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In the next hour I got a couple more , and they went the way of the first one , down the throats of the detachment . That satisfied the survivors , and they went away and left us in peace . `` We had n't any more adventures , though I kept awake all night and was ready . From midnight on the child got very restless , and out of her head , and moaned , and said , ` Water , water -- thirsty ' ; and now and then , ` Kiss me , Soldier ' ; and sometimes she was in her fort and giving orders to her garrison ; and once she was in Spain , and thought her mother was with her . People say a horse ca n't cry ; but they do n't know , because we cry inside . `` It was an hour after sunup that I heard the boys coming , and recognized the hoof-beats of Pomp and Cæsar and Jerry , old mates of mine ; and a welcomer sound there could n't ever be . Buffalo Bill was in a horse-litter , with his leg broken by a bullet , and Mongrel and Blake Haskins 's horse were doing the work .