moving rapidly about.

The mystery was soon explained. The Indian camp

was pitched on an open plain of several miles in extent,

which took a sudden bend half-a-mile distant, where a

spur of the mountains shut out the farther end of the

valley from view. From beyond this point the dull

rumbling sound proceeded. Suddenly there was a roar

as if a mighty cataract had been let loose upon the

scene. At the same moment a countless herd of wild

horses came thundering round the base of the mountain