them hard, they finally broke and fled in a wild panic, leaving
many dead behind them. On the part of the trappers three had been
killed and quite a number badly wounded.



CHAPTER XVI.


At Brown's Hole -- Trading in the Navajoe Country -- Carson Serves
as Hunter at Brown's Hole -- Trapping in the Black Hills -- On
the Yellowstone -- Fight with the Blackfeet -- Their Retreat to
an Island -- Their Flight During the Night -- An Imposing Array of
Warriors.

The fight between the Blackfeet and trappers was one of the most
important in which Kit Carson, previous to the late war, was ever
engaged. The forces must have included several hundred, and the
lesson administered to the aggressive red men was remembered by
them a long time.

After burying their dead, looking after the wounded and setting
matters to rights, the hunters resumed trapping through the Blackfoot
country. They were scarcely disturbed by their old enemies who
dreaded rousing the resentment of such a formidable body of daring
and unerring marksmen.

Our friends were very successful, and, when they made their way
to the rendezvous, a week's journey away, they carried with them
an immense stock of peltries. When the trading was finished, the