Chapter XX, DoniphanA stop at the southern tip of the lake. - Doniphan, Cross, Webb and Wilcox. - Separation. - The region Downs Badlands. - The East-river. - Descending the left bank. - Arriving at the mouth.
S ix weeks after these events, about five o'clock in the evening, four young settlers were to stop at the southern end of the lake-Family.
It was October 10. The influence of the summer was felt. Under the trees, covered with a fresh green, the soil had resumed its spring colour. A breeze ruffled the surface of the lake, still lit by the last rays of the sun brushed the vast plain of South-moors, including a narrow beach sand formed the edge slightly. Many birds spent in loud bands, returning to their shelter in the shade of the woods or in the crevices of the cliff at n
