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Show 122 INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS of the South Fork of Spanish Fork Canyon to be herded. Caratat Rowe, his son ( Conderset Rowe) and a hired boy ( Peter Gottfredson) were caring for horned stock. Nathan Staker and his sons, Aaron and Joseph were herding the sheep. One day. about dusk, in the fore part of October, 1863, an Indian came to our camp while we were out milking. He rode a fine cream colored horse, bare backed, having as he said, left his saddle and gun down near the wagon road. He was dressed in a new military officer's uniform with gilt epaulets on the shoulders, and said his name was Godfrey. We did not learn to what tribe he belonged. He asked for something to eat and we told him that as soon as we were through milking, we would have supper. He ate sup-with us. After eating, he asked if he could stay all night, saying he had no blankets. We told him he could. As Rowe and Staker had gone to Mount Pleasant after supplies, we four boys constituted the whole personel of the camp. The Indian told us that the Snake Indians had killed eight men in Provo Canyon, and said that may be at daylight they would come and kill us and steal our cattle. He seemed to be very uneasy and would listen attentively at every little noise and say, * ' maybe Snakes. ' ' He ask-ed to see our guns, Aaron Staker got the guns, a rifle and a shotgun, both muzzle loaders. Then he wanted to see our ammunition, but I had hidden it under the bedding where Staker could not find it. The Indian next wanted to know how much powder we had. I showed on my hand that we had about five inches in the powder- horn. We had only four or five charges for our guns. Every little while the Indian would listen and say Snakes, as I thought |