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[[underline]] April 29. [[/underline]] Left the Circle ranch at 6:45 & reached the J.K. at noon, returning over the same road we went up.  Just below the fork of Wind River is a flat where Larkspur is unusually abundant & where cattle are often poisoned by it.  Three old carcasses, one cow almost dead and another evidently sick were lying on this flat.  Many cattle are lost each spring by the larkspur and more are said to die each summer in the Mts. from larkspur poison, but I suspect really from Aconitum.

Windy & cloudy & began to rain just as we reached the ranch at noon.  Gave up the wolf hunt & staid indoors writing up notes.  Set a few traps. Rained by spells all of P.M.

Crowheart Butte is just across the river, east of J.K. Ranch.  Chief Washakie is said to have killed a Crow Indian there & eaten his heart.