The three in return gave him a description of the fight at the mound, and they told how the Texans afterward had scattered for different points on the border.
They were not the only riders that night.

Men were carrying along the whole frontier the news that the war had begun, that the death struggle was now on between Mexico and Texas, the giant on one side and the pigmy on the other.
But the ride of the four in the trail of Castenada's flying troop was peaceful enough.

About three hours after midnight they stopped under the shelter of some cottonwoods.

The Ring Tailed Panther took the watch while the other three slept.

Ned lay awake for a little while between his blankets, but he saw that Urrea, who was not ten feet away, had gone sound asleep almost instantly.