altogether about 30 but scattered over a wide area & difficult to determine exactly. A great number more or less wounded. Many of which will die. Most bulls, but some cows & a calf or two in very good condition. Got as much meat as could carry from one or two of best animals. Only the tongues of others taken. Bullets flying in all directions during the chase but fortunately no one hurt. Got a heavy mail from Benton. Chiefly of papers & magazines affording welcome reading matter

Camp W. Butte 6 A.M. B. 25.67
T. 59" S.W. clear
Camp 17 M. E. of W. Butte 8 P.M.
B. 25.29
T. 58" calm . clear

Sept 5. Left camp at 6 A.M. & came on to 620. m. pt for lunch. Day very warm with a strong southerly wind & hazy atmosphere. Found a good many pools of water in coulees but all stirred up & fouled by buffalo. Camped without water for horses, though enough for making tea in barrels. Innumerable buffalo in small herds in view all day. Towards evening came in sight of a vast body stretching over the prairie for miles & numbering thousands of individuals. A few horsemen running in a part of the herd quickly collected into a dense black mass & went tearing across the prairie throwing up volumes of dust in their rear. Looked specially fine when coming towards one, reminding of a body of