Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . pfire and placed a guard over him, gave him a goodsupper, and then blankets to sleep on; and made to understandthat he must stay there till sunrise next morning or the guardwould shoot him. The next morning the Indian was given allhe could eat, and some flour and bacon for his squaw Cif he hadone) and told to go. Just before 12 oclock noon, as Father was counting theanimals as the
Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . pfire and placed a guard over him, gave him a goodsupper, and then blankets to sleep on; and made to understandthat he must stay there till sunrise next morning or the guardwould shoot him. The next morning the Indian was given allhe could eat, and some flour and bacon for his squaw Cif he hadone) and told to go. Just before 12 oclock noon, as Father was counting theanimals as they passed along by a certain point of the road,he chanced to look around and saw the Indian of the night be-fore, with tAvo others, standing near watching Father. Fatherwent on with his count till all the cattle had passed. Aftersumming up his count he foundl that there were five or six ani-mals missing. He turned to the Indians and held up six fingers, 184 PIONEERING THE WEST then pointed to the cattle, then motioned his hands over thecountry; the Indians uttered a sigh and soon disappeared. Father, contrary to his usual practice, did not send any mento find the lost animals. He made camp about 3 or 4 I Washikce, Peace Chief; near relation to TTecumsec. PIONEERING THE WEST 185 About sundown there could be seen a cloud of dust comingdown the road. It might be a pack train, for it was coming. pretty fast. It Avas only Fathers Indians bringing iti th(^ lostanimals, bat instead of only five or six, they had brought infifteen head. Some of them did not have the company brand,but were animals that had been lost by other trains or immi-grants. The three Indians did not leave again until they had passedover the line of their country, Avhich was along the Humboldtriver, and Father placed no white men to herd and guard thestock, the Indians doing this from sundown to sunrise. Fatherhad killed three head for beef, giving one to the Indians, andthere had been two or three poisoned
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