spark of life had fled, and then gone off in search of sustenance. It is not thought he was mortally wounded, as his activity was too great for one in the throes of death. He had ungirded the saddle from his horse in order to obtain his blankets, which he was packing in that manner, and it is supposed the animal took fright and ran away. The saddle was found near by. He has probably started afoot for the pass, but whether he reached it finally, or died upon the way, we do not know. Page was the husband