This outrage touched the hunters in the most sensitive part of their nature, and the truth no sooner became known than they unanimously agreed that the animals not only should be recovered but the audacious aggressors should be chastised.
Twelve men were selected for the most difficult and dangerous task and need we give the name of the youth who was made the leader?
With his usual promptness, Carson took the trail which was followed without trouble over the snow.

The Blackfeet had reason to fear some such demonstration, and they hurried off with such speed that they were not overtaken until fifty miles from camp.
The situation was a novel one.

The Indians had come to a halt and the horses were grazing on the side of a hill where the wind had blown away the snow.

The Blackfeet had on snowshoes which gave them an advantage over the trappers.

The latter galloped in the direction of their horses, the moment they caught sight of them.