The engineer's plan was this:--To minutely survey the valley forming the bed of the river, and to cautiously approach the neighborhood of the corral; if the corral was occupied, to seize it by force; if it was not, to entrench themselves there and make it the center of the operations which had for their object the exploration of Mount Franklin.
El proyecto del ingeniero era observar minuciosamente todo el valle, cuya vaguada formaba el lecho del río, y acercarse con precaución a la dehesa; si ésta estaba ocupada, tomarla por la fuerza, y si no lo estaba, fortificarse en ella haciéndola centro de las investigaciones encaminadas a explorar el monte Franklin.