would not or could not hearken to reason[.] Seeing him in danger of losing his life if abandoned I ordered the horses to be unloaded, and with the baggage we formed a Rampart or Screen as shelter against the Storm[.] We then made a bed of Buffaloe Robes upon which we placed the sick man – who appeared Motionless[.] We conceived that he was gone or the next thing to it[.] We rubbed his face, his hands, his feet, wrapped him in plenty of blankets[.] In a short time we could perceive some symptoms of life – he began to breathe, to shiver, and to move – he was restored – but we suffered severely from our attentions to him by the Cold[.] To secure the horses we tied them to the baggage – then secured ourselves under the Buffaloe Robes[.] My face and hands, pained me greatly – which added to the Whistling of the tempest through the manes of the horses deprived me of rest[.] In the Morning the snow was on a level with the top of our Fortification and so heavy above our Buffaloe Robes that we had some difficulty to move under the load[.] Two of the horses broke their halters in course of the night – but did not go far out of the way[.] The others were standing with their

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