Then came the ambulances, in one of which were carried five greyhounds, brought along to course the antelope and rabbit.

With the ambulances marched a pair of Indian ponies belonging to Lieutenant Hayes--captured during some Indian fight--and harnessed to a light wagon, which General Sheridan occasionally used.

These little horses, but thirteen hands high, showed more vigor and endurance than any other of the animals we had with us.

Following the ambulances came the main body of the escort and the supply wagons.
We marched seventeen miles the first day, and went into camp on Fox Creek, a tributary of the Republican.

No hunting had as yet been done; but I informed the gentlemen of the party that we would strike the buffalo country the next day.