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Show 3IO FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. cerned as I ever did, for I knew there was great danger. About night I went on to a high hill, piled up several cords of dried cedars and set fire to them. About 9 o'clock we heard a loud hello. We knew they were coming. They were almost dead with fatigue. After finding they were lost they had traveled round and round to keep from freezing to death. Their strength had almost failed when they saw the light. They had no matches, but were trying to strike fire with their guns, when the light was visible from where they were. There was quite a mountain ridge between them and the fire. It was in a different direction from where they expected ; it had barely shown a dim light in the mountain top. Wiley said, " That's pa!" and started for the fire. This saved them. On arriving at Salt river it became plain to see that we were not in a condition to go further, and, as every-thing seemed inviting to us to stop here, we took a vote on the question of continuing. All voted to locate on Salt river, except one man. We made camp where Mr. Miller had directed me to the ditch site. Next morning we commenced work on the head of the ditch. Ross R. Rogers began surveying the ditch with a straight- edge and spirit- level. We had been to work but a few hours, when a party came and claimed that we were on a ditch site already staked and owned. Mr. Miller had posted me on this. The survey had been made and stakes set, but suffi-cient work had not been done to hold the right of way. So I told the gentleman in charge of the party that we would not interfere with his survey ; that we had noticed his stakes and would not disturb them. He finally offered to sell us the right of way. |