The savages, as it afterward appeared, fled as rapidly as possible in the other direction.
The adventure added to the reputation of Kit Carson.

All admitted that it was to save the life of a comrade that he had imperilled his own.

And no one doubted that, but for his wound, his sagacity would have triumphed over the savages, and that he would have brought back all the horses.

It was immediately decided, in general council, that another expedition of thirty men, under Captain Bridger, should pursue and chastise the thieves.
This well armed party vigorously followed the Indian trail for several days.

But the savages had fled so rapidly, into distant and unknown parts, that they could not be overtaken.