he ìdoes not know whatî though. I daresay he could tell very well if he pleased. Had two indian boys herding & they are generally armed with 16 shooting rifles for fear of indian war parties. Unarmed when I saw them. Joe saying that they had frightened him in the morning into dashing across the river with his rifle. They were firing away but at a covey of prairie chickens only. Laments the good old times when a robe worth only a pint of whisky now have to give a gallon & a half often. Says it is not sage for a few men to travel alone in this country, though he does not mind travelling anywhere by himself for if a party of indians appear he only allows one to approach & if they make signs of hostility he can put a bullet through him quicker than he can draw his pistol.

Buckboard at last came up & ended conversation. Drove back to camp arriving about 7.30. Found Capt. Cameron just in & asked him to drive with me. He has had rather a hard trip in the mountains & did not succeed in reaching the Mound built by the old commission on the watershed.

No Sections along the immediate banks of the St. Maryís R except of gravel banks. Rolled stones not evidently glaciated.
Found that Ashe had been to camp, from his present station on the crossing of the line & St. Mary R. & had brought some fossils & a sample of coal.