He reported that the Indians had withdrawn the matter of half a mile, and were holding a powwow.

Also he had seen them carry six of their number off the field, three of which, he said, were deaders.
From time to time, during the morning of that first day, we observed clouds of dust that advertised the movements of considerable bodies of mounted men.

These clouds of dust came toward us, hemming us in on all sides.

But we saw no living creature.

One cloud of dirt only moved away from us.