"Wednesday 29th: Today we only passed over the mountain and camped in the valley below - distance only about 4 1/2 miles. `This night we were sadly visited by savages. They approached and finding they could get no cattle vented their spite at a young lady who had been baking and was then by the fire. They shot 3 arrows at her. Two of them hit her. One passed through the calf of her leg and the other through her arm into her side; we fear she is mortally wounded but hope for the best. Her name is Ann Davis. Four arrows more were found that had been shot at a man on guard. These prowling Indians are as hard to find as the deer."
This is an excerpt from the diary of Lester Hulin. He was the pilot for the Oskaloosa Company (Wagon Train), and reached Oregon by using the Applegate Trail in 1847.
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