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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 69 fuel except very small sage brush. Several died that night. Next morning, Brother Young having come up, we three started for our camp near Devil's Gate. All were rejoiced to get the news that we had found the emigrants. The following morning most of the company moved down, meeting the hand- cart company at Greasewood creek. Such assistance as we could give was rendered to all until they finally arrived at Devil's Gate fort about the ist of November. There were some twelve hun-dred in all, about one- half with hand- carts and the other half with teams. CHAPTER XIII. Short Rations Wagons Unloaded of Their Freight and Loaded With Emigran ts Myself and Company Left to Guard the goods One Sister's Discouragement. THE winter storms had now set in, in all their severity. The provisions we took amounted to almost nothing among so many people, many of them now on very short rations, some almost starving. Many were dying daily from exposure and want of food. We were at a loss to know why others had not come on to our assist-ance. The company was composed of average emigrants: old, middle- aged and young ; women and children. The men seemed to be failing and dying faster than the women and children. The hand- cart company was moved over to a cove in the mountains for shelter and fuel ; a distance of two |
