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[[underlined]] March 30 [[/underlined]]. A very cold night & hard freeze. Did not sleep well as we could not keep warm long at a time. Started early on a meager breakfast of chipped beef, not half enough bread, some grapenuts, 2 prunes & plenty of tea. Struck north, hoping to get to Ives Lake in time for lunch at Mr. Longyears farm, about 10 miles,.
Followed down West Fork of Salmon Trout till the map showed where to turn off then struck straight north through the woods. Found lots of deer tracks, trails and yards & soon struck a fresh wolf track. Followed him for sometime but left the tracks when he went over a high ridge to the S.E. He was running & we had evidently started him. Found one large old buck that had been killed and only torn in the neck & ham. Very little eaten. Had been dead a week or so.