Several of the party were then in favor of returning, with their recovered property, as rapidly as possible.
They would have several hours advantage of the savages, and they thought it not advisable to provoke a conflict with foes outnumbering them, and who were also armed with rifles.
But Mr.Carson said, "our horses are exhausted.

We cannot travel fast.

We shall certainly be pursued.

The Indians can judge from our trail how few we are in numbers.

They are perfectly acquainted with the country.