I went with this detachment.

On the third day out we found the half-famished soldiers encamped on the Polladora.

The camp presented a pitiful sight.

For over two weeks the men had only quarter rations and were now nearly starved to death.

Over two hundred mules were lying dead, having succumbed to fatigue and starvation.
Penrose, having no hope that he would be found, had sent back a company of the Seventh Cavalry to Fort Lyon for supplies.