Grimes did not want to go. saying
he was afraid of the Indians. He
had a premonition that he would
never come out of the Boise basin
a live,
man named Bogus put his shovel in
to the dirt and gravel, and from
that shovelful worked out about fif
teen cents worth of gold.
Grimes Last Request
-Three days later, they were sud
denly attacked by the Indians.
Splawn and Grimes took their guns
and went to the top of the hill. Just
as they got there, 20 guns were fired
in their faces. Grimes fell just as
they reached the top. His last and
ion i y WO rds were:
« Mose, don't let them scalp me.
He was buried in a prospect hole
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tto |,in " "**!-•»
i Aucust 1862 that the
It was in that basin that a
thatl^fs first discovered
iMnmprnnq towns soon snrane un and
their phenomenal growth made it im
pera tive that the seat of government
should V e closer than . 0ly " pia ' Waah "
' and 80 consent was given by congress
for establishing the temporary gov-|
ernment of the territory of Idaho.
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