Wherever duty called him, there he was sure to be found, no matter what the obstacles or dangers spread upon his path.

He worked during a long series of years in these dangerous localities, and when he at length returned to civilization he left an indelible name behind him." The Rendezvous continued for twenty days.

It was a constant festival, like the Olympic games of the Greeks, or the renowned Tournaments of more modern days, with the exception that business was intimately blended with pleasures.

It at length broke up into small parties.

Kit Carson, with seven companions, followed down the Green river, to Brown's Hole; a narrow but sunny and fertile valley about sixteen miles long.