...would seem, could hardly be travelling together after meeting in this accidental manner, and yet be all lost like himself: some one of them, at least,...and the hope of finding water was highly gratifying. 14* He had not gone much farther, however, when he perceived something on the Prairie he thought he...

...a compass, and directed his course wherever his judgment dictated, riding on Scalsfield Sources 33 merely because his only hope was in leaving the place...arrive at some habitation, or at least some stream. 34 Sealsfield Sources His thirst, notwithstanding the tobacco he used, was very distressing, and the...