April 7, 1859 After months on the trail from California’s Fort Tejon, Samuel Bishop and 23 volunteers mount 20 camels and a couple mules at one in the morning, taking off from Paiute Spring in Nevada for the Colorado River. Up ahead, along the banks of the Colorado River, are a combined force of 1,800 Mojaves, Yumans and Paiute warriors determined to stop the advance by Bishop and his crew. Bishop warns his “beardless boys” that they are facing odds of 50 to 1 in favor of their Indian
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