But he was compelled very soon to go slowly and with the utmost caution.

There were even times when he had to stop and hide.

Mexican cavalry appeared upon the prairies, first in small groups and then in a detachment of about three hundred.

Their course and Ned's was the same, and he knew then that he was going in the right direction.

Fannin was surely somewhere ahead.
But it was most troublesome traveling for Ned.