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respect. Of course the}^ are mistreated some- 

 times, but this does not make them any better. 

 By nature they are lazj^ cruel, vindictive, and 

 a perfect type of treachery, never acting in 

 good faith except they can gain a point by so 

 doing. Mercy is a virtue which an Indian 

 knows nothing about, and the truth never falls 

 from his lips if a lie can be made to answer. 

 They are in all respects, as nearly as I can 

 describe them, veritable demons, who spare 

 neither age nor sex, w^ho respect no law, and 

 w^hose chief delight is to murder, burn and 

 ravage. 



The little occurrence mentioned above oc- 

 curred in April, '76, and I hunted there until 

 the fall without any further molestation from 

 the red devils. They remembered our long 

 range repeating rifles for a long time after- 

 ward. 



While here a large band of Ute Indians 

 came into our neighborhood on a permit to 

 hunt thirty days, and for the benefit of my 

 readers, I will now describe, as well as I can, 

 their manner of hunting and killing buflalo. 



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