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journey to Manti. It was a harrowing experience, expecting at any moment to hear the crack of a rifle or whiz of a bullet. One day as they were traveling through Salt Creek Canyon, the tawny forms of Indians could he seen passing whoops and waving their rifles and bows. Except for these hours of terror, the wagon train reached Manti untouched. After nine months of almost constant traveling, they November 10, 1853. Documentation: "History of the James Farres Tooth Family" by Sarah Tooth Olsen. "Discover Us 1988" - a tour guide to western Nebraska and southeastern Wyoming. The World Book Encyclopedia - Nebraska, Wyoming, Plains Indians. Rand McNally Road Atlas - United States, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah. "These...Our Fathers" a Centennial History of Sanpete County 1849 to 1947. Arranged and Published by Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County Utah 1947. Bluff. Nebraska. ! I I Two views o; oolite cul tram Ephraim Slone quarry. See story page 49 (Courtesy Blodwen Olsen) 44 |