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Cross the creek and follow down stream about 1 1/2 miles, passing one farm house, where the road turns up the hills to the right, and continues through hilly grassy land for 10 miles, when we descend to a point on Palouse River a general camping ground - good water but no grass near. From this point campers are obliged to descend one or two hundred feet to the stream over loose precipitous rocks where it is difficult to water stock or descend with animals - A Spring | Cross the creek and follow down stream about 1 1/2 miles, passing one farm house, where the road turns up the hills to the right, and continues through hilly grassy land for 10 miles, when we descend to a point on Palouse River a general camping ground - good water but no grass near. From this point campers are obliged to descend one or two hundred feet to the stream over loose precipitous rocks where it is difficult to water stock or descend with animals - A Spring to the right at the foot of cliff in the [[head?]] of a little rocky gorge furnishes good supply of water | ||
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house an left of road, where we got good spring water to drink. at about 5 miles further we camped at a spring about 1/4 mile to the right of road = A small Lake about 1/2 mile distant furnished us amusement for the afternoon, as it contained a large number of Ducks and mud hens: We fired away much ammunition, and secured more game than was needed -
Friday July 23 1880 Good road today water in springs, and small Tule Lakes or ponds, at short Intervals - made about 25 miles and camped on Cow Creek a small stream of about 20 feet running Easterly to Palouse. Willows? along stream + trout in the same. Saw sage hens today
Saturday July 24, 1880 Cross the creek and follow down stream about 1 1/2 miles, passing one farm house, where the road turns up the hills to the right, and continues through hilly grassy land for 10 miles, when we descend to a point on Palouse River a general camping ground - good water but no grass near. From this point campers are obliged to descend one or two hundred feet to the stream over loose precipitous rocks where it is difficult to water stock or descend with animals - A Spring to the right at the foot of cliff in the head? of a little rocky gorge furnishes good supply of water Leaving this place we turn off to the