CHARLES I.. YOUNGBLOOD. I 27 



to have fears of the Indians, and during the 

 night this fear grew upon me so much that it 

 was impossible for me to dismiss them from 

 my mind. I did not sleep at all that night, 

 and the next morning I was up bright and 

 early preparing to shift my quarters. I went 

 back from the river about three miles on the 

 flats, but still on the trail. I stopped here but 

 a short time, as I did not feel much safer than 

 where I was, and hitched up again and drove 

 to the top of a hill about a mile and a half 

 farther on. Here I halted and looked around 

 to see what I could see, and discovered some- 

 thing moving toward me a couple of miles to 

 the northeast. I at first thought they were 

 buffalo, but in a moment I saw that they did 

 not move like buffalo. While watching them 

 they went out of sight and soon reappeared 

 again, which satisfied me that they were not 

 buffalo. When they were nearer me I saw 

 that they were men, and mounted, and I then 

 knew that they were Indians moving right 

 toward me, and I began to make preparations 

 to give them a warm reception. 



