[On a hunting expedition we] found some stray horses, or a horse, mare and a young colt; and though they had run in the woods all winter, they were in exceeding good order. There is plenty of grass here all winter under the snow, and horses accustomed to the woods can work it out.--These horses had run in the woods until they were very wild.

Tortileaugo one night concluded that we must run them down. I told him I thought we could not accomplish it. He said he had run down bears, buffaloes and elks: and in the great plains, with only a small snow on the ground, he had run down a deer; and he thought that in one whole day, he could tire, or run down any four footed animal except a wolf. I told him that though a deer was the swiftest animal to run a short distance, yet it would tire sooner than a horse. He said we would at all events try the experiment. He had heard the Wiandots say, that I could run well, and he would see whether I could or not. I told him that I never had run all day, and of course was not accustomed to that way of running. I never had run with the Wiandots more than seven or eight miles at one time. He said that was nothing, we must either catch these horses or run all day.