Life out there was beginning to interest me.
Camp Verde lay sixteen miles farther on; no one knew if the road were good or bad.

I declared I could not travel another mile, even if they all went on and left me to the wolves and the darkness of Beaver Springs.
We looked to our provisions and took account of stock.

There was not enough for the two families.

We had no flour and no bread; there was only a small piece of bacon, six potatoes, some condensed milk, and some chocolate.

The Baileys decided to go on; for Mrs.Bailey was to meet her sister at Verde and her parents at Whipple.