1863. A Hunch

"There is more water here. In the air and a little in the dried river bed." Current supported what Remey was smelling and feeling. 

"That's because we are getting closer to the end of this river, isn't it. The desert being dry and cursed wouldn't affect way out here." Gil caught on easily. He could sense that this was a better place too. 

They had all caught on that their group had traveled fairly far. It wasn't just the fact that they had been walking for a while in the dim light of a dried river bed and sandstone cave. It was what they could feel in their bodies. The wear and tear if walking faster to find their end. 

"There it is." Remey was very glad to see a tiny little sprout. It was on the side of the sandstone cave which surprised Walker. Naturally, he used the all around appraisal skill to see what it was that Remey had just found. 

'Prickled sand weed