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At Lost Soldier we changed horses & started without waiting for supper.  Climbed up a long slope & in about 9 miles crossed the summit of the [[strikethrough]] divide [[/strikethrough]] range in a low pass not 1000 feet above the plain.  No timber except a few scrubby junipers and on rock  rims a few [[underlined]] Pinus flexilis [[/underlined]], but the Ferris & Seminole Mts., to the east are covered with black, solid forest that ought to be worked.  Went through Crooks Pass.  Changed horses and got a cold supper at Burnt Ranch ([[Rongis ?]]) at 10 P.M.  Continued down grade till we struck the Sweetwater River and followed up it to Myersville where we changed horses & drivers. the next morning at daylight. A chilly nights ride.  Frosty morning.