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his party branched off from our trail soon after leaving camp, intend- 

 ing to ford the Yellowstone near the Mud Geyser, and then to follow the 

 Stinking Water trail through the mountains, returning to Fort Washakie 

 by the road from where the Stinking Water River debouches from the 

 mountains to Washakie. Temperature at 7 p. rn., G8° ; altitude, 7,300 

 feet; distance marched, 15 miles. 



August 24, Thursday. — Broke camp at 6.10 a. m. and followed the 

 new trail (Korris's) between the Lower Falls and Baronett's Bridge. It 

 lies for some miles along the crest of the Yellowstone Canon, and then 

 over the eastern shoulder of Mount Washburn. It is not so good as the 

 old trail west of Mount Washburn, over which we traveled last year. 

 After crossing the Washburn ridge it is almost continually down hills, 

 aud very steep hills at that, for 12 long miles. About 5 miles south of 

 Tower Creek we met Captain Hughes, of General Terry's staff, and 

 Lieutenant Coale, Second Cavalry, with an outfit of pack mules. They 

 came into the park from Fort Ellis, and are escorting General Arm- 

 strong of the Indian school at Hampton, Va., through the park. We 

 stopped a few moments to see the beautiful falls of Tower Creek, and 

 then marched on to Baronett's Bridge, where we arrived shortly after 

 one o'clock. General Strong, Captain Clark, Captain Rhodes, and Mr. 

 Bishop started out, under Baronett's guidance, with some pack mules, 

 to do some hunting about the headwaters of Slough and Hell Roaring 

 Creeks. They expect to rejoin us at our camp of to-morrow night, but 

 go prepared to remain out two nights if they find it desirable or neces- 

 sary. Mr. McCullough is to leave us in the morning and go by ambu- 



lance to Fort Ellis, and thence by stage to Billings, on the Northern 

 Pacific Railroad. He does this in order to reach Saiut Paul before the 

 4th proximo, as he has an engagement there on that date. We are all 

 sorry to lose such a genial companion and affectionate friend, and feel 

 the separation the more keenly because of the tender and kindly part- 

 ing address which he made to us at lunch. We camped about a half 

 mile below the bridge with plenty of water and wood, but not very much 

 grass. Temperature at 3 p. m., 82° ; at 8 p. m. 70° ; altitude, 6,4U0 feet ; 

 distance marched, 23 miles. 



August 25, Friday. 



Mr 



Ellsworth left us just before breaking camp this morning. Broke camp 

 at 6.15 a. in., crossed Baronett's Bridge, and traveled upon the road to 

 Cook City. Went into camp near the cabin by which was our first 

 camp on Soda Butte Creek last year. The country is dry and dusty, 

 but the grass is yet in very fine condition. The hunters have not re- 

 turned. Temperature at 5 a. m., 48° ; at 6 p. m., 72°; altitude, 7,500 

 feet; distance marched, 25 miles. 



August 26, Saturday. — Broke camp at 6 a. m. Between camp and 

 Cook City we met Captain Fowler, Second Cavalry, who, with a detach- 

 ment of his company, is making an exploration through the mountains. 

 He had come from Fort Custer by the Clark's Fork trail. Cook City 





