. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . At the same time they bixmght in a pair of boots containing bones ofhuman feet. A party of citizens went out and found the remains ofthe three men, together with a large sum of money. English stopped, studied a moment, and then resolving to take allin his own hands, said: We must stick together; stick together andfollow me. I will shoot the first man who refuses to obey and sendhim to hell a-fluk
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . At the same time they bixmght in a pair of boots containing bones ofhuman feet. A party of citizens went out and found the remains ofthe three men, together with a large sum of money. English stopped, studied a moment, and then resolving to take allin his own hands, said: We must stick together; stick together andfollow me. I will shoot the first man who refuses to obey and sendhim to hell a-fluking. Again the robber chief, now in supreme command in the hour ofdanger and death, led on. The band struggled on in silence, benumbed,helpless and half dead. Scott seemed like a child beside his balance of both parties were as feeble and as spiritless as he. Eng-lish was the only one whose spirit rose above the storm. His wholeferocious nature seemed aroused. At times he swore like a madman. Thestorm increased in fury; darkness came suddenly on, and they couldnot see each others faces. English shouted aloud above the blast:Come up to me! They obeyed and huddled around him like. 519 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 521 children. There is but one chance, said he, cut your saddles offyour horses! He got the horses as close together as possibleand shot them down, throwing away his pistols as he emptied the saddles on top of the pile of horses he made each man wraphis blankets around him and huddle together on the mass. No nodding now, said English, Ill shoot the first man thatfails to answer when I call him. To sleep a moment meant death byfreezing, and this robber chief, this king of men in the hour of direperil and death, knew it. Every man seemed to surrender all hope,save this fierce man of iron. He moved as if in his element. He madea track in the snow around the party on the heap and kept constantlymoving and shouting. Within an hour they saw the e
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