toga 
in the distance the so-called Three Buttes, three steep The Beer 
snow peaks, across the Snake River, visible from afar. Pofaan’ 
The sandy valley of the Snake River was spread out 
before us. On the eighth day we crossed the Black- 
foot Creek, followed its course for a time, and finally 
on the ninth day camped near the Snake River, about 
eight miles below Fort Hall. The next day, July 
26th, I rode with some others to the fort. 
