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Sunday Aug 14. To Fur-Tan Lake
We left camp about 10 o'clock and
soon crossed the height of land and
went about 4 miles in a W.S. direction.
Then the valley turned abruptly to the
East and we followed it in nearly
a straight line. We soon descended
onto a broad level grassy plain a
couple of miles wide, absolutely without
trees or bushes except when it was
cut by the stream along which
grass and willows grew. It was flanked on
either side by high mountains, bare
except for a few hundred feet
near the valley. We followed this for
5 or 6 miles and then went through
a succession of pine-covered ridges to near
the first of a series of lakes, where
we camped. The stream followed
the base of the western flank of the
Principal Head Branches of the
Stickney and is called Isakadzoa
by the Indians. San Frocks. Sheep
move Carbon and Solodes.
Many marmots and ground squirrels
about 15 miles
30
Monday Aug 15. To Hot-Les-Lue Lake
The horses went back on the track and
it was afternoon before we got them.
In the meantime I made a trip
down to the lake. Found that several
Indian families had camped here
a long time in the spring. Found a
broken canoe on the lakeshore, with
a piece of large sunshades wet
that a number of boats.
After dinner we left and
followed an easterly course down
the valley, keeping to the north of the
river and camping on a small
beam lake just west of Hot-Les-Lue.
We followed Indian trails part of the
way and crossed several small
creeks. Saw several porcupines on the
trail and one young Caribou on the
mountain to our left. The valley
is bordered on either side by Mt's
Tricky above Timberline, and is
4 or 5 miles broad
about 7 miles