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[[underlined]] March 22. [[/underlined]]  Got up & started before daylight followed down the wash & in about 2 miles came to an old road crossing the wash.  Followed it S.W. over a ridge into other washes & on down to edge of Panamint Valley.  Did not find water & being already thirsty did not dare strike across valley with an empty canteen & not knowing exactly where to find water on other side, so I turned to the south and followed edge of valley to Hot Springs to get water.  Reached Hot Springs at 1 P.M.  Guess I came 20 miles, walked & led my horse.  Was pretty dry, had no water for 17 1/2 hours & my horse had none for 31 hours.

After resting & drinking & eating a lunch it was too late to go any farther & a storm was coming up, so I camped at Hot Sprs. overnight.  Rained a little & rained hard up the valley in evening.  Hot & windy in A.M.

Found about a dozen Indians near Hot Sprs., among them Panamint Tom, the bad Indian of the country.
Tried to trade my worn out house for something that could carry me to Keeler but could only get a broken legged mule for him from Tom, so did not trade.

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