beneath. 
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Aug. 15. 
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Up Snake River to base of upper Gros ventre 
group. Find fossil leaves in the beds by river 
under conglomerate and near same horizon as oyster 
beds of yesterday. Much wood and carbonaceous 
matter, ascended lor/er Grosventre route and made 
a sketch of Teton Range. View up river very fine. 
Worthy of painting. The Tetons, high and steep, 
are quite dimly gray with patches of snow. These 
catch the eye as clouds. Stream runs down toward 
me in sinuous lines and the bodies of cottonwoods, 
pines and willows are very picturesque. The flats 
sire gray with sage and yellow with grass. Distance 
smoky, reaching up into pale blue with soft clouds. 
Made sketch of Teton Range from top of Gros - 
ventre Butte. . See sketch book. (The sketch books 
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referred to are all preserved in the archives of 
the U. S. Geological Survey. ) 
Rain. Jack shoots two fawns.' I sketch a little 
in the afternoon. ' Rain. At breakfast: "I can just 
as well go on by myself." "ho, you will not; nothing 
of the kind. I will arrange this. I reckon my 
decision amounts to something here. It is final. 
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Things are now arranged just as they should be." 
This is the reason why I did not pack up and go 
to the Shoshone without Steve. Gamp First Greek 
