Chapters 38-40 Summary

Mack, Lizzie and Peg travel for four days before they reach the James River. Peg sees them making love and she runs away. They search for her but can't find her.

In chapter thirty-nine, Jay and his group reach the James River. They know that Mack and Lizzie turned off the trail. They offered a reward to them. At Lynch's Ferry, Jay as disappointed that no one had seen them. Jay is beginning to believe that things would be easier if Lizzie dies.

The men find Peg. The third man, Dobbs tries to get information from her, but she won't talk. They know that she is separated from Mack and Lizzie. The men figure that Mack and Lizzie will cross over Cumberland Pass for the territories.

In chapter forty, Mack and Lizzie reach the Holston River. They realize that they are...