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Show 324 INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS tures where feed could be found for their horses. In the morning before breaking camp, the Chief would call the Indians around him and talk to them for half an hour or so, instructing them as to their move-ments. Then each would go to their several tasks some would go hunting on the way to the new camp ground. The squaws did the packing and moving of camp while the men and boys gathered up the horses and did the easy work. They loved hunting, and as scouts and trailers they were far superior to white men. If a twig had been newly broken, or a stone moved they always noticed it and learned the cause. They were so thoroughly acquainted with the mountain trails, can-yons and watering places, and knew the hiding places in case of danger or pursuit so well, that they were hard to locate. They would often travel long distances without leaving any tracks or signs, by walking on rocks, or wading in streams, and thus conceal their movements. They generally made small fires and hovered closely over them, burn-ing mostly sage brush, which made the best embers and coals and kept the fire better, when covered, than other wood. They thought white men foolish for making large fires and have to sit back. The Indians always smelled smoky because of sitting over their small fires so much, and being in their wicki-ups. AN EXPLORING TRIP AND TREATIES WITH IN-DIANS IN GRASS VALLLEY AND VICINITY, BY A. K. THURBER, G. W. BEAN AND OTHERS. On or about the 1st of June, 1873, President Brigham Young and Council called Bishop Albert |