crying “go dog,” while they themselves were keeping out of harm’s way.  The anger of the Apaches was fully aroused at these derisive imputations.  Under the new impulse, they said to the Utahs, if you will help, we will return and show you whether we are afraid to meet these pale-faces.  Another attack having been decided upon, the Indians set out and overtook the mail party once more near to this “Wagon Mound.”  It was snowing fast at the time, therefore, the white men were comfortably traveling in their vehicles and had their guns protected with suitable coverings to prevent their being injured, for they anticipated no further danger.  The curtains of the mail wagons were all fastened down, and there was no look-out kept, for it was considered sufficient to prepare for the furies of the storm.  The Indians accordingly approached unperceived and made such a desperate attack that all the white men were quickly killed.  Not one, if the boasts of the Indians can be believed, had time to get out from his seat.  Several days elapsed and no tidings were heard of the expected mail party; therefore, a body of men started out in quest of the missing men and found them sleeping the last sleep which knows no awakening.  The bodies of the dead were decently interred; and, since that day, the “Wagon Mound” is pointed out to the traveler accompanied with a historical account of this awful tragedy.

During the campaign under consideration, several Indian children were captured.  These were generally under the age of ten years.  They could not stand the kindly-planned treatment which they received while in bondage, for many of them died from over-eating, after having so long been accustomed to Indian frugality.  One of the women prisoners taken, openly declared, and there is no reason why she should not be believed, that many of the younger children belonging to her tribe had been strangled by their parents and friends in order to prevent their becoming an inconvenience, and thus prevent their being able to prosecute the war, thereby showing that their hatred of the white man was deeply rooted, and that their anger had been aroused to its highest degree.  On the publishing of peace, those Indian children who still lived, were collected, and, through the Indian agents, restored to their relatives and friends.  The good effect which the moral of this campaign had on the surrounding Indian nations cannot be denied.  They soon became loud in proclaiming their friendships for the Americans.  Taking advantage of the now crippled condition of the Utahs and Apaches, their enemies the Arrapahoes and Cheyennes were ready to pounce upon them at a moment’s warning.  The opportunity did not, however, present itself until long after peace had been established with the white men, when the Utahs and Apaches had been able to recover from their losses and collect again.