| Kit Carson is sent Overland as Bearer of Dispatches to Washington—The Preparation
and the Start—The Journey—Privations and Sufferings—Meeting with
General Kearney—The General takes Carson as his Guide and sends on the Dispatches
by Fitzpatrick—The March—Arrival at Warner's Ranche—Mexicans on
the Road—Preparations for a Battle—The Battle—Disastrous Consequences—Kit
Carson and Lieutenant Beale offer to run the lines of the Mexican Sentinels and
carry Information to San Diego of Kearney's critical position—The Daring Undertaking—The
Sufferings they encountered—Their Arrival—Reinforcements sent
out—Lieutenant Beale is Delirious from the Privations he has undergone—Gen.
Kearney and his Command finally reach and join the other American Forces in
California, | [274] |