The Apaches were splendid horsemen and displayed great skill.

They threw themselves on the far side of their steeds, firing from under the neck, and keeping their bodies so well concealed that it was a difficult task to bring them down.
But the white men were accustomed to that sort of work, and the Apaches learned a lesson they never forgot.

Five of their best warriors were killed, several badly wounded and nearly all the animals recaptured.

Kit Carson directed every movement of his men and to that fact their great success was due.
The mountaineer was favored with prosperous times on his ranche.

He and a companion drove fifty head of mules and horses to Fort Laramie, where they were disposed of at a liberal profit.