d pacify the Indians, by telling
them that I had sent to Haight, the Big Captain, for orders, and
when he sent his order I would know what to do. This appeared to
satisfy the Indians, for said they:

"The Big Captain will send you word to kill the Mericats."

Along toward evening the Indians again attacked the emigrants.
This was Wednesday. I heard the report of their guns, and the
screams of the women and children in the corral. I ran with
Brothers William Young and John Mangum, to where the Indians
were. While on the way to them they fired a volley, and three
balls from their guns cut my clothing. One ball went through my
hat and plowed through my hair. Another ball went through my
shirt and leaded my shoulder, another cut my clothes across my
bowels. I thought this was rather warm work, but I kept on until
I reached the place where the Indians were in force.

CHAPTER XX - THE MUSTER OF THE DANITES

On Thursday, about noon, several Danites joined us from Cedar
City. I cannot remember the order in which the brethren came to
the Meadows, but I do recollect that at this time and in this
company were Brothers Joel White, William C. Stewart, Benjamin
Arthur, Alexander Wilden, Charles Hopkins, and James Tate. These
men said little, but everyone seemed to know what he was there
for. As our messenger had gone for further orders, we moved camp
about four hundred yards further up the valley on to a hill,
where we made a camp as long as we stayed there.

The emigrants' wagons were corralled after the Indians made the
first attack. On the day following our arrival the emigrants drew
their wagons closer together and chained the wheels one to the
other. While they were doing this there was no shooting going on.
Their camp was about one hundred yards above and north of the
spring. They generally got water from the spring at night.

Thursday morning I saw two men start from the corral with
buckets, and run to the spring and fill them with water, and go
back again. The bullets flew around them thick and fast, but they
got into their corral in safety.

The Indians made a determined attack on the train on Thursday
morning about daylight. At this attack the Clara Indians had one
buck killed and three wounded. This so enraged them that they
left for home, driving a number of cattle with them. During the
day I said to Brother John Mangum:

"I will cross the valley and go up on the other side, on the
hills to the west of the