That night we had a jolly reunion around the camp-fires.
General Carr, upon arriving with his force, took command of all the troops, he being the senior officer and ranking General Penrose.

After selecting a good camp, he unloaded the wagons and sent them back to Fort Lyon for fresh supplies.

He then picked out five hundred of the best men and horses, and, taking his pack-train with him, he started south for the Canadian River, distant about forty miles, leaving the rest of the troops at the supply camp.
I was ordered to accompany this expedition.

We struck the south fork of the Canadian River, or Rio Colorado, at a point a few miles above the old _adobe_ walls, which at one time had composed a fort, and was the place where Kit Carson once had a big Indian fight.

We were now within twelve miles of a new supply depot, called Camp Evans, which had been established for the Third Cavalry and Evans's Expedition from New Mexico.
The scouts who had brought in this information also reported that they expected the arrival at Camp Evans of a bull-train from New Mexico with a large quantity of beer for the soldiers.