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Page 8 weather suddenly turned very cold. We had plenty of dry wood, and our close proximity to the River of course? could not leave us without an abundance of water. our men here had a plenty of buffalo meet, and our Horses and Mules relished the luxurient bottom gra?s so lately feasted upon by the wild cattle of the prairie. Fog accasionally lifted during the day for an hour or more at a time, but always came back again. When the wind storm came up the fog gave way and the King of the prairie held full sway, greatly to our detriment.