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the poor woman might have been save for a short while at least. We captured however all the baggage and camp equipage of the Indians many of them running off without any of their clothing. We also secured some of their animals, we then pursued them for about six miles on a level prairie one Indian was killed and two or three of their children were taken prisoners but I have much regretted the failure of the attempt to save the life of a greatly esteemed and respected lady. We found a book in the deserted camp the first of the kind that I had ever seen, in which I was depicted as a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds, [[etc.,etc.?]. I have often thought that Mrs. White must have read it and knowing that I lived near by must have prayed for my appearance in order that she might be saved. I did come finally but did not have the power to convince those that were in command over me that they ought to follow my plan for her rescue. They would not listen to me and they failed. I will say no more regarding this matter or attach any blame to any particular person, for I presume that the consciences of those that were the cause of the catastrophe have severely punished them on this??. As there was no object in continuing our pursuit of the Indians we set out on our return and arrived at Taos in November. On our way back we encountered the severest snow storm that I have ever experienced, one of our men was frozen to death, we were trying to make Barclay's fort on the Mora River but on account of the wind we could not keep to our course, happily we found some timber near Las Vegas in which we were able to take refuge. Afterwards I learned that in? the same storm overtook and punished? many of the Indians that we