After supper we were out of meat and we would have to kill an ox to get some food for breakfast.

In the night a storm came on, much to our surprise, for we had seen none since the night on the mountain east of Death Valley more than two months before.

We tried to fix up a shelter to protect the children and ourselves, but were not very successful.

We tried to use our guns for tent poles, but could not keep them in place.

We laid down as close as pigs in cold weather, and covered up as best we could, but did not keep dry, and morning found us wet to the skin, cold and shivering.