CHAPTER XLII.

Leave Washakie's Camp for the Other Portion of the Shoshone Tribe--Indian Guide Leaves us--Following a Trail--Sight the Other Camp--War Songs and Dances--Indians Preparing for War--Chief Gives up his Lodge to us, Warning us of Men in his Camp he Cannot Control --Indian Braves in War Paint--Surrounded by Fifteen Hundred or Two Thousand Indians--Learn that L. B. Ryan, a White Desperado Chief, is in Camp, and has sworn Vengeance on Mormons Escape seems Impossible, but we Trust in God--Retire for the Night--Ryan and Seven Warriors at our Lodge--Ryan Enters and Demands to know where we are from, and our Business--He is Told, Threatens us, and Summons his Indian Braves Inside our Lodge--Though the Enemy are two to one, we are Ready for them--Prepare for a Fight to the Death--Ryan and his Men Leave the Lodge, War Dance Outside--We Conclude to Sell our Lives as Dearly as Possible--War Party Approach the Lodge and Slit it In a Number of Places, then suddenly Depart--Our Lives being Spared, we Remain in Camp till Next Day--The chief Befriends us, Warning us not to Return the way we Came--Dispute as to the Route of Travel, and how it is Settled--Satisfied that Ryan intended to Ambush us--Rainstorm Obliterates our Tracks--Camp in the Rain--On the Alert for an Enemy--Shoot a Buffalo--Ward and Davis give chase, while Bullock and I continue on our Route--Camp at a ash--Bullock Taken very Ill--A Terrible Night--Ward and Davis not Returning by Morning, we Move on--Fear that Bullock will Die--Discover our Comrades in the Canyon--Being Hungry, we Overeat--Another Night of Sickness--Emerge from the Canyon--Press Forward to Green River--Welcomed by Friends--Three of our Party go on to Fort Supply, and I Remain to meet Chief Washakie.