Upon this Crockett was seated.

One of the men then mounted the saddle behind him, threw both arms around the patient, and thus they commenced their journey.

The sagacious horse was left to pick out his own way along the narrow trail at a slow foot-pace.

As the horse thus bore a double burden, after journeying an hour or two, Crockett's seat was changed to the other horse.

Thus alternating, the painful journey of nearly fifty miles was accomplished in about two days.
When they reached the camp, Crockett, as was to have been expected, was in a far worse condition than when they commenced the journey.