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Tuesday Aug 23. Upper Fridlay
Lost brief the horses and lost
the fromoon hunting for him. Then
after a little journey eastward
we concluded that our course
lay over the western flank of
the mountain south of us
and so took the back Fork
up the valley and made
only a few miles
Dan tell me that from July 5 to 8
1909, at a point about 26 miles
N of the Indian village in a groovy
Prarie on a tributary of the
Stikine he saw a number of meatow
Cakes. They were singing shay day.
He has seen them also at Telegraph
Creek. Has seen Arctic Hushes
at Telegraph Creek in Spring.
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Wednesday Aug. 74. Part Wt of Land Smith
We got away in good time and
proceeded Southwood up the valley
which was broad and comparatively
level with many grassy terraces
and a small pond here and there
along the creek. There were many
living Mammoths on the terraces.
Shortly after noon we passed a
Sod-sized grass bordered pond
which was the head of the creek
and also had an outlet down
the other end of the valley.
We passed this, and then found
an Indian trail which we followed
and camped just before sunset
on the east side of the valley.
On either side very high
mountains and to the south
down the valley a very high
range with creek and other
at
Saw a single caribou at the
height of land and a herd
3 cows with calves and 2 or 3
young bulls just before camp.