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Saturday July 19 - 1879 Travel 12 miles over hilly ground and then leave the Stage road and take what is called the Mountain Cattle Trail to the left leaving the Stage road & entering upon the old Emigrant road via Fort Hall, which road has been travelled a little with wagons never every year for a third of a century, unclear is not a very general thoroughfare - We travel 18 mile over a rough, rocky & hilly country, with water at intervals and camp by a large springy side hill on the right, where a portion of the side hill has slid down with slight unclear of water oozing out at numerous places. For up on the side hill, near the top of the slide I obtained very good cool water by scooping out the mud and making a little reservoir: Around this camp, Greaking? asp, bushes abound, grass poor, but good grass was found on the hill about a mile back. Distance 30 miles

Sunday July 20 1879 Travelled over ground composed of hills, valleys and table lands, passing several bands of cattle going to Cheyenne and the Larimie plains. Camped on a small brand of good water. Met several Emigrant trains today on their way to Eastern Oregon and Washington Territorys. They had com in from the border states by the way of Fort Hall. The afternoon was blustering, very windy & dusty indeed, and towards evening heavy thunder and lightning. Passed a family with a wagon and 40 head of loose horses driven by a woman today and this evening late they came in and camped by me. they were from Colfax in Eastern W. I. and going to Bozeman M. I. certainly a round about road. Distance 25 miles