I would never
believe any one could do that if I did not see it myself."
Duncan said the same, and besides nothing to go by.
March 22nd. - Started back from the camp for Grand Lake. Each man
has a big load, for we have picked up lots. Duncan very bad with
snow blind.
March 23rd. - Snowing heavy, and rime on our to boggans makes heavy
travelling. Some places the river bad to travel, on account of
rapids where it isn't froze. We have some times just a narrow
bridge of ice to go on, as no other way we could go, for the rough
steep mountains on each side.
March 24th. - Drifting and snowing very hard. Only travelled part
of the day. Got to Allan Goudy's house.
March 25th. - Snowing heavy. Got to Cape Corbeau. All very tired.
March 26th. - Stormy to-day and snowing very hard, and our toboggans
so heavy we could not get on at all, and had to leave our loads and
walk empty to the post. Late when we got here at Mr. Blake's house
at the rapids, 3 miles from the post.
