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the wagon and I would get a load of meat for 

 them to take in with them. As we were 

 going out after the buffalo, I discovered a band 

 of Indians about three miles off* and coming 

 toward us. My son was just starting to get 

 a young antelope that he saw, and I beckoned 

 for him to come up, as I did not know whether 

 the Indians were friendly or not, and wanted 

 to be ready in case of an emergency. When 

 he came up I showed them the Indians, and 

 told them that it was possible that we might 

 have to light, and for them to keep cool and 

 not get excited. I told them to get all the 

 ammunition together and I would go out 

 toward them and find out how the land lay. 

 I went a few hundred yards toward them, and 

 took a position where I could watch their 

 movements. They came down into the creek 

 bottom, which was about a mile wide, and 

 were out of my sight for some time, and in 

 the interim I changed my position so that I 

 could see them as soon as they emerged from 

 the bottom. When they again came in sight 

 the}^ were about half a mile from me, and 



