He did the same, walking to his own lodge, from which he speedily emerged holding a single barrel pistol.

He was so anxious to be on the ground in time, that he caught up the first weapon that presented itself.
Almost at the same moment, Captain Shunan appeared with his rifle.
Carson observed him, and, though he could have secured without difficulty a similar weapon, he did not do so.

He was willing to give his burly antagonist the advantage, if it should prove such.

The other trappers as may be supposed, watched the actions of the two men with breathless interest.

The quarrel had taken such a course that they were convinced that one or the other of the combatants would be killed.
Captain Shunan had been so loud in his boasts that he did not dare swallow the insult, put on him by the fragile Kit Carson.