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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 223 boys ' ' and expired. The boys who had been sent back came straggling into camp one or two at a time, all reporting that the others had been killed. On learn-ing of this disaster, Captain Andrus took about twen-ty- five men and went down the Pah- reah, expecting to head off the Indians ; they came upon them about 12 o'clock ascending the point of a mountain. We surrounded the place as quickly as possible, but darkness came on and the Indians escaped. We re-mained until daylight, supposing we had some of them driven into a small cove near where we over-took them. But in this we were mistaken; the In-dians had escaped in the night. However, we got all the horses and guns that the savages had captured except the two that Everett had with him when he was killed. About 10 o'clock a. m. on the 27th ( Mon-day) we recovered Everett's body, wrapped it in a blanket and burier it there, covering the place with brush and and rocks. The men all stayed together during the balance of the trip. We went up the east fork of Pah- reah and through Potato Valley ( now Escalante). Here we gathered some wild potatoes which we cooked and ate them ; they were somewhat like the cultivated potato, but smaller. From there we went through Rabbit Valley, crossed the Dirty Devil Creek ( also called Fremont River) and got within sight of Green River. We then turned back, the country between us and the river being too rough and broken to proceed farther. Black Hawk told Mr. Adams later ( at the time of the treaty) that when the men turned away they were within three miles of his ( Black Hawk) main camp and the stock, that he and his warriors were in Sanpete, and that there were only old men and squaws left in camp. The |
