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yet it stood perfectly still for a few moments, then ran a few rods & fell the ball went through the heart, it proved to be a young buck Elk, with horns some 6 or 8 inches & would probably weigh some 350 to 400 lbs did not move this afternoon & we jerked the meat of the Elk & boiled the tongue = in the afternoon an Elk doe came near our mules in the same way as the first, I elevated my sights for 300 yards (as I judged the distance) took deliberate aim behind the shoulders & fired at the same instant with 2 other boys, I was perfectly sure of my game but strange to say none hit her we threw in loose balls and as she still stood looking at us fired again, our loose balls probably did not hit her, & she got off, I loaded again to teel? my gun, & fired the same distance at a white spot, in a Cottonwood tree, I found my ball had ^ struck 1 foot above the spot, (exactly over) I then paced the distance & found it 200 yds instead of 300 & my ball had probably passed just over the Elks back, my sights being Elevated too much; it was not the fault of the fun, or aiming, but an error in guessing at the distance 15th Sunday travelled over a rough country between two mountains, Some of the boys climbed the north mountain the afternoon of Saturday & built up a fire on the summit & brought down some snow & as I had some citric acid we made some lemonade with snow added, Saw some antelope Mr Kinney shot one we jerked the meat, as our guide said game would soon be scarce, shot at an antelope about 40 Rods & overshot, saw a few wild geese & ducks & camp torn page the Platte river (which we found here too deep torn page torn page 3 Oclock, 16 Building rafts, had them torn page