The boys knew them well.

They had often passed that way on former hunting expeditions.
I shall not detail too minutely the events that occurred along their line of march.

This would tire you, and take up too much space.

I shall take you at once to their first encampment, where they had halted for the night.
It was in a small glade or opening, such as are often met with in the forests west of the Mississippi.

There was about an acre of clear ground, covered with grass and flowers, among which helianthus and blue lupines were conspicuous.