Yeager Timbimboo's Miraculous Escape at the Bear River Massacre

While hiding during the Bear River Massacre, Yeager Timbimboo (then known as Da-boo-zee) was lying on the ground pretending to be dead upon his grandmother's instruction. A soldier discovered him and aimed a rifle at his head but walked away without firing, allowing him to survive.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in Native Saints: A Database of Latter-day Saint Native Americans, Church Historians Press, "Yeager Timbimboo (ca. 1848–1937)"):

As Da-boo-zee sought to avoid being hit by flying bullets, his grandmother Que-he-gup urged him to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. When the youth opened his eyes, a soldier discovered him and aimed a rifle at the boy’s head, only to walk away without pulling the trigger.