Our search was rewarded by the discovery of a hollow made by the stream in the bank during the spring floods.  Here we hoped that we might rest secure from danger.  Indians were not likely to be passing at that time of the evening, and no wolves would find their way, we believed, into our cave.  Our horses were, of course, more exposed to risk than ourselves; but we were obliged to let them take their chance, for unless they were allowed to feed during the night they would be unable to carry us the next day.