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not a game country and that some of the men were 
of little use in it. ‘We concluded to overhaul our 
things, take a large tent and the three best men 
onto the basin, and send the others back to War- 
ren to await our return. 
As we had given the commissary no personal su- 
pervision, but had simply handed the Wyoming 
man our list, we had a surprise awaiting us. We 
found quantities of jam and preserved fruits in 
glass jars instead of tins. These had broken, and 
the heap of preserves and broken glass we left at 
that camp must have delighted the first bear that 
came along, although it may have suffered subse- 
quently, as broken bottles would try the digestion 
of even a bear. 
On the 24th we were very early astir, and hav- 
ing had our own horses packed, we pushed out of 
camp, taking Beard, Buck, and the cook with us 
and leaving the others to clear up and put back to 
Warren. 
In places the walls of this valley were quite 
steep and we had scanned them carefully in search 
of sheep or goats, without seeing anything. Near 
the end of the gulch we began to ascend on the right, 
the route being up a little side draw, and in a short 
time we were in timber and making good time. 
Wherever there was any likelihood of our finding 
any tracks we examined carefully, only to be disap- 
pointed. By midday we reached a creek which 
Beard said led into Chamberlain Basin, and this we 
followed for a couple of hours, being in timber and 
brush continually. Finding a place free from 
