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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 . Around the camp-fire that night , Pink gave us his experience in losing Mr. Medicine . ` Oh , I lost him late enough in the day so he could n't reach any shelter for the night , ' said Pink . ` At noon , when the sun was straight overhead , I sounded him as to directions and found that he did n't know straight up or east from west . After giving him the slip , I kept an eye on him among the sand hills , at the distance of a mile or so , until he gave up and unsaddled at dusk . The next morning when I overtook him , I pretended to be trailing him up , and I threw enough joy into my rapture over finding him , that he never doubted my sincerity . ' `` On reaching Ogalalla , a man from Montana put in an appearance in company with poor old Medicine , and as they did business strictly with Pink , we were left out of the grave and owly council of medicine men .