"If we don't do that what else can we do?" inquired Grant.
"Some of us can go down the river in the boat and then strike out for Thorn's Gulch while the others are coming overland."
"It will take two days to do that," said Fred ruefully.
"And the other will take four and maybe five," retorted Zeke.
A marked difference of opinion appeared in the company, but at last it was decided that Pete and John should go for additional supplies while all the other members of the party were to remain where they then were.
Sharp directions were given by the departing Pete that no one should leave the camp during his absence.
The Go Ahead Boys promised faithfully to follow his suggestion and within an hour Pete, who was nearly as tall as John, and his companion had disappeared from sight.
A renewed search for evidences of the men who had taken the boats was made, and Zeke and Fred even went down the stream a mile vainly hoping that they might find the boat stranded somewhere in the region. Their search was unavailing and when they returned to the camp it was with a fixed opinion that the sole solution of their difficulties was to be found in patiently remaining in camp until Pete and John had made their long journey across the desert.
That evening while they were seated about the campfire conversation turned upon the mighty river near which they had found their resting place.
"Yes, air," Zeke was saying, "the first man an' about the only man that ever went the whole length of the Colorado was Major Powell."