CHAPTER IV.
Conflicts with the Indians.
The American Trapper .-- The Trapper of the Hudson's Bay Company .-- The Return Trip .-- Polished Life in the Wilderness .-- The Spanish Gentlemen .-- Council of the Trappers .-- Self-possession of Kit Carson .-- The Camp Cleared of Intruders .-- Robbing the Robbers .-- Sale of the Furs .-- Mr.Fitzpatrick's Expedition .-- Pains and Pleasures of Rocky Mountain Life .-- Pursuit of Indian Horse Thieves .-- Extraordinary Battle.
In the last chapter we have alluded to the friendly meeting, in the valley of San Joaquin, of the American trappers with a party from Canada, sent out by the Hudson's Bay Company.

It is a remarkable fact, but one which all will admit, that the Hudson's Bay Company maintained far more friendly relations with the Indians than the Americans secured.

In fact, they seldom had any difficulty with them whatever.

The following reasons seem quite satisfactorily to explain this difference.

It is said: "The American trapper was not like the Hudson's Bay employees, bred to the business.