I would sometimes be gone two or three days with no luggage but my canteen and gun.

I was very cautious in regard to Indians, and tried to keep on the safe side of surprises.

I would build a fire about dark and then travel on till I came to a small washed place and lie down and stay till morning, so if Mr.Indian did come to my fire he would not find any one to kill.

One day I was going up a wide ravine leading to the summit, and before I reached the highest part I saw a smoke curl up before me.

I took a side ravine and went cautiously, bowed down pretty low so no one could see me, and when near the top of the ridge and about one hundred yards of the fire I ventured to raise slowly up and take a look to see how many there were in camp: I could see but two and as I looked across the ravine an Indian woman seemed looking at me also, but I was so low she could only see the top of my head, and I sank down again out of sight.