& yellowish sands about 9 m. W. of camp

5535 Large valley. Creek. Water in pools. Noon halt.

Exposures with fossils.

10345 White Mud R. Depot.

Distance in all by Odometer 71 miles.

July 12. Left the Depot with Campbells waggon train at 6 A.M. Making a party of 10 waggons, 1 cart, 1 buckboard in all & 15 men. Saw several antelope during the days march. Grasshoppers innumerable. Can be seen near the sun filling the air & hovering in dense clouds over all swamps & green places. When rising from the ground make a noise like the distant sound of surf, or a gentle wind in trees.

After leaving the valley of the White R. continued till about ten miles from the Depot passing over hilly country. Then came down on a great gently undulating prairie which continued as far as todays march. Crossed the two branches of Cottonwood Coulée, but the valleys are not of great size & have gently sloping banks. Water only in pools. The country on coming down on the prairie appears much more favourable & but for the exceeding dryness of the year would be covered with a rich growth of grass.

Camped 27 3/4 miles from the Depot beside a stake on which Capt A. had written 500 m. from Dufferin & 2 m. N. of line. A small lake here with good water.

No sections.

White [Mud] R. Depot 6 AM

B.26.81

T.610 Wind N. light.

Clear Halt 12 m. W. of Depot Noon

26.48

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