with food; but they had to cook it during the day,
being afraid to light a fire at night while Indians were
prowling about.
One night they halted near the bed of a stream which
was almost dry. They had travelled a day and a night
without water, and both men and horses were almost
choking, so that when they saw the trees on the horizon
which indicated the presence of a stream, they pushed
forward with almost frantic haste.
"Hope it's not dry," said Joe anxiously as they galloped up to it.