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[[underlined]] 67. Journal [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] April 27 [[/underlined]] Got a team & man and left Lander at 7 A.M. for Circle - 75 miles up the Wind River.  Found the roads so muddy and sticky that we could only walk the team and did not reach Ft. Washakie till noon - 16 miles.  Lunched by the river & went on with better roads, patches of sandy soil, and the mud drying up.  Crossed several broad, smooth mesas and interesting valleys of scattered sage brush, good soil and abundant grass.  Much country that is readily put under irrigation, while the water supply is going to waste.

Finally pitched down a long hill into Wind River Valley just below Bull Lake, and instead of stopping at the Stagnes Ranch on the River, followed 10 miles farther up the valley to the J.K. Ranch for night.