It was surrounded by High grass, weeds, & peavine
the surface of the lake was dotted over with a
great variety of Ducks young & old geese brant &c
I shot 6 Ducks & got 4 of them by waiding into
the lake after them I waided for near a mile
in the lake & weeds lost one of my shoes & had
to travel bare foot Br Fowler was taken sick
And in travelling through the high weed's, grass
mud & water back to the place of begining I
was exceding weary, but before returning home
I took my salmon rod & line & spent a few
moments in trying to ketch fish but could not
start any, we then mounted our mules & returned
to our carriage, took the family & returned to the
camp wet cold and Hungry changed my cloths
& retired to rest 10 [miles]

September 16, 1846 ~ Wednesday

16^th A Hard rainy day Br Shirtliff called upon
me in the morning He had returned from the
Punka village to get goods of Sarpee to go out
on a hunting tour with the Punka & Sioux Indians
He said they had been vary kind to them
I attended council in the Afternoon. went
on to the ground in the evening to pick out a
lot. went at night to look up the cows
in the dark got lost in the river bottom
could not find the bridge to cross the stream
for a length of time At last I got home about
10 oclok was most sick through the night

September 17, 1846 ~ Thursday

17^th Arose quit unwell in the morning I rode
with councillors B. Young H. C. Kimball &
A. Cutler to the river bottom whare they are
cutting hay, we found good land for farming
purposes. I was quite unwell most of the day.
I attended [blank] 12 miles

It was surrounded by high grass, weeds, & peavine the surface of the lake was dotted over with a great variety of ducks young & old geese brant &c. I shot 6 ducks & got 4 of them by waiding into the lake after them I waided for near a mile in the lake & weeds lost one of my shoes & had to travel bare foot Br Fowler was taken sick and in travelling through the high weed's, grass mud & water back to the place of begining I was exeeding weary, but before returning home I took my salmon rod & line & spent a few moments in trying to ketch fish but could not start any, we then mounted our mules & returned to our carriage, took the family & returned to the camp wet cold and hungry changed my cloths & retired to rest. 10

September 16, 1846 ~ Wednesday

16th A hard rainy day Br Shirtliff called upon me in the morning he had returned from the Punka village to get goods of Sarpee to go out on a hunting tour with the Punka & Sioux Indians he said they had been vary kind to them I attended council in the afternoon. went on to the ground in the evening to pick out a lot. went at night to look up the cows in the dark got lost in the river bottom could not find the bridge to cross the stream for a length of time at last I got home about 10 oclok was most sick through the night

September 17, 1846 ~ Thursday

17th Arose quit unwell in the morning I rode with councillors B. Young H. C. Kimball & A. Cutler to the river bottom whare they are cutting hay, we found good land for farming purposes. I was quite unwell most of the day. I attended [blank] 12 miles