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Journey from 
next morning was pleasant. We were still twenty-five Jou"gsy f° 
miles from the Platte. The road thither again went ‘rhesn 
over a plateau on which no water could be found; but Antelope 
the rain, which had yesterday so incommoded us, had 
left some puddles behind, which today refreshed us 
and our animals. In the afternoon we reached a chain 
of small hills, from which we enjoyed a view of the 
Platte. At evening we camped on that stream. — 
