L 21, P 20 From Smith Block in to our final destination, the boys simply tore along. I had not 2 1/2 hours travel down the Block and the Palmer. He left 4 tops of rice with the sick boy which will serve for the boys when they go in again for Willie the day after tomorrow. We are relieved (Holy S) to learn that there is a full months store of rice here; also that though the river has been very high it has not actually entered camp. Also the little receiver has done fine service & Reed Brown had already a fairly fair idea of the situation, in consequence of which they had repaired all the bridges at the camp end of the trail against my arrival. We got in to camp in a gloriously fine afternoon which contrasted markedly with rainy mountain weather we have been having. Learned that the locals tried to raid the store & again later got away with a knife and an axe. The third time they came they ran into the string of a trap gun (painted up in the air of course) but after that they all cleared out. How only the Black River people come in. The big flood which I feared might have come into camp was only a couple of inches higher than to object I saw before leaving for the mountains. Tuesday, July 21. Staff and rather lary this morning. Rain. Getting every thing set to dry clothes dried out. Blue killed a large handirot [illegible] just since Peroychis near camp some days ago. And then have been four sets boys at in. Sent boys out to fetch the sick boy & four sacks rice left at th