Crossing the Plains, Days of '57

the meandering Humboldt; crossing the stream occasiona

the wisdom we had shown in taking ev

. They were outfitted with three vehicles, two of them drawn by ox teams, in charge of the hired men, and a ligh

in in sight ahead of us, we came upon Mr. Wood in a most pitiable plight, the result of an att

The ox teams had been made ready and moved on, while Mr. Wood proceeded in a leisurely way with harnessing the four mules and att

y in the wagon, some men, apparently all Indians, twenty or more of them, were seen comin

the wagon seat and whipped up the mules, hoping that before the attack they could come within sight of the ox wago

Notwithstanding this he lost no time in making the best of the circumstances. Jumping to the ground, he hurriedly placed Mrs. Wood on one of the m

er shot killed the child. Amidst a shower of bullets, Mr. Wood ran in the direction taken by his ox wagons. Getting past the point of the low hill that lay just before him without being struck again, he was then beyond range of the firing, and soon overtook his wagons. His men, w

all of which had been taken. Among his property were pieces of English gold coin, the equivalent of fifteen hundred dollars.

was so swiftly enacted, and which so effectually bereft him of all, his family

rm wrappings and buried, mother

ted, but so atrocious and devoid of motive, that it was a matter of grave doubt whether the facts should be given. It seemed too deplorable that such an occurrence could be recorded as the act of human beings; furthermore, w

avage band that had murdered those innocent victims, rushed wildly back to the place, disinterred the bodies from the shallow grave, taking the sheets in which the bodies had been wrapped, and

ll and Dr. Kidd, his wagons were placed in the