The response was prompt, and five hundred men were speedily equipped and put into the field.

They were placed under charge of Colonel T.T.Fauntleroy, of the First Regiment of United States Dragoons.

He engaged Kit Carson as his chief guide.
The campaign was pushed with all possible vigor, but for a time nothing important was done.

The weather became intensely cold.

On the second campaign, Colonel Fauntleroy surprised the main camp of the enemy and inflicted great slaughter.