He is
pottering around about something all the time. There is just one poor
cow in the whole camp, so we cannot get much milk - only one pint each
day - but we consider ourselves very fortunate in getting any at all. I
brought over fourteen dozen eggs, packed in boxes with salt. We are to
start back the first of November, so after we got here I worked out a
little problem in mathematics, and found that the eggs would last by
using only two each day. But Charlie does better than this; he will
manage to get along without eggs for a day or two, and will then
surprise us with a fine omelet or custard. But he keeps an exact
account and never exceeds his allowance.
The doctor is still with us, and shows no inclination to join the
officers' mess that has just been started. He seems to think that he
is one of the family, and would be greatly surprised, and hurt
probably, if he should discover that we would rather be alone.
FORT MAGINNIS, MONTANA TERRITORY,
September, 1880.
THERE is a large village of Cree Indians in the valley below, and for
several days they were a great nuisance in the garrison.
