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[[underlined]]Oct. 1[[/underlined]]. Left the spring camp and in about 2 miles crossed a ridge & then went down hill to the bottom of a big valley running east & west & turned east 2 or 3 miles to Rita Quemado, P.O. [[strikethrough]] sp [[/strikethrough]] and store. Got supplies, sent out mail & then turned west up the valley 2 miles to the Largo Valley and followed up it due south about 5 miles & camped at a Mexican ranch & got good water from the well. The Largo is dry up this far but running farther above. Camped at the first good grove of cottonwoods, (P. angustifolia). Came about 20 miles all together.

The Rita Quemado and Largo valleys are continuous, broad, open plain like valleys. The Rita is alkaline & generally bare of grass, weedy & covered in part with Sarcobatus, Atriplex, Suarda, & various weeds.  It seems to be over-stocked as a winter range. There are scattered Mexican ranches along, mainly vacant. The American Valley Co. owns the valleys & whole region. There is a lake at the mouth of Largo