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been torn to pieces and his bones thrown into the 

 river. 



So ended the merry game of spying on the moun 

 taineers. 



As for the mountaineers, they fell into the meshes 

 of their own snares; for on the way to Snake River, 

 when parleying with friendly Blackfeet, the accidental 

 discharge of Bridger s gun brought a volley of arrows 

 from the Indians, one hooked barb lodging in Bridger s 

 shoulder-blade, which he carried around for three years 

 as a memento of his own trickery. 



Fitzpatrick fared as badly. Instigated by the Amer 

 ican Fur Company, the Crows attacked him within a 

 year, stealing everything that he possessed. 



