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| with a Serious accident. He was taking his wife out of a wagon for the purpose of shooting a wolf, and in drawing it out, accidently[[sic]] discharged, receiving the content in the right arm. He suffered greatly from the effects of the wound. We had no medicine man ^[with us and] [[strikethrough]] in the party [[/strikethrough]] his arm began to mortify [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] all were aware that amputation was necessary. One of the party Stated that he could ^[[perform the operation]] [[strikethrough]] do it the man [[/striketrhough]] Broadus prepared for any [[?]] to be tried that was considered ^[might be] of service to him. ^[So] the ^[voluntary] doctor ^[then] set to work and with a razor cut the flesh and Sawed the bone with an old Saw, the Arteries being cut, to stop the bleeding, he heated a King bolt [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] ^[from] one of the wagons [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] burned the affected parts and then applied a [[peaster?]] of the tar taken off the wheel of a wagon. [[strikethrough]] The man [[/strikethrough]] ^[Broadus] became perfectly well before our arrival in [[hero?]] Mexico. We arrived at Santa Fe in November and ^[the same month] I proceeded to Fernandez de Taos, [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] my present place of Residence, [[strikethrough]] the same month [[/strikethrough]] and remarried during the Winter with an old Mountaineer by the home of Kincade. In the Spring I started for the States, but on the Arkansas River I met a party en route for New Mexico [[strikethrough]] and [[strikethrough]] I [[?]] them and [[strikethrough]] remained [[/strikethough]] staid [[sic]] with them till their arrival at Santa Fe & then [[?]] with a man, his name I have forgotten, to drive ^[a] team, [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] my wages [[stirkethrough]] being [[/strikethrough]] ^[were] one dollar per day. I remained in his employ til our arrival at El Paso, ^[where] I took my discharge and returned to Santa Fe.
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