Storms and Indian ambuscades often delayed the riders.

Added to the uncertainty of her own fate was the knowledge that her father and friends were marching right into an Indian ambuscade.

Wyeth and a band of "down-easters"-Yankeeenterprise-Fitzpatrick-Hisadventurewith the Blackfeet-A rendezvous of mountaineers- Thebattle of-Pierre's Hole-An Indian ambuscade- Sublette's return