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ing them I put the four into the wagon. B\' 

 this time the snow was mehing rapidly and it 

 was late in the evening. I drove over to the 

 place where I had camped during the rain 

 storm. I discovered when I arrived that a 

 band of Indians had camped there during the 

 snow storm and had but recent)}^ left. It wavS. 

 a narrow^ escape, but as the old saying goes 

 '*• a miss is as good as a mile," and I did not 

 get frightened after the danger was all over. 

 This spring was a noted camping place, being- 

 right on a much used Indian trail, and Avas 

 used by white men as well as red skins. I 

 thought I might find some game farther on 

 and drove several on several miles, but, not 

 finding anything, concluded to drive in with 

 what I had. As I passed the spring on mv 

 return I saw a squad of red skins camped 

 there again, but, as I had no occasion to stop, 

 passed by, within half a mile of them. If 

 I had been as thirsty then as I have been 

 many times, I most certainly should have 

 stopped, but the snow was melting and I could 

 get all the water I wanted without fightino- 



