Diary, 1910, of trip with George and Samuel Mixter to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Washington
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Saturday Sept. 10 Near Falls The morning was very rainy, with snow on the Mts. and we remained in camp. We going to make a start in the afternoon as it partially cleared but, as we saw a goat on the nearest Mountain we decided to try to get him. Accordingly we all climbed up and soon located and killed him. He proved to be an old male and was very tenacious of life. It was after sunset when we finished skinning him, and loaded with the skin and a lot of the meat we started down to Mt. George was lighter loaded and reached camp long after dusk, but Dan and I after pushing the first valley got into such a maze I fallen tributaries and underbrush that we decided to give up. So we built a good fire and took naps. Besides it was still daylight, and then soon model camp. On the Mt-side were many nests and other signs of Perfora which had cut and burnt quantities of firwood and laid branches of it lying around in crowned Miles. Sunday left 11 To Falls Inc. Idaho We made a rather late start, as the forces had gone but quite away and continued on down The North Fork. For a while we had bad going and then we got into a fine plant and reached the falls of the river about Camping time. The falls are merely a succession of grumpy some arms large breaches, but there is a drop of probably 30 feet in a few yards