The Argus Observer | Online - Us: "At Fort Hall, near Pocatello, the train picked up 22 troopers in early September to escort them through a hostile corridor in western Idaho and eastern Oregon. Six days later, the troopers deserted the train. Indians attacked Sept. 8, 1860, near present day Huntington, resulting in what is now called the Snake River Massacre. Joseph Myers gave an interview in November 1860 about their ordeal.
“So many of our men were killed, we could not get teams along and fight Indians off too,” Myers related. “We decided to leave everything and steal away on foot; traveled all night and kept traveling nights and sleeping in day times; had no food but one loaf of bread Chase (a man in the train) grabbed from wagon on leaving. Two dogs followed us. Both were cooked and eaten.”
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