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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 147 CHAPTER XXIV. Leave Santa Fe for Home Attacked by Robbers A Shower of Bullets A Hard Ride Incidents of our Journey A Novel Sign. WE LEFT Santa Fe about the loth of September, 1860. Two young men that came through from Utah, whose homes were in the States, accompanied us on horseback. They were well mounted and we were all well armed. We took every precaution to make our-selves secure against thieves stealing our stock, or tak-ing advantage of us in any way. We took the open road by way of Las Vegas, Fort Union, passing along the Raton mountains and con-tinuing on without molestation of any kind until the evening of the 23rd, when we were attacked and rob-bed, the particulars of which I shall give together with our trip home to the best of my ability and recollection. Late in the afternoon we arrived at a creek where we intended to camp, but found no water. We had traveled about thirty miles, and the next chance for camping was several miles further on. Some of my reflections would not be amiss here. There was some game in sight. We killed some wild turkeys. My companions were out after antelope and I was alone awaiting their return. We were now quite out of the dangerous country to all appearances, having traveled over three hundred miles without disturbance. We were now where it was con-sidered safe for any one to travel. Still I felt uneasy. I remembered the words of President Young and I never had felt entirely safe on the road. In my reflections I felt as though I would rather lose what I had made than |
