80 A COMRADE AND FRESH SPORTS. 



pleasant circumstances. The chief informed us that he 

 was reconnoitring, as the Crows contemplated an expedi- 

 tion against the Sioux. We gave him what information 

 we could, of the condition of the neighboring tribes, and 

 then passed on. Shortly before dark, we reached a well- 

 wooded bottom, through which flowed a tolerably clear 

 stream, called the Little Sandy, tributary to the Colorado, 

 and there we made our camp, fully satisfied with our 

 day's success. 



