For horses and cattle there was a little rocky basin into which the
cool water flowed.
"I wish we could take some of the water with us," said Teddy, when,
after a rest, they were ready to follow the trail again.
"If we had a bottle, like some of the cowboys carry, we could,"
remarked Janet. "Maybe we'll get awful thirsty if we ride on a long
way, Ted."
"Maybe we will, but maybe we can find another spring. I heard Uncle
Frank say there's more than one on the ranch. Come on!"
The children took another drink, and offered some to the ponies,
each of which took a little. Then, once more, the Curlytops were on
the trail after the Indians, as they believed.
"Which way do we go now?" asked Janet, as she watched Teddy get up
in his saddle after he had helped her mount Star Face.
"We've got to follow the trail," Teddy answered.
"How do we do it?" his sister inquired.
"Well. I asked Baldy and he said just look on the ground for tracks
in the dirt. You know the kind of marks a horse's foot makes, don't
you, Jan?"
"Yes, and I see some down here," and she pointed to the ground.
"That's them!" exclaimed Teddy. "We've got to follow the marks!
That's the trail!"
"Is this the Indians' trail?" asked the little girl, and she looked
over her shoulder, perhaps to make sure no one was following her and
her brother.
"I don't know if it's the Indians' trail, or, maybe, the marks left
by Uncle Frank and daddy," said Teddy.
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