duty.




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 there--Further Operations--The
taking of Los Angelos.


The news of war having been declared between the United States and
Mexico, determined Fremont to return to California; and, in doing so,
he decided to enter that country by a new route of his own selection.

He commenced his journey by traveling around Lake Tlamath, and had not