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Told by the Pioneers count of numbers they were formidable, so turning the cattle into the dry bed of the creek and crossing to the north bank so as to be out of bow shot of the Indians, I escaped the danger of being headed off. I beat a hasty retreat to the plain. ·When out of bow shot of the bluff I looked back and saw my friend Mr. Tieup and fourteen others, on the bluff, taking a surly parting look at me and undoubtedly giving vent to evil imprecations against me because I had robbed them of a feast for which they evidently had a tooth. • • That night the ad,-enture being fresh in our minds ,ve made an early camp in order to let the cattle graze before dark. They were then safely tied to the wag'on for security for them and a reliable guard for ourselYes. At Raft River or rather at the ridge we had to cross, just before we reached the ri,-er, we had a sno\,· squall with all the indications of a severe storm. As we had seven or eight hundred miles yet to travel, it was produeti,-e of no very pleasing feelings. At the crossing' of Raft River the California emigrants had had a severe battle with the Indians, who were secreted in the drift at the ford about two weeks before. By dividing their forces and a part of them going below and coming up behind the drift they drove the Indians from their hiding place and routed them. The emigrants had left an account of the fracas placed in a split stake by the road. We stopped within ten yards of the drift, read the account, turned off on the Oregon road and passed on to a pond which we named goose lake, because of the signs of geese around it. ·Whether there were Indians or not in the ,-alley we were unmolested. • On Rocky Creek we found \vhere our friend had camped. The coals were as fresh as if they had not been gone more than an hour or two, though we found after catching up with them that at that time they were two days ahead of us. The Indians had suggestively freshened the signs of our friends for some sinister motive. ,Ve watered the team, filled the cans \vith water and passed on. We found a patch of good grass and campec about dusk. As we were unyoking the Indians caused a blaze to shoot fifteen feet or more in the air but a short distance ahead. My wife and brother thought it was the campfire of our friends ahead and wanted to drive on. I thought it was an Indian ruse to induce us to travel in the dark because it would be easier to overpower us when traveling than when in camp, because, when we were Oil the move mv brother was ten to fifteen rods behind with the loose • stock without his gUll, and I was by the team with nothing but a whip. A brief consultation resulted in a decision to remain where we were. In the morning we found signs of the ambuscade about a half a mile ahead. That dav we traveled without water. About sunset we came to the • river and Steamboat Springs. Here we found a big bed of fresh coab 206
Told by the Pioneers that looked as though they had just been left. There was, howe\'er, an entire absence of shoe tracks while there were plenty of another class. As I came back from watering the cattle, my wife an brother called my attention to the fact that the wagons were on ahead in sight, On looking in the direction that they pointed I counted seven wagons so closely resembling he back ends of the wagons of our company that I could distinguish each wagon. There was a discrepancy, however, as we saw no one on horseback. There should have been two. Again one wagon would lurch heavily to the north, while the next would lurch as heavily in the opposite direction while passing the same point, yet another seemed to lean to one side all the time and still more they were not strung out to the extent that 'wagons would be on the move. In short, it did not take long to decide that it was another Digger stratagem. 'Ve accordingly piled rocks beween a large rock and the big one, to form a breast work on the west, braced the wagon against the big rock for protection on the east and piled up the yokes for south protection. Thus ,,'e found ourselves with two rifles and two axes, pretty well fixed for an~' emergency. Having arranged the cattle guard, our resolves were of little use when tired nature resolutelY claimed her own. • 'Ve awoke in the morning to find our heads and bodies in communicating distance of each other, and ourseln.'s very much refreshed by an unbroken night's rest. In the morning we found that the bend of the "alley where we had seen the wagons was a bed of volcanic ashes and that it \vas completely stilTed up with Indian tracks, indicating a large party. Howen~r, we had the pleasure of appropriating to our own use a part of thpir marital equipment in the shape of a 15,ill('h earving knife. This my wife appropriated to herself, hoth as a means of defense and for culinary purposes. Here our persi;.:tent Digger friend seemed to have giYen up the chase, for we passpc! on from there to Salmon Falls without further molestation. At the falls we found Indians by the hundreds camped along both hanks of the river. The fishing season had fully set in. At this encampment Indians made an attempt to get away with the cattle but I was ahead of tlwm, so they gaye it up and gave us no further trouble. In the morning we took a trip of inspection among the huts of a deserted village to the \vest of our camp while the cattle were grazing. The huts were made by scraping out the sand, most likely with their paws, about six feet in circumference and sixteen inches deep and covering O\'er with willow brush first, then a layer of sag'e brush on top of this a coat of grass, the whole tapped out with sand in which a few sage bushes are stuck to give it a natural mound appearance. So carefully is nature imitated ill their construction that one might pass over them without being aware of their presenc('. In one of these huts five to nine Indians :207
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Told by the Pioneers "Another boy a
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Page 228 and 229: IKDEX I Ceder. (Cedar) Iowa. 120 Ce
Page 230 and 231: INDEX Immigration, 73, 74, 75, 76,
Page 232 and 233: INDEX Nelson Bridge, 95 N Elson Fer
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