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Elizabeth went into labor,
thinking it was a real Indian
attack, and ended up dying
from the birth…”
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The Paul family chose this route.
Martha Bentley, another of
Elizabeth’s descendants states, “…
The family story goes that on the
trail, they were worried about
Indians, and one morning, a group
of boys on the train, began playing
like they were Indians attacking.
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Reminiscences of Alice Amelia
Wells, granddaughter of
Thomas Paul, also submitted
by Sheryl Bentley, shares
another version of the incident
at Bear Mountain on the
Lander Cut-off. The story is,
“She [Elizabeth] was getting
along fine, but there was a
man in the company thought he
would see how the people would
react to an Indian scare, so he faked
an attack…” It caused great fear in
the camp and threw Mrs. Paul into
labor. Around 9:00 AM on July 27,
1862, Mrs. Paul passed away givi