Possibly the Indians, of whom they were in quest, might have shifted their encampment, in which case it would be time enough to kill the horse to escape starvation.

Mr.
Hunt, therefore, was prevailed upon to grant Pierre Dorion's horse a reprieve.
Fortunately, they had not proceeded much further, when, towards evening, they came in sight of a lodge of Shoshonies, with a number of horses grazing around it.

The sight was as unexpected as it was joyous.

Having seen no Indians in this neighborhood as they passed down the river, they must have subsequently come out from among the mountains.

Mr.Hunt, who first descried them, checked the eagerness of his companions, knowing the unwillingness of these Indians to part with their horses, and their aptness to hurry them off and conceal them, in case of an alarm.