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 at about 11 a.m.. Before we reached the bridge it began to rain and continued most of the time through early afternoon. We reached bridge at 12:20 and fed the horses. The got Henry La Kamp, a boy about a mile up the river, to put on an extra team and help us up the big hill where the leaves the river canyon. The road, always steep and rocky, was also muddy and slippery because of the rain. We had a terrible time. Horse would not pull together well at first. We all helped a great deal, and were much exhausted when we reached the top a dusk and unhitched about 4 miles from the bridge. We left the {{taxon|Cervus canadensis|elk meat, bedding and tent about half way up the hill. Felger and Henry returned to the camp ranch horseback for a light rig to bring up the rest of the load. I provided Terry with a cracker and canned