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the country, and went into camp in a pleasant meadow beside a small, 

 swiftly-flowing stream of pure, cold water called Spring Creek. Gen- 

 eral Strong shot some doves in the afternoon, and numerous trout were 

 caught. Altitude of camp by aneroid barometer, 5,800 feet ; tempera- 

 ture at 3 p. m., 86° ; distance marched, 16 miles. 



August 9, Wednesday. — Broke camp at 6.15 a. m. and marched up the 

 valley to Dinwiddie Creek, which we forded below fche falls, going into 

 camp on its west bank a short distance above the ford. The water was 

 a little more than belly-deep on the horses at the ford, and the current 

 was very rapid. Men were stationed in the stream below the ford to 

 keep the animals from going down stream, and the trains were crossed 

 without accident. We had been informed that this stream was the 

 most bountifully stocked with trout of any of the tributaries of the 

 Wind River, and had anticipated much sport wheu we should arrive 

 here. It was, however, so greatly swollen by rains and so roily 

 that no trout were caught. Our camp was very dusty and the after- 

 noon very hot. We, however, had a pleasant retreat under some large 

 trees, close to the edge of the creek, which here was a foaming torrent. 

 The thermometer at noon marked 88°; altitude, 0,100 feet; distance 

 marched, 12 miles. 



August 10, Thursday. — Broke camp at 6.15 a. in. Forded the Wind 

 River to the north bank, 4 four miles from camp, and shortly after the 



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North Fork of Wind River. Recrojsed the Wind River, and went into 

 a very pleasant camp on the east bank of Jake's Creek. The country 

 passed over has been generally very dry and dusty, but here all is moist 

 and green. In the afternoon several of the party rode over to Torrey's 

 Lake, and w r ere quite successful in taking some very fine trout; Gen- 

 eral Sheridan caught one weighing 2 pounds and 10 ounces. Togwotee, 

 one of our Shoshone guides, after whom Captain Jones named the Tog- 

 wotee Pass, killed a mountain sheep in the afternoon. We saw during 

 the day several herds of cattle, which are the property of Captain Tor- 

 rey, formerly of the Thirteenth Infantry, after whom the beautiful lakes 

 in which we fished, and the stream which is their outlet, are named. 

 Thermometer at 2 p. m., 84°; altitude, 6,800 feet; distance marched, 

 17 miles. 



August 11, Friday. 



to north bank shortly after leaving camp, and marched over a rough 

 and broken country until we again forded the river about 2 miles before 

 reaching our camp at the forks of Wind River. At the ford we found 

 awaiting us the wagons which had been sent out from Fort Washakie 

 with forage for our horses. From the ford to our camp is a level stretch 

 of ground which near the forks is kept as a hay meadow by a settler. 

 We crossed the West Fork, and camped in a lovely meadow between the 

 forks, with groves of poplar around us and between us and the streams. 

 General Sheridan has named our camp Camp Bishop, in honor of Mr. 

 H. R. Rishrm nf ISTpw Ym\z. who. an enthusiastic sportsman and veteran 



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