There were a number of wagons ahead of ours and we were compelled to wait until these had been ferried over. When, our turn came it took us a long time to ferry our wagons. We drove the mules into the streams and compelled them to swim across. Quite a number of Indians are encamped here. Some of the Indians call themselves Shoshonee, and some Pannackee, and appear to be distant organizations or bands of the same nation of people.
Snake is English name of the whole race.
The name Pannackee as they pronounce it, I have seem spelled Boonac, Bonark, Pooniskella and quite a number of other ways just as incorrectly. These Indians here are very friendly. They do not appear to be very warlike. They have some cattle and a great many horses. We traded some with them on good terms.