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Buck Barry and Jones seemed Instant

Buck Barry and Jones seemed instant
ly to accept this necessity.
"Give them two or three Of the sad
die blankets" suggested Barry after
moments thought 1--WE win have sew
eral light hosses going out, and If we
have to pad the saddles we can git
along with skins or something"
We gave our visitors the blankets
therefore. They seemed we'll pleased,
arose and shortly made q primitive
sort of a camp a short distance out
side our stockade. We did no more
washing that day. About 5 o'clock our
hunters came in with the best meat of
blacktail deer. Bagsby listened at
tentively to our account of the inter
view. Then he took hind quarter of
the newly killed buck and departed for
the Indians camp, where he staged for
an hour.
IL don't think they are out for mean
ness" he announced when he return
ed. "They tell me this yere is on a
sort of short cut from some of the
Truckee lakes down to their villages.
But we got to keep sharp eye ON our
horses, and we got to stand guard to-
night"
Very early In the morning, when we
were just up, several of the elders
came over to tell us that some of the
! young men would stay to work for U.S.
If we so desired. We replied that we
had no goods with which to pay for
/ work. Shortly after the whole tribe
vanished down river.
A week passed and we had almost
! forgotten our chance visitors. One day
the two Spaniards, Buck Barry and
were at the cradle. Bagsby, Yank and
McNally were the hunters for the day.
Johnny and Missouri Jones kept camp.
We had had most successful morn
ing and were Just stacking our tools
preparatory to returning TO camp for
dinner. Buck Barry was standing near
some small sage bushes ut the upper
end of the diggings. He was Just In
the act of lighting freshly filed pipe
when he stopped as though petrifed,
the burning match suspended above
the bowl of his pipe. Then he turned
quickly toward the sage brush, and as
he did 30 bow twanged, and an ar
row sang past his head. 30 close as ac-
tually TO draw blood from the lobe of
his ear. With roar Of anger Buck
Barry raised his pickax and charged
into the bush. We saw n figure rise
from the ground, dash away, stumble
flat. Before the man could get up
again Buck Barry was upon him, and
the pickax descended, At the same
Instant we heard series of whoops
and two shots In rapid succession from
the direction of camp. Buck Barry
came bounding out of the sage brush
and seized his rifle from under the
bush where we had kept them
"Come on| he painted. Let's gel
out of thisr'
We ran as hard as we could for O
hundred yards, or until we had reach
ed the fiat OF the river bottom. Ther
we paused, uncertain as to just what
next to do.
"Wait n minute" said l. I'm JUS
take look" ana hurried up littlt
spur knoll to the right. From that ele
walton l instantly caught sight OF ,
crowd of Indians coming up the vale!
at full speed. Most of them We're OF
horseback. but number loped alonl
on foot, keeping up with the animals
One look was enough. l raced dowl
TO my companions again, and we hast
ly took refuge In the only cover nea
enough 10 conceal us--a little clump o
willows In a small damp watercourse
There we croUched. rifles ready
Continued next Tuesday,