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.

CHAPTER XLIII.

Engaged as interpreter--Class of People at Green River--Appointed Deputy Sheriff--Drover Threatens to Kill Boatmen Arrest Ordered--Ride into the Outlaws' Camp--Bluffing the Captain--A Perilous Situation --Parley with Drovers--Compromise Effected--Dealing with Law-breakers--"Bill" Hickman as Sheriff Swimming Cattle Over Green River--A Drover's Failure--Writer Employed to get Cattle Over--How it is done Secret of Success--Arrival of Washakie--The Ferryman Offends him--The Angry Indian Swears Vengeance on the White Man--His Parting Threat--In Peril of an Indian Massacre.

CHAPTER XLIV.

Consternation at Washakie's Declaration--People Hurry across the River--The Writer is Asked to Attempt a Reconciliation--Night too Dark to Travel--Chief Washakie and Braves Appear at Sunrise--The Chief notes that the People are Terror-Stricken, and Decides that he will be their Friend--Troublous Exploits of Mountain Men--Sheriff's plan of Arrest--How the Scheme Worked--Desperadoes Freed by the Court--Chasing an Offender--Surrounded by his Associates--Coolness and Pluck of the Sheriff Win--Ready to Return Home--A Trying Experience.

CHAPTER XLV.

Go to Fort Supply--Start back to Green River and meet O.P. Rockwell at Fort Bridger--He brings me a Trader's License, also Goods to Trade to the Indians--Being Late in the Season, We Store the Goods, and go to Salt Lake City--Receive the Approval of Governor Young--Move to Ogden--Accompany Governor Young as Interpreter--My Horse Stolen--Called on a Mission to the Shoshones--On going to Salt Lake City, I am Released--Ordered to take part In Disarming Indians at Ogden--A Difficult Job--Chase to Mound Fort--Hand-to-hand Struggle with a Powerful Savage--Indians Disarmed, but Sullen--Chief's Brother Offers all his Possessions for his Gun--Precautions Taken to Feed the Indians that Winter--Teach the Indian Language in School--Prosper In Business.

CHAPTER XLVI.

Another Mission to the Indians--Start for the Shoshone Camp--Difficulties of Travel--Near the Crows and Blackfeet--A Dream gives Warning of Danger--Discover a Large Body of Indians--No Opportunity of Escape--Ride into the Camp of a Hunting and War Party--Meet chief Washakie--A Day's March--Situation Critical--Hold a Council--Present the Book of Mormon--All but Washakie Speak Against us and the Book--Awaiting the Chief's Decision.

CHAPTER XLVII.

Washakie's Bold Attitude--Tells his Councilors they are Fools--Says the White Men, who are Wise, have Books--Tells the Tradition of how the Indians fell into Darkness--Great Spirit Angry at the Red Man--Advocates that the Indians live like White People--His Powerful Speech Gains the Day for us--Shoshone Tradition--We Start Home--A Hungry Trip--Return to the Indians, Finding them Sullen--Fourth of July Celebration at Fort Supply--Return Home.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

Affairs at Home--Start for Fort Supply--Illness of myself and Family--Gift of Healing--Trouble with Indians at Fort Supply--Turbulent Red Men--I Help one off my Bed--They Persist In Taking or Destroying our Property--We Stop them--One Attempts to Kill me--Indians Retire from the Fort--Almost a Conflict--I check the White Men from Shooting--Indians Withdraw--We send to Governor Young for Assistance--Our Stock and Guards Driven in--Indian Agent Appears with Annuities--The Savages Submit--We Guard Day and Night--Indians more Peaceful--Reinforcements Arrive from the Governor--Matters Quiet Down.

CHAPTER XLIX.

Start Home from Fort Supply--Camp alone at Needle Rook--Awakened by my Horse--Surrounded by Wolves--Flash Powder all Night to keep off the Wild Beasts--Reach Home--Supplies Short--Hardships of a Grasshopper Year--Getting my cattle out of a Canyon--Perils of being Caught in the Snow--Great Suffering--Breaking a Snow Road--Business Affairs.

CHAPTER L.

Called on a Mission to Deep Creek Indians--Short Time for the Journey--Prepare for the Trip--Journey in the Desert--Horses Stolen--Travel on Foot--Saved from Perishing with Thirst--Meet the Indians--Could Understand and Speak to them--Indian Agent's Offer--I act as interpreter--Preach to the Indians--On the Return Trip--Visit Governor Young with a Delegation of Bannock Indians.

CHAPTER LI.

