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over the ridges towards the southwest, saw fresh Indian trails & could tell by the fresh horse manure that they had passed but a short time previous,, struck sake river = saw a few Antelope = but very wild = camped in a natural meadow of Wild Oats or rye or grass resembling the same as high as our mules backs & fine & thick at the bottom, it was the best feed seen, but I dreaded camping in so good a place for Indians to surprise us, we however increased our guard for the benefit of our animals, saw for the first time immense numbers of the large black cricket = water muddy as we descend the river = bottom sandy like the Arkansas - 19th Crossed the river to the S=E= side. the guide said near here he was caught in a snow storm he had been to a trading post after sugar etc & was alone. he made himself a sage brush hut to protect him from the storm, & hoppled his animals but they wandered off in the storm, he looked a number of days for his animals& then gave them up as lost & started for the nearest post ^ (fort Bridger) with what he could carry in hopes of reaching it on foot, & while travelling came unexpectedly on ^ the trail his lost animals, he had lived several ^ (7 or 8) days on sugar along, & his joy can be imagined, he showed us where he found the stray animals & still hoppled, saw several antelope one was killed = where we nooned today; one of the boys killed a monstrous Rattlesnake, day very warm travelled 'till 9 Oclock before finding grass to camp upon - on guard from 2 'till 4 Oclock = aroused the camp at 1/2 past torn page baked bread made some very good; Mr S Jackson taken torn page in the night, camp moved 8 or 9 miles, when