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pulled off & the whispered exclamation "Indians in Camp" I caught my double barelled fun & sprang to my feet, expecting to meet in the darkness some prowling savages & listening for the first alarm to show where they might be, not hearing any, I moved cautiously around the outpost of the camp & came upon one of our guard a Mr Stewart,, he said the animals were alarmed & going towards them he saw two Indians jump up & run towards unclear some flags & tall coarse grass growing near our camp, as I moved towards the grass he tried to dissuade me,, from going saying "you'll get shot." his prediction however did not prove true, for I looked through it in different directions & did not start out any Indians in some places the water was too? deep, to walk through comfortably,, after turning to camp, we concluded to double our guard the balance of the night, I volunteered as one 'till midnight & stationed myself near the outside mules lying down in the grass between them, I could then keep perfectly quiet & better see any moving object. the mules & especially a White Mexican Mare several times pricked up their ears & snorted as though alarmed, & we did not see anything more of the savages however, Monday 18th started about 8 oclock, the road today very sandy & dusty, with a violent wind from the South, grass dried up & poor, saw today some Prairie dogs, and antelope but did not succeed in getting a shot, stopped to noon in a low bottom, where we found some bushes & course grass, in the afternoon