I was mighty glad to see the dawn break, and to be able to pick my way a little more securely, although I could not increase the pace at which I had driven my horse through the long, dark night.
There was no present prospect of carrying this out, however.

After I had taken lunch, General Terry asked me if I would carry some dispatches to General Whistler, and I replied that I would be glad to do so.

Captain Smith, Terry's aide-de-camp, offered me his horse, and I was glad to accept the animal, as my own was pretty well spent.

He proved to be a fine mount.

I rode him forty miles that night in four hours, reaching General Whistler's steamboat at four in the morning.
When Whistler had read the dispatches I handed him he said: "Cody, I want to send information to General Terry concerning the Indians that have been skirmishing around here all day.