a thing for a coyote. The herdsmen are busy in discovering this. Coming over the Texan [illegible] plains today some a[illegible] near secured by one. A few more very fine. The man is manganese. Aug 16 Wednesday. Camp XII & XIII. It rained a little before two last night and all is wet outside of camp. After drying out we start at 9.30 A.M. for Box Elder Creek on the north side of Laramie Ruts. We arrive at our Camp at 1:30 P.M. beside a branch of the Box Elder Creek. a small tract surrounded by granite hills and an abundance of wood. Distance covered about 10 miles. The Texan this morning was seen to but against the granite hills. One coyote then climbed a short distance over the sage and before long another got one on the north side, Granite all about us. The country through this morning is almost impel[illegible] and yet there is an abundance grass for cattle. As we passed our camp we see remnants of an extensive ranch formerly owned by the Douglas, Driller, Santos Company. In this region was also the Laramie ranch. Both of these outfits once owned a few thousand head of horses and as many cattle.