The Rainbow Trail

t the beginning of many cru

rge sum of money sewed in the lining of his coat. Joe Lake declared it was Shadd's work, and the Mormon showed the stern nature that

e the enemy. Lack of water and grass for the burros drove them on. They climbed out of a side canyon, losing several burros on a rough trail, and had proceeded to within half a day's journey of Red Lake when they were attacked while making camp in a cedar grove. Shefford sustained an exceedingly painful injury to his leg, but, fortunately, the bulle

where the sun shone hot and the sand reflected the heat. They had no water. A wind arose and the valley became a place of flying sand. Through a heavy, stifling pall Nas Ta Bega somehow got Shefford to the trading-post a

ns went over the pass to Kayenta. Withers already knew of his

e point. The early summer brought more work for the little post, and Shefford toiled with the others. He liked the outdoor tasks, and at night was grateful that he was too tired to think. Then followed trips to Durango and Bluff and Monticell

load of supplies, accident put Shefford in charge of the outfit. In despair he had to face the hardest task that could have been given him-to take care of a crippled Indian, catch, water, feed, harness, and drive four wild mustangs that did not know hi

m in the open desert, facing it for forty miles and keeping to the trail; When he rode in to Kayenta that night the trader, in grim praise, said there was no worse to endure. At Monticello Shefford stood o

nd, and the furious storms made floods in the washes. Day and night Shefford was always in th

e, Blue canyon, Keams canyon, Oribi, the Moki villages, Tuba, Moencopie, and Moen Ave. This trip took many weeks and gave Shefford all the opportunit

o the Sagi, and it seemed that years had passed since he first entered this wild region which