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Show 216 low Springs, and a number of Dame's men, including Martineau, had crossed over into Cave Valley t o see a l a r g e cave near Bean's White Mountain Camp.1^ As the wagons r e t r a c e d t h e i r r u t s t o Desert Swamp (Flagg) Springs, Martineau and others veered off t o the east toward Cave Valley. But Martineau wanted to attempt a new route across the Egan Range by ascending a small wash just north of t h e i r old crossing of Pine Canyon. Near the summit of the range, n 20 he discovered a fine spring i s s u i n g from a bed of g r a n i t e . " In the t r a d i t i on of tbe expedition, i t was named Granite Spring. Today i t i s known as Big Spring. Late in the afternoon, Martineau and his accomplices arrived safely a t Bean's camp. I t seems t h a t a communication had a l s o been made between Bean's camp in Cave Valley and Barney's settlement on Snake Creek. Barney l a t e r wrote that he left Snake Creek and "took t e n men and proceeded t o Cave Mountain about 100 [sixty-five) miles from Snake Creek. Edwin S t o t t , of Fillmore, was probably 22 one of these men, as he was reported to have been in Cave Valley for a time. Barney was in the camp when Martineau a r r i v e d , and considerable news of the Snake Creek mission was learned from him. Fifty or s i x t y acres had been successfully cleared, and the grain was mostly i n . But he reported the nights were very cold, and water was scarce. And while the brethren were generally fairing well, some were s u f f e r i n g from colds and rheumatism. The Indians were also growing bolder day by day, e s p e c i a l l y the Gosiutes and the White Knives or Tosanwicks. The l a t t e r was a p a r t i c u l a r l y aggressive Shoshonian band which ranged south out of the Humboldt River country. They had acquired t h e i r name from the beautiful white f l i n t they obtained from the nearby mountains and fashioned into k n i v e s . 2 3 These Indians had s t o l l e n some of the horses from Snake Creek. All but one, which the Indians had slaughtered, were recovered, however. 24 |