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Show port which revealed to me the meaning of so nuch military array, To think that an officer of the government should be thus menaced while in the peaceful discharge of his official duties could not fail to excite in the bosom of any one possessed of a spark of patriotism, feelings of the most indignant scorn. To be detained by force and used as a tool in a most treasonable opposition to the laws of the country, as occasion might require or to fall a victim to that brutal revenge which seeks gratification only in the sacrifice of life, was too humiliating to contemplate for a moment. I determined to extricate myself from the dilemma or die in the attempt, and turned to ask someone to bring my horse , but when I reached the door I found that the Chiefs son, ( a sprightly boy) had already performed that service, and while he was saddling him I gathered any papers and wearing clothes, threw them into some meal sacks and pitched them out of doors to the Indians, who all appeared eager to assist me in mycescape. In the presence of an armed populace I set out in company with these Indian youths whose names are Beto, Sain, and Showen-shockets. Mr. Joseph P. Watters of Salt Lake City also accompanied me. Instead of going east as our enemies expected, we took a western course, but when it was discovered that we intended reaching the mountains by a circuitous route, some half |