Lorsque ce nuage de poussiere se fut rapproché du rocher qui abritait les deux voyageurs égarés, on put distinguer, a côté de chariots recouverts de toile, la silhouette de cavaliers armés. C’était donc une caravane en marche dans la direction de l’ouest.
This was obviously impossible in these arid wilds. As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West.