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snake wiggling its way through that part of the lava beds. Some of the men was walking. The women and children were riding and happy. The men saw some Indian tracks but thought nothing of it. The men was anixous to get over the next little raise. When the first man on horse back rode over the raise he waved his hat in the air turned his horse and galloped back and mett the wagons and told them that he had just seen a big lake. The train moved forward and in a few minutes they called a halt on the east shore of Tule? Lake. After they had been there a few minutes they pushed on as the grass was not plentyful where they stoped. The train moved on untill towards evening and found a nice camp ground. This place is two miles south of the california and oregon boundry line. The emigrants turned their horses and cattle loose to graze. They gathered dry sage brush and built their campfire to prepare their evening meal not knowing that the most of them never would prepare another meal. Poor innocent travelers. They were all happy for they knew that they would soon reach civilization again. For after they consulted their