I soon became satisfied that going north was not taking us in the direction we ought to go.

I frequently told them so, but they still persisted in following on.

I went to the leaders and told them we were going back toward Salt Lake again, not making any headway toward California.

They insisted they were following the directions of Williams, the mountaineer; and they had not yet got as far north as he indicated.

I told them, and Mr.Bennett and others, that we must either turn west, or retrace our steps and get back into the regular Los Angeles road again.