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Show 280 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS teams, namely, Frederick Olsen and son Ole, Ri. chard Davis, Benjamin Davis, David Davis ( a boy), Axel Einersen, John Knighton, C. C. Brown, John Fern and his brother ( a small boy), Walter Jones, Lars Alexander Justesen and his ' step son ( Simon T. Beck), Adolph Tomson, Ira Sutton, J. W. Bohman, Andrew Rasmussen, Rasmus Sorensen, and Louis Barney. When at Cedar Eidge, ( now within the limits of the present Vermillion), near the Rocky Ford, April 5, 1868, some thirty Indians, who had just previously attacked George and Charles Wil-son from Scipio, Millard County, a short distance north of the Rocky Ford. These men were on their way to Monroe after some mill irons. Charles Wil-son was killed by the Indians who cut the tugs of the harness, taking the horses and supplies. George Wilson escaped by running to the river and hiding in a hole in the bank till night, when he made his escape back to Scipio. Some of Olsen ' s company had ox teams and traveled slow. As they came along the upper road the Indians came in behind them and when those with horse teams saw the Indians, they stopped to let the ox teams catch up. The savages circled out around into the cedars on the west of the company and got a little way ahead. The people seeing that the savages meant mischief, corralled their wagons as speedily as possible placing the back ends of the wagons in such a position that each wagon would shield the team on the next wagon to it from the fire of the Indians. As soon as the Indians were prepared, some behind cedars and rocks and others in a ravine, |