Extending  along  the  river,  directly  aheaJ  of  us,  was  a  low
pinj  ridge,  leaving  between  it  and  the  stream  a  small  open
bottom,  on  which  the  Utahs  had  very  injudiciously  placed  their
.  village,  which,  according  to  the  women,  numbered  about  300
warriors.  Advancing  in  the  cover  of  the  pines,  the  A  rapahoes,
about  daylight,  charged  into  the  village,  driving  off"  a  great
number  of  their  horses,  and  killing  four  men  ;  among  them,  the
principal  chief  of  the  village.  They  drove  the  horses  perhaps
a  mile  beyond  the  village,  to  the  end  of  a  hollow,  where  they
had  previously  forted,  at  the  edge  of  the  pines.  Here  the
Utahs  had  instantly  attacked  them  in  turn,  and,  according  to
the  report  of  the  women,  were  getting  rather  the  best  of  the
day.  The  women  pressed  us  eagerly  to  join  with  their  people,
and  would  immediately  have  provided  us  with  the  best  horses
at  the  village  ;  but  it  was  not  for  us  to  interfere  in  such  a  con.
