According to all appearances these savages had never seen white men.

Our travellers, when they arrived in sight of the camp of one of these wandering hordes, approached it with as much precaution, and with the same stratagem that they would have used with a troop of wild beasts.

Having thus surprised them, they would fire upon the horses, some of which would fall; but they took care to leave some trinkets on the spot, to indemnify the owners for what they had taken from them by violence.

This resource prevented the party from perishing of hunger.
Mr.M'Kenzie having overtaken Mr.M'Lellan, their two companies pursued the journey together.

Very soon after this junction, they had an opportunity of approaching sufficiently near to Mr.Hunt, who, as I have remarked, was on the other bank, to speak to him, and inform him of their distressed state.