It was a long and perilous journey, but they made it in safety and the Captain gave them glad welcome.

They hunted together for many months following until the Captain went to Taos to sell his peltries.

On his return, operations were resumed until the weather became so cold they were forced into winter quarters.
The winter proved very severe.

The snow was so deep that only by cutting down numerous cottonwoods and using the bark and twigs for fodder were the animals saved from starvation.

Fortunately, they had laid in a good stock of bison meat so that the trappers themselves underwent no suffering for food.