Show exaggeration OF INDIAN INDIA N A ATTACKS attacks IN WEST WI ST IS TOLD prof hulbert director of commission on western history reaches conclusion after much research colorado springs V colo olo Ilist historical orical lion of tile alic wild west appears to ve exaggerated the number ot of sanguinary attacks by indians upon immigrant trains along the old oregon trail nature and not the lie aborigines furnished most of the dangers encountered by the pioneers these conclusions have been reached by prof archer it II Il Hul ulbert hert director of the commission on western history who has just completed the task of mapping six of the most famous old trails from the missouri river to the pacific coast in a space of forty miles along tile the carson river on the trail broken by tile tho forty biners dead cattle and abandoned wagons were left to record the history of the hardships they suffered in the trek for gold miners allmers built houses oc there lice wagon wrecks in the days of tile the comstock Comb tock lode dise discovery overy in nevada a decade later inter groat great rivers were not difficult to cross when flats or rafts were ere secured but the thou thousands sandi of little cutbank creeks not more than lhnn ten feet wide vide were the dally daily terror of the teamsters and delayed the caravans more than did the few rivers of width trappers and kold gold hunters suffered from indian attacks more that did the great trains in the era of mass migration to oregon between 1842 and 18 0 the number of trains that were seriously mol molested eted by the red men inen were vere few the investigators found information used in the survey simey and map ranking was obtained from state and county surveyors offices from the original surveys in tho the general land ce nt at and by studying tile the diaries of old time travelers an and pioneers in addition to the oregon trail the tha map reproduces the routes rentes ot of the mormon trail fork from omaha to fort Lara mlp the nebraska city fort kearney branch the california trail from yule yale post onice idaho to tile the coast the stilt salt lake brunch branch of the california trail enill the forty biners trail on llott river in n northwestern utah the salt lake placerville route and the Overl overland arld stage branch of tile the main trail from Ju lesburg colo to salt lake city |