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           “ButtherearegoodMormonsandbadMormons—”fatherbegan.

           “Wehaven’tfoundanygoodonessofar,”sheshuthimoff.

           NotuntilmorningdidIhearofthereturnofAbelMillikenandTimothyGrant,butIwasnotlonginlearning.Thewholecampwasdowncastbyreasonoftheirreport.Thethreehadgoneonlyafewmileswhentheywerechallengedbywhitemen.AssoonasWillAdenspokeup,tellingthattheywerefromtheFancherCompany,goingtoCedarCityforhelp,hewasshotdown.MillikenandGrantescapedbackwiththenews,andthenewssettledthelasthopeintheheartsofourcompany.ThewhiteswerebehindtheIndians,andthedoomsolongapprehendedwasuponus.

           Thismorningoftheseconddayourmen,goingforwater,werefiredupon.Thespringwasonlyahundredfeetoutsideourcircle,butthewaytoitwascommandedbytheIndianswhonowoccupiedthelowhilltotheeast.Itwascloserange,forthehillcouldnothavebeenmorethanfifteenrodsaway.ButtheIndianswerenotgoodshots,evidently,forourmenbroughtinthewaterwithoutbeinghit.

           Beyondanoccasionalshotintocampthemorningpassedquietly.Wehadsettleddownintheriflepit,and,beingusedtoroughliving,werecomfortableenough.Ofcourseitwasbadforthefamiliesofthosewhohadbeenkilled,andtherewasthetakingcareofthewounded.