noon
So I went back and hit the trail alone . It led south for a while , and then east to Sage Creek . This was day before yesterday , you _ sabe _ . Near noon I found a place where they 'd _ cached _ two extra horses in the brush on Sage Creek . After that their track turned straight west again , and it was hard to follow , for the ground was drying fast . Finally I had to quit -- could n't make out hoof-marks any more . And it was so late I had to lie out that night .