were off. 



A part of the troop went to the very up- 

 per end of the most northerly intervale, 

 while a few were stationed along the sides 



