Our provisions disappear rapidly, and the wear and tear of our clothes and harness is very great; but, as our wants increase, our desires become more easily satisfied.

The green hide furnishes ample means to preserve our shoes, by covering them with mocassins, and with materials for repairing the harness.

The latitude of this camp was 23 degrees 59 minutes 6 seconds.
Jan.

6 .-- Leaving my companions at the camp well provided with both grass and water, I followed the creek, with Brown, in expectation of a long ride, as Messrs.

Gilbert and Roper had been forward about nine miles in search of water, but without finding any.