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a gallop wherever the ground was hard 

 enough to permit us to travel so fast. In an 

 hour we came up with the pack. The men 

 had not been able to find a path by which 

 the horses could safely travel with their loads. 

 The Chief took command, and walking his 

 horse along the very edge of the river's bank 

 he was enabled to clear the very soft places. 

 The other horses seeing Charley leading, fol- 

 lowed in his tracks, and all went well until 

 a place was reached where it was impossible 

 to go any farther. Then we were led up into 

 the mountain, through the bed of a small 

 creek well filled with immense boulders. The 

 horses were taken carefully up this creek. 

 At the top of it, we turned to the left, and 

 followed a trail that ran through a thick 

 grove of willow brush. 



It was now dark, and we had our hands 

 full in keeping the willows from swiping us 

 off our horses. In time the trail led down the 

 mountain again, and we came to a good camp- 

 ing place. The packs were removed from the 

 animals, they were hobbled and let loose, and 

 then it was discovered that one of the horses 

 with a pack on his back was missing. 



Two men went up the mountain with a lan- 

 tern, and later came back saying the horse 



