Protected from Native Americans While Separated on the Prairie

In 1859, while traveling to Utah with ox teams, Margaret and her mother-in-law and children went to the river to do washing while her father drove another team. They were separated from the main wagon company and left on the lonely prairie among Indians. Margaret and her children were terrified, with half-naked Indians peeking through the low bushes. She prayed fervently, and the children cried at her sides. Despite their vulnerable position, the Indians did not harm them. The captain and her father came to their rescue, discovering them and bringing them to safety. This was a remarkable deliverance from grave danger.