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receive them when they come The Indians had constructed one hundred and eleven forts by the time the last of their reinforcements arrived They then had a war dance and we could hear their songs very plainly and Knew well that they would make an attack in the morning They came as we expected at Sun rise sun by which they the strength and invincibility of our position, they fired a few shots that did no execution and finding that they could not do us any injury unless they charged our breast works (which they decided it was unwise to do) they began to retire We wanted them to make an attack, we were only sixty strong and the Indians numbered 1500, but there was not one of our band but felt anxious for the fight. Nothing however could persuade them to attack us. They left us without making any further attempts to interfere with us and went about one mile away and sat down in council, and in a short time arose and separated one half of them going in the direction of the Crow Indian country and the other half taking the course by which they had come. We remained at our fort till spring without experiencing any further molestation from them We Kept our animals in the fort during the night feeding them on Cotton wood and in the day allowed them to graze under guard. On the return of spring we resumed our hunt and trapped the tributaries of the Missouri to the head of Lewis fork and then started for the rendezvous on the Green river near the mouth of Horse creek. We staid here till August and then myself & five others went to fort Hall and joined a party belonging to the North west fur company trapped to the head of the Salmon river then to the unclear River and then down this stream to the Big Snake river and up the big snake. We then trapped Goose creek and the Raft river and returned to Fort Hall where we disposed of the Beavers we had caught, we remained at Fort Hall one month and then joined