Viewing page 384 of 473

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

369

Saturday July 1. Rode from Sun River to [[Teton?]] 35 miles, no water but not so fatiguing as expected. Camped near old Blackfoot Agency Teton. Snyder got excited in the night and fired at imaginary horse thieves

Sunday July 2. Long and fatiguing ride to find a lake in the mts. Reached it at 8 having ridden full fifty miles. Sent our horse team back from Teton and hired a half [[breed?]] Joe for the rest of the way.

Monday 3. All day at the lake fishing. Flies very troublesome. Plenty of trout but did not catch many

Tuesday 4. Early start. Rode to the Blackfoot Agency on the Badger river. Dined with Major Young the Agent and his daughters. Celebration by nearly a thousand Indians in full fig. War dances &c. A target contest ending by bad feeling. Very interesting to see these Indians

Wednesday 5. Started for Cutbank River. Prof. and Logan stopped at the store and got separated from us. Did not appear this evening. Rain and clouds of musquitoes. Camped at the crossing

Thursday 6 Waited in camp until noon when Prof. not appearing left notice at crossing and pushed on up stream. 20 miles up and told us that Prof & Logan were at the Agency and were coming out tomorrow.

Friday 7. Camped last night about 20 miles up stream. Prof & Logan with an Indian came in camp this morning. Had had a hard ride searching for us and just missed us. Bought tobacco pouch of "Black Weasel" moved up into the canon and camped on the [[stream?]] at the entrance. Logan and Frank killed two bears, a black one and a cinnamon.

Saturday 8. Joe Howard and Frank the [[Indian?]] half breeds returned with the wagon. Packed the animals again and followed the [[?]] trail which is not difficult so far. Camped in the defile

Sunday 9. over snow fields and up steep ascents. Rain, snow and wind. Camp is a 

Transcription Notes:
Some [[?]] are guesses made from context due to image being cut off on right side of page, not an inability to decipher script. defile - very narrow valley