It was not until after much maneuvering that they succeeded in obtaining him.

He was immediately killed and eaten.
To the hungry men, the horse flesh afforded as delicious a feast as epicure ever found in the most costly viands.
At last Kit Carson and his men reached Fort Hall.

Here they were, of course, kindly received by their countrymen, and all their wants were immediately and abundantly supplied.

This fort was then mainly occupied as a trading post.

As the men were neither sick nor wounded, but only half starved, they found themselves in a few days quite recruited, and ready again for any adventure of enterprise and hardship.