They could not have suspected the truth--that is that no others were near.

They must have believed that a strong reserve was close at hand and that if they tarried in camp they would be overwhelmed by a party of avengers.

Accordingly they broke and ran, leaving the daring mountaineers masters of the field.
In accordance with the savage spirit of the border, Godey scalped the two Indians who had been shot, after which the horses were gathered together and driven to where the steeds of the mountaineers had been left.
But when this point was reached, Carson expressed himself as not satisfied: they had not ascertained the fate of the captives and they now proceeded to do so.
In the camp of the Mexicans were found the mangled bodies of the two men.

These were buried by Carson and Godey who made search for the women.

Though nothing of them was discovered, it was afterwards learned that they, too, had been killed.