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dread of an Indian lodge, the smaller occupants of it having a 

 particular liking for him, and refusing to leave when once they 

 had paid him a visit. I have said very little of Symonds, as he 

 never accompanied us on our excursions, passing his time 

 fishing or reading, and wondering how we could find any 

 pleasure in camp-life. 



Some days before Tendoi's arrival we had found some fresh 

 moccasin trails in a small valley running at right angles to the 

 one in which we were, so we asked him whether they were 

 made by any of his men, and he assured us that they could not 

 have been made by any of the friendly portion of the tribe, as 

 none of them had, at that time, been out hunting, but that 

 Indians were always going between his camp and the hostiles, 

 and that some of these might have passed near us; and he 

 assured us that when it was known that we were his friends, 

 we need not fear for ourselves or horses. ) We heard after- 

 wards from Bowles that the tracks we had found! were made by 

 some of a party of horse-thieves white men and Indians 

 who were camped in the big Snowies, the next range to the 

 one we were in. These men had been stealing horses from 

 both whites and Indians for some months, and, shortly after 

 we had left the Basin, a mixed party was sent against them, 

 Tendoi and some of his men joining it. The horse-thieves 

 were surprised, but fought well, most of them being killed, and 

 a number of horses were recovered; however, FisheVs two 

 were not among them. We heard nothing of such an expedi- 

 tion before we left, or we should have remained longer and 

 joined it. From this time we always brought the horses in at 

 night, picketing them near the waggon, this being always the 

 difficulty when remaining long in one camp, as each horse has 



