In Captain Bonneville's narrative of five years spent in the Rocky Mountains are many instances of crucl outrages committed by whites upon Indians

One morning one of lhis trappers, discovering that his traps a been carried off in the night, took a horrid oath that he would kill the first Indian he should meet, innocent or guilty. As he was returning with his comrades to camp, he bcheld two unfortunate Root Diggers seatet on the bank, fishing; advancing upon them, le levelled his rifle, shot one on the spot, and flung his bleeding body into the stream

A short time afterward, when this party of trappers were about to cross Ogden's River, a great number of Shoshokies, or Root Diggers, were posted on the opposite bank, when they im agined they were there with hostile intent; they advanced upon them, levclled thcir rifles, and killed twenty-five of them on the spot. The rest fled to a short distance, then halted and turned about, owling and whining like wolves, and uttering nost pit- cous wailings. The trappers chased them in every direction The poor wretches made no defence, but fied in terror; nor does it appear from the accounts of the boasted victors that a weapon had been wielded by the Indians througlhout the affair."

There seemed to be an emulation among these trappers which could infict the greatcst outrages on the natives. They chased. them at full speed, lassoed then like cattle, and dragged them till they were dead

At one time, when somc horses had been stolen by the Ric carees, this same party of trappers took two Riccaree Indians prisoners, and declared that, unless the tribe restored every horse that had been stolen, these two Indians, who had straycd into the trappers' camp wi sliould be burnt to death

To give force to thcir thrcat, a pyre of logs and fagots was heaped up and kindled into a blaze. The Riccarees released one horse and then another; but, finding that nothing but the relinquishment of all their spoils would purchase the lives of the captives, they abandoned them to their fate, moving off with many parting words and howlings, wen the prisoners were dragged to any knowledge of the offence committed,