Diary, 1910, of trip with George and Samuel Mixter to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Washington
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Thursday Oct 27. To 8 miles from Lake We got away after dinner and with John Paul as driver, we drove down through Grounds and across the bridge and down the Southern shore of the Lake mainly through meadows with scanty rills. Their meadows were fairly dry and inturiantly grassed. The road we very good. Just before dark, we reached the house of an Indian where we camped, sleeping in the house. The man had been on a hunting trip toward the Prairies and has killed. I move a red stone pipe was on the wall but they moved. not sell it as the owner was away Friday Oct 28 To Near Seven River Left at daylight and drove down the Lake The Road. Led through willow thickets for several miles and then out in the open meadows a small creek Allexan Creek. After Allexan. Mustoes who lives Blue was crossed at his house (our camping place) on a bridge In the afternoon we passed several houses. I had dinner at the house of a chief of the Creeks. In this vicinity Toward the middle of the afternoon we forded a small creek and a little Later crossed me on a Draft in charge of 700 Indians who collected 50 cent. We camped at dark near where several camps & Indians were fishing for Whitefish.