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fatigued, no guard was posted, it was the first and last time that we failed in taking this precaution. Of the three men killed Lajeunesse was particularly regretted, he had been with us in every trip that had been made. all of then though were brave, good men. The only consolation that we had for their loss was the knowledge that if we had not arrived Gillespie and his four men would have been killed. we lost but three so two lives had been saved. After the Indians had left each of us got behind a different tree expecting that they would return and attack us we remained so posted until daylight, we then packed up, took the bodies of the dead and started for the camp of the main party. We had proceeded about 10 miles when we found that we could not possibly carry the bodies of our comrades any further we then went about half a mile away from the trail and interred them, we then covered the graves with logs and brush so that there was but little probability of their being discovered. We would have taken the bodies to our camp but as the timber? along our route was so thick the bodies knocked against the trees and became bruised, we therefore concluded to bury them where we did. we reached our camp that same evening and found that the men who had staid had received orders to follow our trail. We remained with them that night, next morning we moved on for a few miles, we left 15 men in the old camp who were concealed there for the purpose of discovering the movements of the Indians, we had not left the camp more than half an hour when two Indians appeared. They were promptly killed and their scalps taken. Fremont concluded to return to California but decided to take a different route from that by which we had last entered the country. He made up his mind to go by a trail that led around the other side of the lake. we were now located on a stream? of the lake