[William Clayton Journal] Weather fine and hot. Went fishing at daybreak with James had good luck. At 9 went on. I rode again. P.M. 3 Indians overtook us and begged some bread. We camped on a bottom beside [] Coleman and others, having travelled about 12 miles. 2 Indians are here and we have learned that their Camp is only three miles from us. President Young left word to go in companies from here to avoid being plundered by the Indians. We had our cattle tied up and a guard over them through the night.
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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