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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.

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed. Edited Wilson to Nelson. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_Valley_expedition for names of the party. -@siobhanleachman