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July 9 Arrived at Blackfoot at daybreak & found Slreater waiting for us. Got breakfast & then took a tramp down to the river a mile from town. Found a good place to camp & got a team to haul our stuff down & camped by the river. were all settled before noon & set traps in the P.M. Dutcher killed a Lepus texanus. 
A very pleasant day.
Cooked a little & bought most of our provision all ready to use.

" [[Ditto for: July]] 10 Caught a Dipodops & 2 S. mollis & 4 Hesperomes in our traps.
Set out more traps, made up skins. Went to town after some more supplies & the mail. Did not kill much. It was cloudy & windy & cool. [[strikethrough]] Dutcher caug [[/strikethrough]]
Streater caught a Tamias - a pale form of 4vittatus.

" [[Ditto for: July]] 11 Left the trapping & work for Dutcher & Streater while I hunted for parts of our outfit. Bought a wagon & bought Dutcher a horse & found where I could get work horses. Hired a cook.

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed. Slreater = Vernon may mean Streater but forgot to cross the t? -@siobhanleachman