CHAPTER IX.
In the Camanche Country--A Surprise and a Rapid Movement--The Mule Fort--A Camanche Charge--Sure Aim--Another Charge--More Dead Indians--Woman's Weapon, the Tongue--Fearful Heat and Sufferings from Thirst--The Escape by Night--The South Park--Death of Guthrie--Meeting with Bonneville--Indignant Reproaches, 154