Two Dogs an' Catfish sprung to their feet but to their amazement, they was standin' in the middle of a forest with trees stretchin' to the sky. Those horses were a whinyin' but sounded so far away. Dogs an' Catfish, they hunted half that mornin' lookin for them horses what they could hear but couldn't seed anywheres. Then Two Dogs , he looked up in those trees, and noticed somethin' swaying in the sky. Sure enough was them hosses tied to the top of them trees.
Chinook come up from the south that night and done melted all the snow.
We's workin' fer the Company back in them days. Well, theys garanteed us a couple of new rifes, Them new fangled ones, what takes bullets instead of powder. Well, we headed up the river with four mules and our own pack horses lowaded with what wees thought food for the Fort. Our own hosses loaded down with our own supplies fer the winter and them four mules, tied up with boxes, and sacks and a few blankets meant for the Fort. Now let me tell you somethin' about mules.