Utah Militia Organized--Elected Captain of a Company--Hear of Johnston's Army--Scouting Party sent out--I am Chosen as Guide--Travel to the Bear Lake Country--Cold Nights and Little Food--Complaint in the Party--Prove that I am Right--Reach Lost Creek--Some of the Men Object to Double Guard--A Discovery that Removes all Objections--Strike the Trail of Horsemen--Prepare for Action--Take a Camp by Surprise--The Men are Friends--Arrive at Ogden--Called to go on an Important Errand--Tussle with an Indian--Fail in Getting Desired Information, and Return to Ogden.

Chapter LII.

Off on Another Scout--Again on Bear River--Dream of Seeing Troops--Dream Fulfilled--Send Word back of Discovery--Five Hundred Cavalrymen--Heavy Storm--My only Remaining Companion taken Ill--He is Healed and I am Stricken Down--Camp in the Snow--My companion, Expecting me to die, Prepares to take my Body Home--He Returns, Prays for me and I am Healed--Stricken Down Again--I Direct him to Leave me and Return Home--He obeys Reluctantly--I Expect to die--Peculiar Experiences--Four Young Men, sent by my Comrade, come to my Relief-- Journey on--Lighting fire in a Storm--The Young Men Pray for me, and I am Relieved--Traveling Homeward--Kind Treatment--Reach Ogden--Act as Sexton--Guard over Spies--Utah Militia Recalled--Missionary Labors in Weber County.

CHAPTER LIII.

Mormons Abandon their Homes and Move South--Prepare for the Worst--Go to Payson--Affairs Being Settled, Return to Ogden---Called to go East as a Missionary--Journey across the plains--Meet my Parents In Iowa--Preaching and Traveling--My Father's Testimony--Missionary Labors--Called to Missouri--Sent to bring a Herd of Cattle--Return to my Parents' Home--Bid Farewell to Them--Purchasing Cattle.

CHAPTER LIV.

Given Charge of a Company to Cross the Plains to Utah--Composition of the Camp--Start West--Perform Baptisms--Meet a War Party of Sioux Indians--Place where A. W. Babbitt was Killed--Meet More Indians--How Trouble was Avoided--Camp Life and Duties--Enter Salt Lake Valley--Company Greeted by the Church Authorities--Report to President Young and am Released--Trade at Camp Floyd--Experience with a Thief--Go to Work on the Ogden Canyon Road--Hardships Endured.

CHAPTER LV.

Called on a Mission to Great Britain--Prepare to Depart--Start Without Purse or Scrip--Journey to Salt Lake City--Set Apart for the Mission --Begin the Journey Eastward--Organization of the Company--My Post as Chaplain--Overtaken by Apostles A. M. Lyman and C. C. Rich--Traveling Through the Mountains--Snowstorms and Wind--Forage is Scarce--Meetings with the Indians--Captain Reynolds' Exploring Party--Army Deserters in our Camp--Mail from Home--Emigrants Westward Bound--Dissatisfaction In Camp--Feeling about Apostles Lyman and Rich--I Resign as Captain, but am Elected again, and Finally Resume Command--Mail Robbery--More Disagreeable Storms--Meet a Handcart Company and Apostle George Q. Cannon--Reach the Missouri River--Visit my Father and his Family--Go to St. Joseph, Missouri--My first View of a Railway Train--At my old Home in Brown County, Illinois--Journey Eastward by Rail--Arrive in New York for the First Time--Find Friends.

CHAPTER LVI.

Visit Various Places of Interest in New York and Vicinity--Arrival of the Great Eastern--Preach at Williamsburg--New York's Celebration of the Fourth--My Thirty-second Birthday--Secure Passports and Ocean Passage--Crowded in the Steerage--Foggy and wet Weather--View of the Irish Coast--Fleet of British Warships--Land in Liverpool--Assigned to Birmingham Conference--In Birmingham--Listen to an Anti-Mormon Lecture--Visiting from House to House as a Mormon Missionary--Places of Interest--Transferred to Nottingham Conference--Preaching and Visiting--Mission Travels--Go to London--See Notable Places--News of my Daughter's Death--Birth of Another Daughter--Return to Nottingham.

CHAPTER LVII.

Again at Missionary Labors--Baptisms--Become Quite Ill--Appointed President of the Nottingham District, Embracing three Conferences--Visited by Apostles A. M. Lyman, C. C. Rich and Others--Settling Differences among Church Members--Attend a Phrenological Lecture--Get a Chart--Go to Liverpool--In Conference at Nottingham--My Pastorate Enlarged--Witness a Military Review--More Baptisms--Visit Sheffield--Fixing my Name--Poverty in Nottingham--Invited to take a Trip to Paris--Go to London--Have to give up the Visit to France--In Poor Health--Return to Nottingham--See Professor Blondin.