.- 267 cams] 
e ¢ rding a little sera theriver, These were 
immediately driven i kept close to the cam 
Inthe darkness of the esata we had made a wae bad ‘eneampment,. eur 
fires bei mmanded by arocky bluff within 50 yards ; but, notwithstand- 
-ing, w we had the river and small thickets of willows on the other side. Several 
times during the day the camp was insulted by the Indians; but, eae : 
‘being our object, I kept simply on the defensive. Some of the India 
-on the bottoms, and others harafiguing us frem the bluffs; and ae ure 
Scattered in every direction over the hills, Their language being probably 
a dialect of the Usah, with the aid of sigus some of our people could com- 
_prehend them very well. They were the same people who had murdered 
the Mexicans; and towards us their disposition was evidently hostile, nor 
were we well sed towards them. They were barefooted, and nearly 
nal ‘their hair gathered up into a knot behind; and with his bow, each 
-man carried a quiver with thirty or forty arrows partially drawn out. 
Besides these, each held in his hand two or three arrows for instant service. 
Their arrows are barbed with a very clear translucent stone, a species of 
apa nearly as hard as the diamond; ; and, shot from their long bow, are al- 
most as effective asa gunshot. In these Indians, I was forcibly struck by an 
expression 0 of countenance resembling that in a beast of prey ; and all their 
actions are those of wild animals. Joined to the restless motion of the e 
‘there is a want of mind—an absence of thought—and an action wholly by 
‘impulse, strongly expressed, and which constantly recalls the similarity. 
*A man who appeared to bea chief, with two or three others, forced him- 
Self into camp, bringing with him his eer in spite of my orders to the 
per i bigs When shown our r weapons, h e bored his ear with his fingers, and 
said he could not hear. “ Why,” said he, “there are none of you.” C 
ing the aia around the camp, and ineluding in the number a mule 
m ing shod, he made out 22. «So many,” said he, showing the 
phe ed we—we are a great many;’ and he pointed to — hills and 
‘mount: eseoad Weise “If you have your arms,” said he, twanging his 
bow, “ we have these.” I had some difficulty in. restrai oan 
articularly Carson, who felt an insult -of this riba as much as if it 
been given by a more responsible — _“ Don’tsay pe toe fata 
he; “don’t you say that—your life’s 
lish; and probably the old man was i tovhis end ian he wo be'be- 
fore he meets it. 
_ Several animals had been enemy left behind near the camp last 
hight; and early in the morning, before the Indians made their appearance, 
several men were sent to bring them in. When was beginning to be un- 
a. at their La ag they returned with information that they had been 
the trail by Indians ; a having followed the tracks in a 
short ; >, they found the animals cut up and spread out upon bushes. 
* trang I a a mie me ecm to some of the Indians for a feast; 
: =a } pial sar nee of the partial distribution. Many of 
ndi : Shed 7 + Aiialet hooked at the end, which they used in haul- 
other small animals, from their holes. During the day 
y Spatmt-andiate lizards rae our on Di belong to the 
der the name o SSers > 
ho are generally c nae Linea TP RSENE 33 ata 
7 speaking 
sole oseapation is to procure food sufficient to support ex- © 
