Or if a weary mule was left to recruit, a little behind, intending to bring him up in the morning, before the dawn he disappeared.
The whole party followed slowly down a tributary of the Colorado river, very successfully trapping upon the main stream and its branches, until they reached the head waters of the San Francisco river.

They then divided, and Mr.Young with Carson and seventeen others proceeded several hundred miles farther west, to the valley of the Sacramento.

Before setting out for this long journey, as it was uncertain what game they might find by the way, two or three days were devoted to hunting.

The skins of three deer were converted into water tanks, which were without difficulty carried by the mules.

They were induced to this caution because some friendly Indians had assured them that there was a great destitution of water by the way.
On their march they encountered a tribe of Indians in all their native wildness.