Friday June 18. To Crooked Creek We left early with a 35-mile down ahead guns, without water The road led Watrind along a faulty falling pagodat plate, we went some gravel banks and passed several dry creeks Mead a short stop at noon by a hill. Then went on more prairie country to south reach of the P.R.S Co (Miller Flux) Situated in a meadow found by a huge strong other guns one lot a good sized creek a grove of cottonwoods 30 or 35- gun set on his, and an old sod house dated to be 35- guns old. Shot a honey bat at sunset Snipe and Phalacrocorax and several ducks rest in the meadow To Owyhee R. 22 mile Saturday June 19 Left early, and went on in a general E by N.E direction, following a general way the valley of Crooked Creek which was on our right. Passed a ranch (Anderson's) at seven miles, a fine place with a large grove of Cottonwoods Then ascended and went for several miles over a flat mesa. Then down through a canyon and creek, Pattonchee Creek then own a stretch of Barner said Tules just Dry Creek and down a beautiful Canyon with faintly weathered cliffs on either side and a sandstone rocks marked HWH Dec 17 1873 on do, free also white man with late dates. Came out of the Owyhee Pntp family, Duncan's Ferry crossing went up the Owyhee several miles found a creek. Camped on the west side of the river. Crooked Creek comes in below the Bridge