When a group of armed thieves stole his boat and took it down the Little Missouri River, he and two ranch hands went on a three day chase in frigid weather. When the boat was on the riverbank, Teddy and Co. snuck up on the thieves and apprehended all of them. Fearing hogties would cut off the thieve’s circulation in the frozen temperatures, Teddy instead ordered them to remove their boots (an equally effective method in a wilderness covered in cactuses).