Many more, in their flight, might have been struck by the bullet; but they were allowed to escape.

All the horses were recovered excepting the six which the Indians had killed.
Great was the rejoicing in the camp when the victorious party returned so abundantly successful.

One of the annalists of this extraordinary man speaking of the enterprise, very truthfully writes: "Carson, though at that day a youth in years and experience, had risen rapidly in the estimation of all, and had excited the admiration and enlisted the confidence of the entire band.

When called upon to add his counsel, concerning any doubtful enterprise, his masterly foresight and shrewdness, as well as clearness in attending to details, gave him willing auditors.
"But it was the modest deportment he invariably wore, which won for him the love of his associates.

Kit Carson's power in quickly conceiving the safest plan of action in difficult emergencies, and his bravery, which in his youth, sometimes amounted to rashness, caused his companions to follow his leadership.