You don't see any smoke, do you ?" Hughes shook his head.
"You would n't likely see none against thet gray sky; them ponies is two er maybe three miles off, an' ther camp is likely a mile er so further.

Thar 's a big bend thar, as I remember; a sort o' level spot with bluff all 'round, 'cept on the side o' ther river.

We hed a cattle corral thar onc't, durin' a round-up.

Most likely that's whar they are." "And Le Fevre is heading straight for the spot.

Well, he 'll have to come out on this bench first." "Yep, there sure ain't no valleys lying between.