re at the temples. Hie women let th 



ls,snakos,inseets, grass-seed, and ro< 



Worn thai thev kill an antelope. 



tic and as many 



on Deep Creek 



'presents the 

 ah), as quite 



['ho creek 



Jieckwith, in speaking of this vallev, says: "The valley is here several miles wide, 

 and the stream lined with -rass, which is m>t all, however, of superior quality. Many 

 Of the small settlements of Utah are not so well supplied with the requisite* for suc- 

 cessful cultivation as those found on this stream:' Mr. Faust also represents that then- 

 is a large quantity of line timber (pine, fir, and cedar) in the vicinity, and, doubtless, 

 buildinu-stone. 



dust at sunset 1 walked out with Mr. Faust to mv some of these Go-shoots at 



women, and children. Rabbit-skins were the clothing generally, the poor infant at 

 the in-east having nothing on it. In the center was a camp-kettle suspended to a three- 

 legged crotch or tripod. In it they were boiling the meat we had given them. An 



an antelope-skin. When the soup was done, the fingers of each of the inmates were 

 stuck into the only dish, and sucked. While this was going on, an Indian came in 

 from Ids' day's hunt His largest game was the rat, of which he had a number stuck 



lire, and the hair scorched; this done, she rubbed off the crisped hair with a pine-knot, 

 and then, thrusting her linger into the paunch of the animal, pulled out the entrails. 

 From these, pressing out the offal, she threw the animal, entrails and all, into the pot. 

 The rats are caught by a dead-fall made of a heavy stone, and supported by a 

 kind of figure 4, made as it ordinarily is for a trap, except that, instead of a piece of 

 wood, a string is used, .tied, and provided with a short button, which, being brought 

 around the upright, is delicately held in position by a spear of dried grass or delicate 

 piece of wood, which, pressing against the button, rests at the other end against the 

 around or stone. Traps like these are placed over the boles of the rats, and they, 

 comin"* in contact with the long or lower piece of the figure 4, bring the stone upon 

 them. They are also speared in their holes by a stick turned up slightly at the end 



