On either side rose mountain walls a thousand feet in height, and further away were peaks with mists and vapors around their crests.

The valley itself blazed in the summer sunshine, and the river sparkled, now in gold, now in silver, as the light changed and fell.
More cultivated fields, more houses, generally of stout logs, appeared, and to all that they saw the five bore the fiery beacon.

Simon Jennings was not the only man who lived to thank them for the warning.

Others were incredulous, and soon paid the terrible price of unbelief.
The five hastened on, and as they went they looked about them with wondering eyes-there were so many houses, so many cultivated fields, and so many signs of a numerous population.

They had emerged almost for the first time from the wilderness, excepting their memorable visit to New Orleans, although this was a very different region.