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[[underlined]]Sept. 22[[/underlined]] [[underlined]]Camp to Horse lake[[/underlined]]

Aneroid at camp read 7600 and at Horse lake 7800, 5 or 6 miles, & mainly up gentle grade through open valleys & parks. Yellow pine & oaks etc on ridges.

Apparently Horse lake is on the continental divide with about 15 feet elevation on each side of it. It is in a break of the ridge which runs 200 to 500 feet higher. A big open valley with excellent grass opens out on the north & west sides of the lake.  Lots of indians are camped in the valley in tepees & their herds of horses are running in the valley. Water stands in tanks from late rains & is good.

The lake is half a mile long & quarter of a mile wide. The water is a few inches to a foot deep, or probably deeper in the two ends. It has been 6 or 8 feet deeper within a few years & the lake twice its present size. The water is very alkaline & scarcely drinkable for horses. The shores are flat with few tules. Lots of ducks & coots & birds on the lake.