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Show 328 INDIAN DEPKEDATIONS dressed in white robes and they had long white flowing beards; the friends to the Indians, the white men did not see them, but he did Some also thought that they might be the three Nephites spoken of in the Book of Mormon. Old Poga- neab became very friendly, and accompanied us on foot all the way round till we met the tribe at the council previously arranged at Cedar Grove. One of his SOPS went with us. We left Fish Lake June 151 h and went to the place where Thurber is now located. . A. K. Thurber liked the creek and location so well that we named the place Thurber in his honor. Next day we went to the lower end of Rabbit Valley, and during the day we caught a lone wild horse, and an antelope. Twenty seven of us circled round them and closed in on them. " Where ever we went the deer were nearly as plentiful as the fish in the lake, and were quite gentle but we never killed more than we wanted to eat. We camped in a nice grove of long- leaf pines which grew right down to the valley, and called the place Pine Creek ; it is known as Pine Creek to this day. Here we picketed about half of our horses, hobbled the rest and built some nice big fires. All of a sudden several of our horses snorted and stampeded, running up the creek. Our ropes held fifteen animals I think. The night was dark, and as we had not been up the creek we let them go till morning. We knew there was another camp or tribe of Indians down there, somewhere, but not having seen any signs of them, we did not expect to see them till next day. Some of their scouts or guards, however, were out. |