It was truly providential, for by digging holes along the border the water would run into them and prove abundant for all, both oxen and men.

If it had proved dry, as so many before had proved, or if we had been a few days earlier or later we might not have found a drop.

This proved to be the last time the whole twenty seven wagons were gathered in one camp together.
The Author came into camp about nine o'clock in the evening after climbing many peaks and taking a survey of the surrounding country with a field glass.

Men from nearly every mess came to him to inquire what he had seen.

They asked all sorts of questions and wanted an opinion as to the advisability of trailing across the prairie directly west, which then seemed easy.