Captain Graham called out "Follow me boys!" which we did for awhile, but in the darkness the Indians made good their escape.

The bugle then gave the re-call, but some of the darkies did not get back until morning, having, in their fright, allowed their horses to run away with them whithersoever it suited the animal's pleasure to go.
[Illustration: THE INDIAN HORSE THIEVES.] We followed the trail the next day for awhile, but as it become evident that it would be a long chase to overtake the enemy, and as we had rations only for the day, we commenced the return.

Captain Graham was bitterly disappointed in not being able to get the fight when it seemed so near at one time.

He roundly cursed the "nigger" who fired the gun, and as a punishment for his carelessness, he was compelled to walk all the way back to Fort Hays..