CHAPTER XIV.. Kit Carson Reaches Home--Himself and Neighbors Robbed by the

Kit Carson reaches Home--Himself and Neighbors robbed by the Apaches--Major Grier goes in Pursuit of, and recaptures the stolen Stock--A Plot organized by White Men to murder two Santa Fe Traders for their Money--The Disclosure--Kit Carson goes to the Rescue of the Traders--The Camp of United States Recruits--Captain Snell with twenty Men joins Kit Carson and they two make the Arrest of Fox--Gratitude expressed by the Traders--Money offered but refused--The Prisoner taken to Taos and incarcerated--Kit Carson receives a magnificent Pair of Revolvers as a Present from the grateful Traders--The return to Rayado--A Trading Expedition to the United States--The return Journey--An Encounter with the Cheyenne Indians--A State of Suspense--The Deliverance from Danger by a Message sent by a Mexican Runner--The arrival at Rayado, 361