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tain and were near our former trail, I saw in the distance four Indians. I proposed to charge them all were willing and we started for them but when we got nearer we found we had caught a traitor?. There were upwards of sixty Indians in the band. They had surrounded us and our only chance of saving our lives was by running we did this the Indians firing on us from all directions, we ran the gauntlete for about two hundred yards. the Indians being often as near as twenty yards to us we dared not fire not knowing at what moment our horses might be shot from under us, the idea of finding himself suddenly afoot with his gun unloaded was enough to keep any of us from shooting them. We finally made our escape and joined the party at the camp. One of our men was severely wounded but this was the only damages we received. On our arrival at the camp we were informed of what had transpired during our absence. It was then easy enough to account for the Indians having followed us. They saw us leave camp, and as they had had the misfortune to lose the animals They had stolen. They intended to have our scalps. They made a very good attempt, but thank God failed. We built a fort and encamped for the night as we could not move until the wounded men were properly cared for. In the morning we made a litter to carry one of the wounded, the other could ride horseback and then pursued our course and in four days march found Gaunts. We remained at his camp till our wounded men recovered and then started for the old Park, we found Beaver scarce, there having been so many trappers before us. I and two others concluded to leave our comrades and hunt on