They could merrily go to bed, and joyfully go to sleep if the little fire fly would only give the safety of its feeble light.

The young trappers and boy scouts, if they look, may find some evidences of the cache of furs that the American Fur Company once had in the bad lands at the foot of Scotts Bluff mountain. It was during the spring freshet of June, 1842, that fourteen trappers from Fort Laramie left with boats laden with furs for St. Louis.

When they reached Scotts Bluff, which they accomplished very easily, the river spread out, and they were compelled to unload a number of their packs from each boat. They made a cave of a blowout in the bad lands, and therein hid the furs they could no longer carry ; they left some men to guard the cave, but these soon wearied, and being anxious for civilization they went on foot toward the land of the rising sun.

John C. Fremont, then on his way to the mountains, met both the boat party and the footmen, and reported back to Fort Laramie, the fact that the furs had been left at Scottsbluff. He met them about two weeks after the unloading, and the men were in considerable distress as their tobacco had given out. A limited supply was given them, to last until they should reach the settlements.

Next to Scotts Bluff mountain Court House Rock and Chimney Rock were the more famous land marks of the Trail in western Nebraska. And every chronicler had a different name or suggestion as to the proper name for each.