CHAPTER XV.

Prepare to Leave California--Snow in the Mountains Causes a Wait till the Last of June--Discover a Rich Gold Prospect--Leave it to Make the Journey over the Mountains--No Regrets at Abandoning the Mines in Answer to a Call of Duty--Camp Organized in Pleasant Valley--Start on the Trip--Three Members of the Party Ahead, Looking out the Route, Found Murdered by Indians at Tragedy Springs--Covering the Bodies--Stampede of Animals--Guarding Against Hostile Indians--Crossing the Divide in Snow--The Writer Fooled--Take Two Indians Prisoners--Cutting a Road--Horses Stolen by Indians--Pursuit to Capture them--In Carson Valley--Along Humboldt River--At Steamboat Springs--Over the Desert--Member of the Party Wants to Kill Indians--The Writer's Emphatic Objection--Indians Wound Stock--Addison Pratt as a Lucky Fisherman--Writer Trades with an Indian--The Red Man's Trick--Writer Pursues him into the Indian Camp--Escape from Danger--Journey to Bear River--Hot and Cold Water Springs--Reach Box Elder--View the Great Salt Lake--Arrive at Ogden, where Captain Brown and some Saints had Settled--Journey to the Mormon Camp on what is now Pioneer Square, Salt Lake City--Heartily Welcomed by Relatives and Friends--Rejoicing and Thanksgiving.