Part 2: Chapters 6 and 7 Summary

Richard and Robert return with a man named Charlie. Ish takes an instant dislike to the man though he thinks it might be simply because Charlie seems dirty. He later learns that Ezra is also suspicious though most of the group, including the children, likes Charlie. They also soon discover that Charlie is carrying a gun in a vest pocket.

Richard and Robert located some small groups of people, including some who lived in an old Indian pueblo village and a group of religious fanatics. They made it as far as Chicago but found no people there - a fact that Ish put down to the inhospitable climate. They encountered rougher roads and were suddenly afraid of the possibility of snow - which Ish had warned them about. Rather than finding a more southern route on the way home...