mutual surprise and there found the bell, which ha<* been cut 
from the horse's neck; a pair of hobbles (the removing of 
which had caused the delay that saved our mules) and a pair 
of fine rawhide lariats dropped by the thieves in their sudden 
flight;. All about were moccasin tracks. We took the pains 
to follow them back and discovered that these two had walked 
all the way from their camp 4 miles above, Indian filepnd that 
their ponies had been brought around to them by a circuitous 
trail through the hills. Tom and John rode up to the Indian 
Camp soon after, while Chitty a iA d I went upon the mesas above 
to do our days work. The boys were determined to raise quite 
a noise in the "wickiup" of the supposed guilty red men, but 
felt inclined to give up the idea when they discovered - instead 
the four men seen yesterday - eight fierce looking devils 
grunting over a pipe and looking forbidding enough in their 
sullen stoic mood. They were, neither communicative nor polite 
and the two boys came away impressed with the notion - as Tom 
put it } that they we A e "determined to give us another deal yet". 
The audacity of the thieving pirates went ahead of anything 
we had ever heard, of * 
August 5 - 
Not only did they stay all night boldly in the camp to which 
we tracked them, but at noon rode coolly down to our camp dis¬ 
mounted and seated themselves in a half circle in the middle 
of camp and proceeded to scrutinize t==e every object in the 
