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hearty pleasure in trying to make us comfortable. Soon after we retired to the platform assigned us & under a heavy covering of blankets rendered necessary by the frosty night air, were quickly asleep. Early in the morning I set about engaging men to take me up to the summit of the hills to the south of the valley where I proposed camping for a few days. In a short time I had agreed with a man with a pack animal to take my [[strikethrough]] stuff [[/strikethrough]] outfit up to the hills. I also bargained with a local hunter to go with me & hunt large game for me. The men then dissapeared as I supposed to get