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26th Broke camp 6 am Adv guard left 5.45 & I went with it. Merivale left road & passed to the west over a sandy cactus prairie & had to come back to road again to cross creek - crossed with little work at 8.20 crossed a tributary from north - part of wagons crossed on natural bottom which cut deep & we had to