TWENTY YEARS IN THE ROCKIES. IOI 



braves reached the top of the hill, they dismounted, blind- 

 folded their ponies, called upon the few who had followed 

 them to meet them where the bad spirit would never more 

 kill their warriors, leaped upon the ponies and started at 

 full speed toward the shelf of rock. On they went; the 

 brink was reached; with the speed of a deer, their ponies 

 dashed into space,, down ! down ! down ! The savage howls 

 of the warriors and a loud thud in the waters below, alone 

 proclaimed the fate of the misguided braves. A large pile 

 of stones marks the spot where the fearful plunge that sent 

 two souls into eternity was made. 



Carved on a rock close by is the image of the bird af- 

 ter which their tribe was named. Several small punctures 

 in the rock, and leading directly to its heart, signify that the 

 disease of which they died went straight to their hearts. 

 On the same rock are the figures of several warriors in a 

 leaning attitude, representing their feelings when first taken 

 sick, while others are lying on their backs in their last sleep. 



