The doctor has had no
experience whatever in camp life, and we are wondering how he will
like it. He looks like a man who would much prefer a nice little
rocking-chair in a nice little room.
CAMP NEAR JUNOT'S, IN THE JUDITH BASIN,
August, 1880.
THIS will be left at a little trading store as we pass to-morrow
morning, with the hope that it will soon be taken on to Benton and
posted.
So far, the trip has been delightful, and every bit as nice as I had
anticipated. The day we left the post was more than hot - it was simply
scorching; and my whole face on the right side, ear and all, was
blistered before we got to the ferry. Just now I am going through a
process of peeling which is not beautifying, and is most painful.
Before we had come two miles it was discovered that a "washer" was
lacking on one of the wheels of a wagon, and a man was sent back on a
mule to get one. This caused a delay and made Faye cross, for it
really was inexcusable in the wagon master to send a wagon out on a
trip like this in that condition.
