saw women or children in danger I done what I could
to rescue them little can be done at such times ownly for
each one to dodge the best He can & save his own life if possible
when I found I could do no more for the encampment in
general I run forward to see what state my carriage
& family waggons & family was in I found my Noble
Horse still A running but on three legs was knocked
out of the carriage & was lying flat upon the
Bottom with her feet hanging out between the wheels
& she was screaming aloud. I hollowed for her to
hold on untill I come she did so untill I caught the
Horse by the bit & stoped him & rescued Her. One of
the ox teams Had run onto the Horse & carriage Had
bent one of [the] exes [axles] smashed one of the Horses legs to
peaces & knocked Rhoda out of the carriage. As soon
As I got the Horse out of the carriage I went through
the encampment to see who was dead & maimed
And I was Asstonished to find that no one was
killed & but one badly wounded & but little damage
done to waggons or oxen And to look it all over it
looked liked like a to see how so many escap[ed]
I had to shoot my Horse to get him out of his misery
which was painful to me but I was thankful my
children & friends were well & their lives preserved
