The horses and mules are always ready to rush along with any herd leading them.
Placing the stolen animals between the van and the rear guards of their steeds, the Indians moved cautiously until they had gained some little distance from the fort.

Then giving the rein to their powerful charges, with the fleetness of the wind they fled, over the hills and through the valleys, to their wild and distant fastnesses.
Not a single animal was left for the garrison or the trappers upon which to give chase.

The Indians, who have but little sense of right and wrong, might well exult in their achievement.

Without the loss of a single man, and even without receiving a wound, they had taken from beneath the very walls of the fort, its whole herd, leaving the garrison powerless to pursue.

The loss was very severe to the trappers.