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we owed the protection of our scalps to his 

 vigilance. This idea of his was strengthened 

 by the appearance, while we were breakfast- 

 ing, of a Lemhi Indian on a beautiful pony. 

 He could not or would not speak any Eng- 

 lish, and Harrington conversed with him in 

 the sign -language, to our great interest, as 

 we had never seen it used before. 



Our journey to the Lower Geyser basin 

 was unmarked by anything startling, though 

 Lanahan was much discomposed one night by 

 two men who had come down from the Stink- 

 ing Water and camped near us. He was so 

 convinced that they were in league with Har- 

 rington that he ** watched" the horses all night. 

 At the basin we started the outfit back to Boise 

 with Lanahan and Mason, and joined our fami- 

 lies, who were awaiting us. We heard after- 

 ward that Lanahan was a prey to the liveliest 

 terrors while in the Park, and paid a man 

 $io to watch the horses the two nights before 

 he got out of Harrington's reach. We have 

 never heard of Lanahan since, but his mem- 

 ory will ever be green. 



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