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160 headed west, which conviriced me that they were looking for emigrants, and if so they would not go far before they would either go into camp or leave the trail. It proved that after following the emigrant train a short distance they had taken to the hills.

The country was a sea of sagebrush, and frequently we would start a jack-rabbit or antelope that we would have been pleased to roast for supper, but dared not shoot.

When near the top of a hill I would dismount, and leaving my horse with Meyers, would crawl to the sum- mit of the hill and peep over in order to discover whether or not the Indians were in sight, and then return, mount I peeped over to get a sight of them.

my horse and ride at a rapid gait until near the top oi another hill, when the same manâœuver would be repeated.