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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 233 so that it was necessary to reinforce these frail fas-tenings with furniture. For the first few minutes the whoops and yells of the Indians, punctuated as they were with heavy blows on the doors and with shots through both doors and windows, were something terrific. The windows, fortunnately, had strong wooden shutters, secured with iron hooks on the inside. When these were all closed, the house would have been very dim had the sun been shining ; but now, just at the break of day, it was quite dark, and a tallow candle had to be lighted to enable Mr. Lee to reload the empty barrel of his shotgun. After raising such a hideous storm around the house for what seemed an age, the Indians grew quiet and one advanced to parley. During this lull in the strife, it may be well to introduce to the reader the remaining members of the household. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Mr. Lillywhite, there was a young daughter not quiet sixteen years old, who lived to become Mrs. Mary C. Black, now ( A. D. 1914) a skillful apiarist resident in Fruita, Cal. Another daughter, twelve years old, who after-ward became the wife of Judge J. G. Sutherland, an eminent jurist in Salt Lake Ciy. Before her mar-riage, this lady had studied law, passed a successful examination and been admitted to practice before the bar. She was then Miss Emma Lee. Next was a son, Chas. A. Lee, an enterprising lad of nearly ten years, who is now an apiarist and orchadist in Fresno County, Cal. Next was a little daughter between seven and eight years old, now Mrs. Ellen L. Sanders, living in Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico. This lady is consid- |