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They had a wickiup & whole household outfit. Had some young birds that I think were Jays. Followed down a zigzag trail down a steep slope to the bottom of Death Valley Cañon. Struck bottom of Cañon at 5300 ft. & followed down it some 5 miles to where it opens onto edge of Death Valley at 1600 ft. then over stony wash about 5 miles more to road in bottom of Valley, A steep grade, rough road, & slow traveling down the Cañon. There is a spring off [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] a quarter of a mile to south of trail in the canon at 5000 ft. There is lots of float ore near it & some prospecting has been done - There is a smaller spring lower down in Cañon above the main fork, on the south side in the bank 25 feet above bottom of cañon.

[[underlined]] Plants [[/underlined]] - took some notes on the plants & intend to take full notes as possible on return trip. did not reach the road on flat till after dark - 7:30 - & then took the old, upper road & nearly got stuck in the mud in middle of valley. Reached Dayton's at Furnace Creek at 12 in the night - went to bed without supper. Dayton says it was +104 [[degree symbol]] during the day, but we did not get into the valley early enough to mind the heat.

Saw 2 Side-winders in Death Valley Cañon at [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] 1600 ft. Callisaurus draconoides was common up to 2300 ft. in the cañon. Death Valley Cañon trail is steep & small, but not a difficult pass. is steeper than Panamint Pass.   

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Reviewed. -@siobhanleachman removed an extra "the" -@meg_shuler