It Made Me Think That Perhaps I Was
Shadowy - Invisible - Although To Myself I Did Not Feel At All That Way.
Faye wrote to Mr. Ames about Rollo, thinking that possibly he might
buy him back, but Mr. Ames wrote in reply that Rollo had already been
sold, because Mrs. Ames had found it impossible to manage him.
Also
that he was owned by the post trader at Fort Maginnis, who was making
a pet of him. So, as the horse had a good home and gentle treatment,
it was once more decided to leave him up in his native mountains. It
might have been cruel to have brought him here to suffer from the
heat, and to be frightened and ever fretted by the many strange sights
and sounds. But I am not satisfied, for the horse had an awful fear of
men when ridden or driven by them, and I know that he is so unhappy
and wonders why I no longer come to him, and why I do not take him
from the strange people who do not understand him. He was a
wonderfully playful animal, and sometimes when Miller would be leading
the two horses from our yard to the corral, he would turn Rollo loose
for a run. That always brought out a number of soldiers to see him
rear, lunge, and snort; his turns so quick, his beautiful tawny mane
would be tossed from side to side and over his face until he looked
like a wild horse. The more the men laughed the wilder he seemed to
get. He never forgot Miller, however, but would be at the corral by
the time he got there, and would go to his own stall quietly and
without guidance. Poor Rollo!
CAMP NEAR UINTAH MOUNTAINS, WYOMING TERRITORY,
August, 1888.
TO be back in the mountains and in camp is simply glorious! And to see
soldiers walking around, wearing the dear old uniform, just as we used
to see them, makes one feel as though old days had returned. The two
colored men - chef and butler - rather destroy the technique of a
military camp, but they seem to be necessary adjuncts; and besides, we
are not striving for harmony and effect, but for a fine outing, each
day to be complete with its own pleasures. It was a novel experience
to come to the mountains in a private car! The camp is very complete,
as the camp of a department commander should be, and we have
everything for our comfort. We are fourteen miles from the Union
Pacific Railroad and six from Fort Bridger, from which post our tents
and supplies came. Our ice is sent from there, also, and of course the
enlisted men are from that garrison.
The party consists of General and Mrs. Bourke, Mrs. Hall, Mrs.
Bourke's sister, Mrs. Ord of Omaha, General Stanley, paymaster,
Captain Rives, judge advocate - both of the department
staff - Lieutenant Travis, junior aide-de-camp, Faye, and myself.
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