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liiiiit iiiL^' pai'tR's who are compcllccl to rely on tlie guides 

 \vliii'li tliev ran eiio-ao-e at sliort ii<>tic(> nnist he tolerant of 

 sueh men. and not expeet that those who will undertake 

 this temporary work aiT the cream of ihe popuhition. We 

 were not exempt from this experience. 



l)oIi \\a>an I'Xcclh'nl horseman and careful of his cattle, 

 l)ut Hot a li\('l\' eompaiiioH ; nor did he seem to think il of 

 sueh \ital eonsequenee as we did whether we found game 

 or not. ]\Iadden was a good-natured giant, whose duties 

 Avere to roimd-nii llu^ hoi'ses in the morning, and pack the 

 beasts ol' liurden when we were on the mareh. lie hi>l his 

 horses often. l)ut never Ins tem])ei'. 



Dick was of a more mei-eurial type. lie was said 

 to have lu'cn the onlv survivor of the famous INFormon 

 massacre of eniigiants. and lieing then a Ijahy, was taken liy 

 the Indians, who were jjelieved to have heen prompted \>y 

 the jirophet of Utali 1o that shameful deed, and had lived 

 with tlieni evi'r since. This, at least, was the story as it 

 was tokl to me. As might have been expected, Dick had 

 little of the varidsh of civilisation about him. lait though 

 his vo('al)ularv was limited, he made free use of it. He 

 copicil in evei\' particular the gait and manners of his 

 foster-pai'eiits, his white skin and high sj[Mrils alone contra- 

 dict in l:; his briniiing-up. 



Oris was supposed to be the eook. but he was the worst 

 cook of the })arty, not cxce^itiiig myself; an(k as the 

 sequel proved, we could have well spai-ed his services. 



In the struggle for existence, which is the necessary 

 condition of lil'e in a new count ry, evei'\- man is ex[)eeti'(l 

 to "boss his own portmanteau." and il' he comes to grief it 

 is not the business of those about him Lo help hini out. 



