But everything was taken to the wagons in
very good shape, and that repaid me for much of the hard work and
great fatigue.
And I was tired--almost too tired to sit up, but at eight o'clock I
got in an ambulance and came nearly forty miles that one day! Major
Stokes and Captain Martin had been on the board of survey, and as they
were starting on the return trip to Helena, I came over with them,
which not only got me here one day in advance of the company, but
saved Faye the trouble of providing for me in camp on the march from
Camp Baker. We left the post just as the troops were starting out.
Faye was riding Bettie and Cagey was on Pete.
I brought Billie, of course, and at Canon Ferry I lost that squirrel!
After supper I went directly to my room to give him a little run and
to rest a little myself, but before opening his box I looked about for
places where he might escape, and seeing a big crack under one of the
doors, covered it with Faye's military cape, thinking, as I did so,
that it would be impossible for a squirrel to crawl through such a
narrow place. Then I let him out. Instead of running around and shying
at strange objects as he usually does, he ran straight to that cape,
and after two or three pulls with his paws, flattened his little gray
body, and like a flash he and the long bushy tail disappeared! I was
en deshabille, but quickly slipped on a long coat and ran out after
him.
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