yees oi; tne ^ ^ 'he 
ii rtality wou e been far 2 jr but t ^^isbio {9 y ,. 
Evans, who, tlK u^h himself laooring under an e .du^uuj^ .ctirhoea, ^ - 
allowed himself no rest, but in the triple capacity of physician, nurse and / 3 
companion, was ever at the bed-side of the sick, administering to their 
wants, and encouraging them by his cheering words. 
From Fort Pierre, Dr. Evans again visited the Mauvaises Torres, 
where in a short time he succeeded in obtaining a large collection of the 
fossil fauna of that region, even more extensive than his former one, 
and embracing a considerable number of new and interesting species. 
On his return to the Fort he set about preparing for his long journey, 
which from the hostility of the BlackCeet and other Indian tribes, to- 
gether with the difficulties incident to the route, was regarded by the 
Indian traders as extremely hazardous ; hence it was exceedingly diffi- 
cult to find either guides or hunters willing to accompany him. After 
much persuasion, however, he succeeded in procuring the services of 
two hunters and a half-breed guide, they agreeing to go with him as far 
as the Flathead Village. With this meagre escort he started from Fort 
Pierre, but scarcely had he reached the borders of the Blackfeet country 
ere his hunters became alarmed, and unceremoniously left his camp 
during the night and returned to the Fort. Under these discouraging 
circumstances a person less courageous than Dr. Evans would have 
turned back ; but difficulties served only to develope the indomitable 
* To Dr. Hiram A. Prout is justly due the credit of having first called 
attention to the existence of such remains in that region by his excellent 
memoirs of Palaeotheroid and other bones, published in Silliman’s Journal. 
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