[The Life of Kit Carson by Edward S. Ellis]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Kit Carson CHAPTER IV 1/8
CHAPTER IV. An Alarming Visit--Carson's Resources--On the Colorado and Gila--Capturing a Herd of Horses and Mules--The Raiders--Turning the Tables--Caching their Peltries--Return to Santa Fe--Carson Goes upon a Second Trapping Expedition--Hunting with an Old Mountaineer--A Visit from Crow Indians. A week or more later, the trappers again reached the Colorado River. They had traveled at a leisurely pace and once more they went into camp, where they were familiar with the country.
Men leading such lives as they, were accustomed to all kinds of surprises, but it may be doubted whether the trappers were more amazed in all their existence than when five hundred Indian warriors made their appearance and with signs of friendship overran the camp before they could be prevented or checked. The hunters did not know what to make of the proceeding, and looked to Carson for advice.
He had already discovered that the situation was one of the gravest danger.
Despite the professions of friendship, Kit saw that each warrior had his weapons under his dress, where he hoped they were not noticed by the whites.
Still worse, most of the hunters were absent visiting their traps, only Kit and a few of his companions being in camp.
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