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The wilderness, close at hand, soon was to ate's

outridersto locate ca Vermilion Four miles in advance they unexpectedly

met the scout of the Missouri coluate train by a cut-off of his own on a solitary ride ahead for sake

of inforallop now, and what he said sent theate colu ahead, came up with his hand raised for a halt

"My God, Cap'n, stop the train!" he called "Hit won't do for the womern

and children to see what's on ahead yan!"

"What's up--where?" deate

"On three ht afore last Thar

they air ten ons, but he ain't

thar Wagons burned,with arrers in them, rest all dead

but a few Hit's the Pawnees!"

The colu first what later most

of the entire train saw--the abominable phenomena of Indian warfare on

the Plains

Scattered over a quarter of a rouped and perhaps not guarded, lay heaps of wreckage beside heaps of

ashes One by one the corpses were picked out, here, there, over ht each his own