The storm caught Tommy Chaunavierre ( Shunover), Bob Cavalier, and "Scotty," hunting mountain sheep. The)- had killed one on Wildcat mountain, before the storm struck, n headed for Dicky Brown's place at Kane' Point! Shunover was the one of the three to reach shelter. The other two hardy frontiersmen perished in the drifts on the way. After the storm, Cavalier was found near Sand Hill south of the Sunderling place, which is now (1919) owned by Theo. Johnson. "Scotty" reached the Will Kelly place he lore he went down. The son-in-law of Nick Genice was caught in this storm and went "tin long trail." ('has. I leek had twelve teams, fourteen yoke to the team, completely wiped i in by the blizzard.

In 1879, while watching cattle near Kane's ' nt. I larve Beeson was killed by Indians, wlii i crawled up in the rushes and shot him. II'' either was afraid to crawl to the cabin.

or could not do so, for when found he had lain for two days, and had stuffed his shirt into the wound to stop the blood. This occurred about three hundred yards up the stream from the point where Wright's ranch house was erected.

WTight came down the valley from Horse creek and he found Dicky Brown near Kane's Point. Dicky sold out to Wright a short time afterwards. His brother, Jonathan Brown, built the cabin at the Four-J spring, east of Wildcat, and he made final proof on the land.

John Wright's ranch became the center of affairs for a number of years on the valley of the Pumpkin. Will Kelly located near him, and then came Earley, and Livingstons, who secured a postofhce and built a story and a half grout house, where the first settlers enjoyed many a social evening.