CHAPTER X.

Fremont en route for California--His men are anxious to punish the
Tlamath Indians--Kit Carson, in command of ten Men, is sent on ahead
to reconnoitre--He discovers the main Village of these Indians--The
Attack and the Victory--Beautiful Lodges--The Trophies mostly
destroyed--Fremont saves Kit Carson's Life--The Journey resumed--The
Sacramento Valley--An Indian Ambuscade--One Savage defies the
Party--Kit Carson shoots him--The Tlamath Indians still on the War
Path--Another Lesson given to them--A Thief is shot--Arrival at
Lawson's Trading Post--A period of Inactivity--A Detachment sent
to capture Sonoma--Prisoners taken--The Mexicans come to punish
the Americans--Their Courage deserts them--The Retreat--The
Pursuit--Fremont goes to Sutter's Fort and establishes a Military
Post--Monterey is taken by the American Squadron--Fremont marches
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CHAPTER XI.

Kit Carson is sent Overland as Bearer of Dispatches to
Washington--The Preparation and the Start--The Journey--Privations and
Sufferings--Meeting with General Kearney--The General takes Carson
as his Guide and sends on the Dispatches by Fitzpatrick--The
March--Arrival at Warner's Ranche--Mexicans on the Road--Preparations
for a Battle--The Battle--Disastrous Consequences--Kit Carson and
Lieutenant Beale offer to run the lines of the Mexican Sentinels and
carry Information to San Diego of Kearney's critical position--The
Daring Undertaking--The Sufferings they encountered--Their
Arrival--Reinforcements sent out--Lieutenant Beale is Delirious from