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RECREATION. 



NEZ PERCE INDIAN BOY AND H'lS CAYUSE. 



trip seemed short, and we were sorry when 

 we reached the end. From Lewiston to 

 Grangeville, 74 miles by stage, was novel, 

 but a little tiresome, although a large part 

 of it was through historic ground, passing 

 over the battlefield of the Nez Perce 

 Indians, with the monument erected tc 

 Lieut. Foster standing in the middle of the 



stage road down Cottonwood hill. Cross- 

 ing Camas prairie we reached the town of 

 Grangeville, Idaho, made famous by the 

 gold strikes at Buffalo Hump. There we 

 met our guide, M. A. Bates. He assured 

 us that we would reach the Chamberlain 

 basin in about 4 days, but when we looked 

 at the outfit he had provided we doubted 

 it, for another such lot of crow baits it 

 would be hard to get together ! Gaunt, 

 sore, and worn out, they seemed hardly 

 able to get around ; but Bates assured us 

 it was their nature, and that they were in 

 good condition for the trip, so off we 

 started, at 4 P. M. Monday, camping about 

 10 miles out. 



The next morning we were awakened by 

 a lot of Nez Perce squaws and children, 

 who had been after huckleberries and were 

 homeward bound. It was a novel sight to 

 see the squaws straddling the horses, with 

 the papooses strung on behind and before, 

 and we tried to take a photograph, but 

 with poor success, as the Indians are very 

 superstitious. One lad of 14, after much 

 persuasion, allowed us to snap him. 



That day we made about 30 miles. We 

 reached Adams' camp at noon, and hag' an 

 experience we will all remember. We were 

 passing through a stretch of burnt timber 

 when a wind storm struck us that felled 

 the trees in all directions. Close by us 

 they would crack and tumble with a roar 

 that was anything but pleasant, so we were 

 glad when we reached the clearing, and 

 could listen to the cannonading from a 

 distance. That night we stayed at Boulder 

 Creek. 



WARRENS. IDAHO. 



