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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Traveled till 8 P.M. & came 49 miles. It is called 45 from Towners to Ash Meadow but our Odometer makes it 49. After crossing the divide we came down into a large basin with a wide mud flat, crossed this & climbed over a low ridge & down into Ash Meadows. Got in late & found Palmer gone & the rest all in camp as we left them. [[underlined]] March 17. [[/underlined]] A very warm day. Sent Mike over to Palrump for grain and provisions. Dikeman did not feel like going to work but got ready for a start tomorrow. I packed skins & fixed the buckboard pole & did odd jobs about camp. Set a few owl traps after dusk. Nelson got out some traps. [[underlined]] March 17. [[/underlined]] Palmer returned from Daggett yesterday. Had received a telegram saying 2 horses & a mule & buckboard were at Keeler for Dikeman. Some one has to go after them at once. Nelson & I left Ash Meadows at 2 P.M., Nelson to go to Furnace Creek & wait for the rest of party & I go on to Keeler for the horses. Rode till late in evening & camped in wash just over the divide. Came about 20 miles I guess.
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Reviewed. Edited Wilson to Nelson. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_Valley_expedition for names of the party. -@siobhanleachman