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Major North dismounted from his horse and was resting, while I rode down the stream to see if there was plenty of grass in the vicinity. I found an excellent camping-spot, and, returning to Major North, told him that I would ride over the hill a little way, so that the advance guard could see me. This I did; and when the advance came in sight, I dismounted and lay down upon the grass to rest.
Toward this point we directed our course, marching wearily over stretches of dense frozen snow, and regions of débris, reaching about sunset the last alcove of the amphitheatre, just at the foot of the Mount Brewer wall. It was evidently impossible for us to attempt to climb it that evening, and we looked about the desolate recesses for a sheltered camping-spot.
Their description of the place and its surroundings left no doubt in my mind that our ravine camping-spot was identical with that of their massacre. Our passage up Goose Creek Valley was extremely slow and difficult, the valley in places being no wider than the road, while in other places rocks and streams were so thick and close together that the way was almost impassible.
The hills, huddled much closer to the shore, appeared rough in their rocky outlines, while the heavy underbrush, clinging tightly to the water-side, offered nothing in the way of a suitable camping-spot.
He had solved the problem a new and hard one for him that of two roads to a distant place; and he had chosen the shortest. In a few hours he reached his late camping-spot, and crouched to the earth, listening for barking and squealing for a pig to be chased his way. But dingoes hunt only by night, and unmolested pigs do not squeal.
Up here it's not lack of moisture that stunts and retards their growth. It's fighting the elements cold, storm-winds, snowslides. I suppose not one in a thousand seedlings takes root and survives. But the forest fights hard to live." "Well, Ken, we may as well sit back now and talk forestry till Buell skins all he wants of Penetier," said Dick. "It's really a fine camping-spot.
The following morning we put on one side of the post erected to mark our camping-spot the following inscription, in Portuguese: "IN THESE RAPIDS DIED POOR SIMPLICIO." On an expedition such as ours death is one of the accidents that may at any time occur, and narrow escapes from death are too common to be felt as they would be felt elsewhere.
Early the next morning he found an excellent camping-spot, and took Jean over to see it. "Good camp here," he told her. "Plenty tree, plenty wood." "Will you help those people to build new lodges?" she asked. "A-ha-ha, Sam help." "And can you get more meat? Perhaps you can shoot a moose." "Sam get feesh bimeby. Kai-u-hus, mebbe." "What is that?" "All sam' rat. Swim in water, build house."
By noon we were disembarked and camped at White Mountain, a few feet from the river. Our "library" of law books seemed to weigh a ton. This was the best camping-spot yet. The scene was pretty; it seemed a healthful place; and water, plentiful and good, was very near at hand.
Having won his point, Jacket regained his composure with suspicious suddenness and raced away to triumph over his beloved O'Reilly. Fifty miles of hard riding brought the party to the trocha; they neared it on the second morning after leaving Cubitas, and sought a secluded camping-spot. Later in the day Hilario, the old Camagueyan, slipped away to reconnoiter.
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