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baggage from one car to another. We did this in the short 

 space of twenty minutes, though we had upwards of five 

 thousand pounds to move. This gave quite a reputation to 

 our " tender-foot " party for muscle and energy. The most 

 of the afternoon we spent in singing Moody and Sankey's 

 hymns, with Dunning as leader of the choir. 



JUNE 25, MONDAY. 



We awoke to find ourselves rolling out toward the plains. 

 We spent the morning in the baggage-car, where some of us 

 tried our marksmanship on the antelope we passed ; none of 

 them, however, suffered. About noon we passed a small sta- 

 tion called First View, one hundred and sixty miles from 

 Pike's Peak, and as an illustration of the clearness of the at- 

 mosphere, we would mention the fact that the tip of the 

 snow-capped mountain was just in sight over the rolling 

 prairies. We reached Denver at six in the evening, and after 

 investigating the town, took supper at Charpiot's Restaurant, 



"the Delmonico (?).of the West." 



JUNE 26, TUESDAY. 



We pitched our camp a half mile west of Denver, and 

 commenced assorting our baggage for our proposed trip in 

 Colorado. This was our first regular camp and our first 

 experience under military discipline. The camp was called 

 " Camp Lynch," because we discovered that three horse- 

 thieves had been lynched there some years before. 



JUNE 27, WEDNESDAY. 



We spent all day in camp selecting horses. As the animals 

 from which the party were to make a selection were Indian 

 ponies, lately captured from the Sioux tribe, the efforts on the 

 part of some of the members of the party to ride them caused 

 considerable amusement, and their motions were more gro- 

 tesque than graceful. 



JUNE 28, THURSDAY. 



At four in the afternoon, everything being in readiness, we 

 broke camp ; and falling into proper marching order, we 

 passed through the city to the astonishment of its peaceful 

 inhabitants, who flocked out to see the warlike display. We 

 took up our line of march along the South Fork of the Platte 

 River, and camped four miles out of the city on its banks. 

 Dulles and Dunning mounted guard for the night. 



