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You 're welcome to all you took , and you can have another sackful if you want to go after it . '' I thanked him , but told him that we expected to get some feed at Gordon , the next town . After wishing us good-luck , he rode away . We started on , and made but a short stop for noon , near Gordon . We found ourselves in a fairly well-settled country , though the oldest settlers had been there but two or three years . The region was called the Antelope Flats , and was quite level , with occasional ravines . The trail usually ran near the railroad , and that night we camped within three or four rods of it .