Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-21

! "hiiC ~ may pChCht elooC WIZ tdh'
advantage of it. On the other hand, {
real stampede is often productive ol
serious and sometimes fatal conse
quences, as We had an opportunity o
witnessing few days after, when we
came up with the South Platte divi
sion OF the Norman emigration. The
hindermost team of that company took
fright at a hare that Hugo's dogs were
pursuing and running over the nexi
wagon as it was going down a pitch
upset it, broke the hind axle. broke q
woman's arm, and demoralized things
tgUurrutiy, rspccIaIIy The equaniTsIty ol
the Danites. When came up to the
brow of the descent and looked down
on the scene of confusion below, it was
a eight one has strong desire never to
see again. A wagon tOpsy-turvy, minus
one wheel, others in an inextricable
jam, children crying, women shrek.
ing, men swearing, and pouring out
Latter-day Saint expletives upon our
devoted heads, afforded a scene too ex-
quisitely charming to be missed or
soon forgotten. However, wrath some
times becomes so violent that it ex-
plodes. "a soft answer turneth away
wrath" l had an axletree which l
had carried five or six hundred miles,
to mend my own wagon, in case it be.
came necessary. This l gave them.
We fixed their wagon. The broken
arm was set. Before night, quiet
reigned supreme. l said we got ahead
Of the Kimble crowd. We determined
to put as great q space between us as
justice to our teams would admit of, so
We drove about twenty five miles that
day and kept up good rate of travel
till we left the Mormon trail.
At Pacific Springs We took leave OF
our friend Dunn. Between there and
Little Sandy, our company got entire
ly separated. Each took the road he
thought best. Actuated by desire to
get clear of the Mormons. Hugo, Nc
Graw and myself, took the right hand,
it being the farthest from the Mormon
road. 1t was Sublett's cutoff, and led
across the forty.nine mile desert.
When We got to Harms fork we found
that the rest had all got together and
were two and half days ahead of us.
We saw no signs Of Indians between
the Black hills and Bear river, above
Thomas fork. Between there and
Soda springs, Hays took it into his
head to g. to the river to camp. He
got to the river probably about half a
mile ahead OF us. The Indians sur.
rounded him and were trying to get a
chance to strike him from behind with
their clubs, when we came up and put
u stop to their plans, by taking posi-
ton so that we could shoot the Indi-
ans without hitting our friends. The
Indians took in the situation and sui.
lenly withdrew. After they left, we
discovered that there had been q larger
party concealed under the bank within
ten feet OF the wagon. In the course
Of an hour or more they returned in
q body, but they found us pretty we'll
fortified, 80 they beat a retreat which
was turned into stampede. At Soda
springs, we learned that our friends
were entirely out Of provisions, had no,
enough for dinner. We could not sup.
ply them, so we loaned them eighty
pounds Of flour till they could get to
Fl. Hall. There they only gave us
fifty in return, making us thirty short
in our supplies. They could not get
supplies at the fort, so they stopped
there. We had then our choice, either
to stop at Fl. Hall, 60 to Salt Lake, or
60 through alone. We chose the least
evil OF the three, and though our com.
pany was then four days ahead. we
struck out. The traders had told US
that If the Humboldt Indians had come
in for their fall fishing we certainly
would not get through-that was with
three wagons and five men. With
one wagon and two men, the chances
would of course be still greater against
us. They told US too that if the Indi.
ans meant mischief, first one would
follow along with us day or two, then
another, so as not to excite suspicion /:
then when their plans were matured,
they would rob or kill us as suited
their inclination.
About three miles from the fort,
when we were ascending the bank out
of Fort Neuf river bottom, an appar.
emily starved specimen of the Dog rib
or Digger Indian, suddenly passed my
brother and threw his buffalo robe
into the back end of the wagon. This
my brother jerked out and threw on
the ground. The thought that I'M
PEELED him to the act was to prevent
the Indians live stock from taking
possession of the contents OF the wa
gon for pasture ground. The Indian
picked it up and tossed it in again.
My brother took it out, threw it off to
one side and drove the Indian away.
The Indian passed on muttering in
his own tongue, most likely some kind.
hearted imprecation OF evil upon our
selfish pates; but knowing where our
camp would be, he went on and await.
Cd us there. That night he made
himself provokingly fresh about camp
appropriating portion Of the fire ,o
do his cooking. telling US that he
wanted to travel with us enty-eigh,
days, snatching what victuals he could
lay hands on, though he had eaten
more jerked meat of his own than two
white men could have eaten, utterins
his never.ending and never-ceasinf
"tie'up, tie-up, tie-up; give, give, give, ;
Tor everything that he laid eyes O,
that he coveted. To cap the china,
OF his impudence, he was sick an.