conceal him while he approached to within a
hundred yards or less of the troop.
Here he made his arrangements. Throwing down
his buffalo robe, he took the coil of line and cut off a
piece of about three yards in length. On this he made
a running noose. The longer line he also prepared
with a running noose. These he threw in a coil over
his arm.
He also made a pair of hobbles, and placed them in
the breast of his coat, and then, taking up his rifle,