But it does mean the obliteration of an historical identity and association, and a sentiment that the generations of men would appreciate.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

ROBERT STUART'S WINTER CAMP

On June 20th, 1812, Robert Stuart, with a party of six others, left Astoria, Oregon, carrying dispatches to John Jacob Astor, of New York. The personnel of this party were hardened mountaineers and each is worthy of a volume of history, but as the achievements appear from time to time, it will not be necessary to give them further introduction now.

\\ Inn near the present site of Walla Walla, Washington, John Day, who was one of the party, was taken ill, and attempted suicide. Friendly Indians were prevailed upon to take him back to Astoria, where one report says he died. Another says that he recovered, which is quite likely true, for mention of his deeds can be found in the records as late as 1819.

Upon the upper Mad river, now called Snake, they met with a party of four trappers, which the Astorians had left in the mountains the year previous. These consisted of Edward Robinson, a Kentuckian who in a brush with the Indians at an earlier date had lost his scalp, and John Hoback, Jacob Rizner and Jacob Miller. The Blackfeet had stripped them completely, and the first three named returned to the mountains to recoup their lost fortunes, while Miller joined Stuart's party, which made it again seven in number. Robinson. Hoback and Rizner all perished in the wilderness.