They believed they had got themselves into a part of the forest where there were many dangerous creatures, and they came to the determination to shift their camp, and travel as far from the spot as possible before night.

The truth is, they were upon a timbered stream--an affluent of the Trinity river; and as the latter was at this season overflowed, all the wild animals--bears, cougars, wolves, lynxes, and javalies--had been driven out of the low bottoms, and were roaming through the adjacent woods, more hungry and fierce than they commonly are.
Having saddled their horses, and packed Jeanette with their robes, blankets, and meat, our adventurers again took the route westward.
After proceeding a few miles they issued from the woods, and struck out into the open prairie..