Fergus County argus., 1904-10-05
Price S Cents.

Sltllng squat, and every one OF them
had iheir bows and arrows drawn
taut ready for instant action, in tho
event command was given to make an
assault | suppose they were sitting
squat ton their Gectl, so that arrows
mat missed MS would be sure to pass
over The opposite line of Indians,
There was no doubt but The Indians
came 10 the stage line TO take us in.
and there is no doubt but that they
would have done so. / think the ONLY
reason they did not was. that their
chlei decided thai some Of them would
have 10 go along with rs 10 the hap
py hunting ground, and they were not
lust ready to start; but, without any
joking. that half hour We spent com.
ing mp 10 them, after first seeing them,
| furnished an open field for the goose
grease To put in full time. and he was
probably the buisest passenger in that
coach
| never saw mules travel as those
mules did after we had run the gaunt.
/ let We did not call the roll. but we
looked at each other and IL occurred
Z lp MS that that was the seventh day
sine" We had left the Mississippi riv.
| rr, ana 1t was surprise that we had
been surrounded by Indians so soon.
| W" we're soon in Denver and the day
/ thereafter We called at the I.appan
stole and found Mrs. Smith and the
l-appan, who had been passengers
with us. Mrs. Smith said she was
glad the tire did come of that coach.
/ although she could do a little shiy.
erlng over the matter on her own ac.
count, when talking of II.
Whlle We were at Denver a fire
I broke out and burned up four business
blocks. We had decided 10 go to the
new diggings. On Saturday we had
purchased four mules and a wagon
and that evening handed our order to
Bnlterneld for a ton Of goods, to be-
called for on Monday morning. Sun
day night the fire broke out, and on
Monday morning all groceries had ad.
Vanced fifty per cent, bringing flour TO
eight dollars hundred and other
goods In proportion. Ours, however
was turned out TO us at figures given
us on Saturday.
Monday noon, April 2lst. 1863. we
pulled out Of Denver with our lone
wagon, and travelled twelve miles tn
camp. A few minutes after stopping
another wagon came up and canned
ana we found that their destination
was the same as ours.
These two wagons Travelled two
days together bringing us to Lanort
on the Cas- La Poudre creek al the
ioot Oh the mountains. there We came
up with two more wagons, they hay.
ing lhc same destination in view. The
iour wagons travelled together two
days, passing Virginia Dale. SHADES
old headquarters. we camping six
miles west 1f same. There were six
wagons lying in camp waiting for
wagons To come up. The next morn
ing we pulled out with thirty-lhree
men and ten wagons; with this forcs
we Travelled to Fl. Bridger, getting
mere AT noon. We decided TO lay over
during the afternoon TO do some
laundering and patching and to see il
The buttons on our CLONES we're well
fasened on.
We had not been long in camp until
TWO horsemen came up To our camp
from the north. They said they had
come from a train ten miles north of
Ft Bridger. and were camped on LIZ
tie Muddy; that they had ten wag-
Ons and thirty-one men. but did not
want TO 20 any further without the
mobilization OF larger force. II was
arranged that we were TO pull TO
their camp the next afternoon. Dur.
ing the afternoon we walked up to
Judge Carter Suffers store, and there
we first met X. Biedler.
At II o'clock the next day we ar
rived at the other train. We then or
ganized the train by electing Major
! Brooke captain and John McCormic.
now of Missoula, assistant. We now
had siXty'four men and twenty wag-
ons.
Major Brooke had been over this
part Of the road the year before, going
TO Salmon river and they were al
tackled by Indians near smiths Fork.
! Major Brooke. John McCormic,
John Rogers, Con. Weary. Woodberry
Stokes, Lewis McClurg, Sherry r. UNI
1 phrey, Silas. Hoyt, A. NJ. Walker, AL
len Hardenbrook. James Johnson,
James Ryan, Pat Ryan, Jas. Welsh.
of Myers. Charles Seymour, Wolf and
myself are the names Of some of the
men of that train.
We then moved on Passing Soda
Springs, Idaho. There was not a sin.
| gle cabin there. there were a few
government troops there camped in
tents, they had gathered up the REM
nant Of Moristers and taken them out
OF Utah TO keep the Mormons from
killing them; they had killed Morris,
the leader of the religious band.
These troops had just arrived with
these people, and were going to re-
main with them and feed them till
they could erect habitations and pro-
duce crop. We then came on. pass
ing Little Black Foot. near where Ft.
Hall had been. then crossed Snake
river at Meeks Ferry, coming up on
the west side.
When we camped after leaving
Snake river, a little after dark, we
saw a fire of to the east: we then
put out double guards with our mule
| herd.
| About II o'clock that night two
/ wagons loaded with passengers drove
into our camp and remained until
morning. We were all up early the
next morning. and then learned that
these wagons were the first ones sent
out as passenger and express wagons.
for Oliver House G. Co. to run from
Salt Lake City to Bannack.
They claimed to have relay teams
every 60 miles and intended to trav-
Ell day and night. | think there were
twelve or fourteen passengers. They,
too, had seen this fire and that was
as much as they cared to see, but
next they came close to our mule
herd, which was some distance from