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           Shejumpedoutoftheriflepitandranrighttohimwhilethebulletswereflyingandledhimbackintoshelter.Aboutmiddaythewellcavedin,andtherewaslivelyworkdiggingoutthecouplewhowereburiedinthesand.AmosWentworthdidnotcometoforanhour.Afterthattheytimberedthewellwithbottomboardsfromthewagonsandwagontongues,andthediggingwenton.Butalltheycouldget,andtheyweretwentyfeetdown,wasdampsand.Thewaterwouldnotseep.

           Bythistimetheconditionsintheriflepitwereterrible.Thechildrenwerecomplainingforwater,andthebabies,hoarsefrommuchcrying,wentoncrying.RobertCarr,anotherwoundedman,layabouttenfeetfrommotherandme.Hewasoutofhishead,andkeptthrashinghisarmsaboutandcallingforwater.Andsomeofthewomenwerealmostasbad,andkeptravingagainsttheMormonsandIndians.Someofthewomenprayedagreatdeal,andthethreegrownDemdikesisters,withtheirmother,sanggospelhymns.Otherwomengotdampsandthatwashoistedoutofthebottomofthewell,andpackeditagainstthebarebodiesofthebabiestotrytocoolandsoothethem.

           ThetwoFairfaxbrotherscouldn’tstanditanylonger,and,withpailsintheirhands,crawledoutunderawagonandmadeadashforthespring.Gilesnevergothalfway,whenhewentdown.Rogermadeitthereandbackwithoutbeinghit.Hebroughttwopailspart-full,forsomesplashedoutwhenheran.