. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . the water the greater part of thenext day searching for the lost articles, and were so affected bythe exposure that the party had to remain encamped there an-other day. Two days more were passed at a camp seven milesfurther up the river. Provisions were dried and repacked, cartcovers painted, and marksmanship perfected. Leaving this camp, they marched onward through a country,where for several days their only difficulty was the scarcity ofwater. Reaching the country occupied by the Pawnees, theyfound it would be necessary to keep guard at night, si
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . the water the greater part of thenext day searching for the lost articles, and were so affected bythe exposure that the party had to remain encamped there an-other day. Two days more were passed at a camp seven milesfurther up the river. Provisions were dried and repacked, cartcovers painted, and marksmanship perfected. Leaving this camp, they marched onward through a country,where for several days their only difficulty was the scarcity ofwater. Reaching the country occupied by the Pawnees, theyfound it would be necessary to keep guard at night, since thesethieving hordes openly attacked the weaker parties, and endeav-ored to carry off the horses of even the stronger. It may bereadily believed that any report of the Indians being in theneighborhood was carefully investigated. Such an alarm wasgiven by a man who had fallen some distance in the rear, andwho came spurring up,shouting Indians, Indians! Beingquestioned, he said that he had been near enough to see and count KIT CARSON. 425. A PAWNEE CHIEF IN PULL COSTUME. 426 KIT CARSON. a war-party of Indians following them, stating the number astwenty-seven. A halt was called, arms examined, and while theywere preparing for the attack which they expected, Carson gal-loped off alone in the direction that the Indians were said to be, advancing. Eeturning, he said that the twenty-seven Pawneeshad changed to six elk, that had scampered off when they hadpassed. A more serious alarm resulted from their first buffalohunt, some days later, in Carsons being thrown from his horseby its fall among the herd. This, although really a serious ac-cident, did not not prevent his engaging in the hunt the nextday. A threatened attack of the Sioux produced great confu-sion in the camp, as they were not accustomed to the perils ofthe life upon the plains. Carson, knowing that these men werenot to be depended upon in an encounter with the savages, aswere those experienced trappers who had been hi
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