CHAPTER VIII.

A Visit from Blackfeet--The Green River Rendezvous--A "Powerful Drunk"--Mad Wolf--A Friendly Warning--A Trip to the Salt Lake Country--Meek Joins Jo. Walker's California Expedition--Instinct of the Mule--On the Humboldt River--Massacre of Diggers at Mary's River--Vain Explorations--Crossing the Sierra Nevadas--Hardships and Sufferings--The Sacramento Valley--Delight of the Trappers--Meeting with Spanish Soldiers--A Parley--Escorted to Monterey--A Hospitable Reception--The Native Californians--Visit to the Mohave Village--Meeting with Trapp and Jervais--Infamous Conduct at the Moquis Village--The Return March, 141