Here they had no difficulty in purchasing horses.

Five rough, serviceable ponies for the carriage of the baggage were picked up at twenty dollars a piece, and five well-made and wiry horses for their own riding.

Mexican saddles, with very high pommels and cantles, heavy and cumbersome to look at, but very comfortable for long distances, were also obtained without difficulty.

At the stores were bought two sacks of flour and two sides of bacon, a frying pan, saucepan, baking pot, and a good supply of tea and sugar; four large water-skins, five small ones, completed their purchases, with the exception of shovels, picks, and pails for washing the gravel.
"Going up among the hills again, Dave ?" remarked the store-keeper, with whom the miners had often dealt before.
"Yes, we are going to try a new direction this time, and don't want to have to come back directly we have struck anything.

We have got enough grub here for three or four months, reckoning as we shall occasionally get hold of bear or deer meat." "Well, you had better keep clear of the Indian country, Dave.