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genus in the distance, so away we went, when, lo and behold, 
our “ould citizen feller” again. Poor old wretch, he had 
" become bewildered, from fatigue, hunger and thirst, and : 
turning round in his tracks, was travelling away from, instead 
of towards the fort. Humanity now prompted Lieut. C-—n : 
to put him in charge of the guard, so that he reached Fort 
Belknap without any further adventures. 
Our march was a very long one, but a party of us managed 
to get to the camping ground about midnight, where, building 
a fire, we resigned ourselves to sleep until the train came up. 
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