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the day was far gone. Went with Peale, he on a mule and I on a pony, to work up the Geology of Spring Canon. Passed through the Canon and a mile above to examine a coal bed, which had been worked to some extent. Found the owner in his bank inspecting. He took us to his ranch and gave us a superb dinner, good coffee, bread, butter, ham and apple sauce. We gathered fossils on the ridge and returned to camp through the Canon.

The party was joined by William Blackmore, the English traveler and museum founder, and we set out for our explorations, I on a nice little pet horse of my own choosing which required a vast deal of beating and spurring to enable me to keep up with Hayden and Blackmore on their fine mounts. The riding was rapid and we scurried from valley to valley and mountain to mountain, examining the rocks and I sketching whatever seemed of particular interest, and in the evening we camped on a creek near its entrance to the Yellowstone River. We camped next near Boetlers Ranch, occupied by the two Boetler brothers, the only settlers so far in the valley. The younger brother became our hunter and kept us in deer and elk meat during the trip ^[[season]]. The next camp was at Cinnabar Mountain, and I made sketches of the "Devil Slide" (see the 1872 Report) and the great ranges north of the river.

We visited Bridger Mountain and found at its base cretaceous fossils, and on the twelfth a number of us set out on a journey to Mystic Lake. I started from Camp leading a yellow pack mule. At the Suttlers we overtook Burck and the Odometer.

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