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Tuesday 19 -- Remained in camp for the purpose of drying our Beef and making some repairs to the waggons -- exchanged horses with one of the persons that accompanied us from the settlements -- a small party of Sock? Indians page torn us? Wednesday 20 We pursued our route to the big Blue a distance of 5 1/4 miles -- The bluff which we were compelled to descend is steep & verry rocky -- The waggons got down safe The ford is a good one 20 miles (supposed) above the mouth -- The country here is broken, sterile and rocky -- unfit for cultivation for some distance each side of the river -- We however soon struck