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The wisdom of mounting us well for just such an emergency reflected the good cow sense of our employer ; and we felt easy in regard to our mounts , though there was not a horse or a man too many . In summing up the situation , Flood said , `` We 've got this advantage over the Indian Lake drive : there is a good moon , and the days are cool . We 'll make twenty-five miles a day covering this stretch , as this herd has never been put to a test yet to see how far they could walk in a day . They 'll have to do their sleeping at noon ; at least cut it into two shifts , and if we get any sleep we 'll have to do the same . Let her come as she will ; every day 's drive is a day nearer the Blackfoot agency . '' We made a dry camp that night on the divide between the road house and the last water , and the next forenoon reached the South Fork of the Big Cheyenne . The water was not even running in it , but there were several long pools , and we held the cattle around them for over an hour , until every hoof had been thoroughly watered .