grow most profusely on the bluff tops. Sitting on one ridge 
I counted fourteen species of most beautiful flowers all bloom 
ing within twenty feet of me 
On Wednesday, Dr. Peale and I took a walk across the 
hills to Spring Canon which enters the mountains about three 
miles east of camp. 
July Fourth, The Glorious Yankee Doodle Day was hardly 
recognizable. Stayed in Camp most of the day. The cannon 
at the fort were fired at 11 o T clock and again at sunset. I 
made sketches in color of Jno Raymond, Mr. Savage and Dr. Peale 
Early on Friday morning I started w ith Bennet to the 
Mountains east of Bridger Peak for a days hunt. We had a 
carbine and a long betsy of a shot gun and three loads of 
powder and shot - excepting the powder which was left at the 
shanty. The mountains were fairly covered v/ith deer, bear 
and elk tracks and we saw a number of sage hens* He shot 
at an elk and an antelope but missed both. I fired at a sage 
cock with my one load but did no harm to anything. We came 
home gameless, after a twenty mile tramp over the roughest of 
country. Doctor Hayden had arrived during our absence and 
the work of organizing for the trip into the Yellowstone had 
already commenced. 
Hext day I made a sketch of the Valley and Post - from 
a bluff half a mile Northwest and spent the evening cleaning 
and greasing my saddle and going to the Hospital with Peale. 
The seventh was Sunday, but I did not think of it until 
