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and watching during the night. * 1 examined 

 the ground around our camping phice as soon 

 as I could see in the morning and found that 

 they had been within twenty paces of us. 

 These were a remnant of the band that had 

 the fight with Lewis a few days before, and I 

 suppose, perhaps, that the reason they did not 

 attack us was, that they were dodging the 

 sodiers and were in a hurry to get out of the 

 countr}'. 



The whites were not the only ones that 

 suffered during the trouble, for the Indians 

 were compelled to undergo some rather se\'ere 

 privations. I remember the- case of an old 

 squaw and a papoose about seven years old. 

 When the Indians were scattered in the light 

 on White Woman, this squaw and child could 

 not get away, and, to avoid being taken by the 

 soldiers, hid themselves in a washout, and 

 when the soldiers left did not know which wsv 

 to go, as the tribe was scattered and broken 

 up, so they remained where they were. Thev 

 could get plenty of water, but nothing to eat, 

 except the carcasses of the animals that had 



