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Show 86 FOKTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. CHAPTER XVI. Kindness of Indians in Providing Food Express from Salt Lake City Visit from an Indian Chief Scanty Food Supply. mail company again fitted up with packs, leaving 1 their coaches. They took Brother Heywood with them. This time making the trip successfully. They left all the meat they could spare, taking only scant rations with them. Brother Heywood, although very weak in body, manifested the spirit of a hero during the whole time of our suffering. I have always remembered him with the kindest of feelings. As he sometimes remarks, " rawhide makes a strong tie." The Indian went away saying he would tell his peo-ple about us, and if they could find any meat they would divide. It did not take long for twenty hungry men to eat up our supplies. About the 4th of March the last mor-sel had been eaten for breakfast. We went hunting daily, sometimes killing a little small game, but nothing of account. Our provisions were exhausted and we had cleaned up everything before Jesse Jones came to our relief. We were now in a tight place. There was a set of harness and an old pack saddle covered with rawhide still on hand, that some of the boys considered safe to depend upon for a few days, still we had great hopes of getting something better. Our faith had been much strengthened by receiving the supplies mentioned. |
