▁wounded , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁were ▁on ▁foot . ▁▁ ▁S all ie ▁Fox ▁later ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁journey ▁back ▁to ▁Al bu quer que : ▁All ▁that ▁my ▁suddenly ▁bere aved ▁mother ▁took ▁for ▁herself ▁and ▁five ▁children ▁she ▁put ▁into ▁a ▁fl our ▁s ack , ▁and ▁we ▁literally ▁had ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁bed ▁when ▁our ▁clothes ▁were ▁was hed . ▁Mother ▁cut ▁the ▁sk ir ts ▁of ▁our ▁one ▁dress ▁ap ie ce ▁very ▁short ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁make ▁us ▁each ▁bon net s ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁extra ▁length . ▁We ▁slowly ▁w ended ▁our ▁way ▁back ▁towards ▁civil ization , ▁fear ful ▁every ▁moment ▁of ▁another ▁attack ▁from ▁the ▁dread ed ▁Indians , ▁and ▁suffering ▁from ▁the ▁dist ress ing ▁heat ▁and ▁lack ▁of ▁water ▁and ▁food . ▁My ▁invalid ▁sister ▁and ▁I ▁hour ly ▁expected ▁to ▁die , ▁so ▁weak ▁and ▁fee ble ▁was ▁she , ▁and ▁I , ▁too , ▁from ▁my ▁w ound . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁extreme ▁hard ship ▁and ▁dep riv ation ▁of ▁the ▁journey , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁remaining ▁Rose – B ale y ▁Party ▁made ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁Al bu quer que . ▁They ▁were ▁a ided ▁by ▁two ▁west - bound ▁w agon ▁trains ▁which ▁they ▁encountered ▁at ▁White ▁Spr ings , ▁just ▁east ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁King man , ▁Arizona . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁w agon ▁trains ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Edward ▁O . ▁Smith ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁bring ▁Mary ▁Brown ▁and ▁her ▁surv iving ▁children ▁to