Fremont en route for California--His men are anxious to punish the Tlamath Indians--Kit Carson, in command of ten Men, is sent on ahead to reconnoitre--He discovers the main Village of these Indians--The Attack and the Victory--Beautiful Lodges--The Trophies mostly destroyed--Fremont saves Kit Carson's Life--The Journey resumed--The Sacramento Valley--An Indian Ambuscade--One Savage defies the Party--Kit Carson shoots him--The Tlamath Indians still on the War Path--Another Lesson given to them--A Thief is shot--Arrival at Lawson's Trading Post--A period of Inactivity--A Detachment sent to capture Sonoma--Prisoners taken--The Mexicans come to punish the Americans--Their Courage deserts them--The Retreat--The Pursuit--Fremont goes to Sutter's Fort and establishes a Military Post--Monterey is taken by the American Squadron--Fremont marches there--Further Operations--The taking of Los Angelos, 261 CHAPTER XI. 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 CHAPTER XII. A Command of Six Hundred Men is sent against Los Angelos--The Mexican Army evacuates the Town--Its Capture--Rumors of an Attack to be made on Fremont's Command--The Mexicans surrender--The Winter Quarters--Kit Carson is ordered to carry Dispatches overland to Washington--Lieutenant Beale accompanies him--A Night Attack made by the Indians--Arrival in the United States--Kit Carson's Introduction to Col. Benton and Mrs. Fremont--Hospitality offered to him at Washington--Kit Carson receives the Appointment of Lieutenant in the Rifle Corps of the U.S. Army from President Polk--He is ordered to carry Dispatches to California--The Journey--A Brush with the Camanche Indians--Arrival at Santa Fe--More trouble with hostile Indians--Arrival at Los Angelos--Dispatches delivered--Kit Carson is assigned to do Duty with the Dragoons--Is ordered to Guard Tajon Pass--The Winter spent there--Is ordered again to carry Dispatches to Washington--The Journey and its Adventures--The return to New Mexico, 297 CHAPTER XIII.