He then simply replied, that he was very happy to learn that the Indians were friendly in their feelings toward the whites, and that the taking of the animals was a mistake.

The trappers would therefore overlook the affair, and peacefully return home with the restored horses.
The Indian orators again began to chatter, branching off upon various points irrelevant to the question at issue.

But Mr.Carson was in no mood to be drawn into a profitless palaver.

To these eloquent speeches he made no response, but simply demanded the return of the horses.
The Indians began to bluster, to talk loud and to grow insolent.

But Mr.
Carson never allowed himself to lose his temper.