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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 75 the train was coming. I know nothing more of them except from reports. As I am writing mainly from my own observations, I will simply state that after great suf-fering and much assistance ( hundreds turning out to help) the emigrants were finally landed in the valley. CHAPTER XIV. We kill our Cattle to keep Them from Wolves Visit from Two Brethren Letter from President Young A Mail Company nearly Perishes. I LEFT the company feeling a little downcast, to return to Devil's Gate. It was pretty well understood that there would be no relief sent us. My hopes were that we could kill game. We had accepted the situation, and as far as Capt. Grant was concerned he had done as much as he could for us. There was more risk for those who went on than for us remaining. On returning to camp, I found that the cattle left were very poor. The weather had moderated and we hoped to get them on good feed and recruit them a little. Over two hundred head of cattle had died in the vicinity of the fort. Along the road each way for a day's travel were carcases. This led droves of prarie wolves into our camp, it was almost impossible to keep them off from the cattle in the day time. We were obliged to corral them at night. Once in the day time a small bunch was taken and run off in spite of the efforts of the herders to stop them. In fact, it became dangerous to |