six o'clock before
Well , we were . And what 's more , less than a mile below on the creek was an abandoned Indian camp . I was n't going to be left behind with the cook to look for the missing stock , and told the _ segundo _ so . We divided into squads of three or four men each and went out and looked up the horses , but it was after six o'clock before we trailed them down and got the missing animals . If anybody thinks I 'm going to stay behind to look for missing stock in a country full of lurking Indians -- well , they simply do n't know me . ' `` The scheme worked all right . On reaching the railroad the next morning , Bad Medicine authorized Pink to take the herd to Ogalalla on the Platte , while he took a train for Denver .