consisting of 3 self. Capt C. & Scout named Grandebois. Followed brook which runs near camp up into heart of Mountains, then along the edges of ridges where timber wanting. Repulsed at several points, the hills being impassable for horses. Worked round to South Western slope of great Butte where found a more practicable ridge. Found here however that we had to traverse a great hillside composed of loose broken trap. Only aided by the Mountain Sheep paths. Horses had of course to be lead & stumbled & scrambled along as best they could. Then got into windfall of Banksean pine the prostrate logs masked by a young growth of the same tree. Scrambled along & at last got close to the foot of the central peak & found a little open grassy space. Lunched, but without water & then began the climb on foot. Toiled up through scree & windfall. Day fortunately not hot. At last attained summit. A blunt peak sloping away at first quite gradually on every side. Bald & bare being composed of trap nearly in place but shattered into innumerable fragments by the frost. A little soil accumulated between the stones supported by scanty growth of grass & moss. The pines near the actual summit almost prostrate.

Splendid view but rather hazy in the extreme distance. Rocky Mts however could be seen in outline. Found a shelter built of stones & roots similar to that observed on E. Butte. Also a