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From the Journal of Lt. Lempriere, RE, from the trail near Hope.
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3rd
Friday – Breakfasted at 5 a.m. and left my camp with the Indians
and muleteer and rode into Fort Hope: It took is 8 ½ hours
getting in, only dismounted once for a quarter of an hour to eat
some biscuits and drink
a little water which was all we had for our dinner.
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Note: As we have done some period traveling, we were surprised to see
how little, ration-wise, appears to have been taken along on this Survey. We wonder if it is the usual way of things or if perhaps they were under Commissaried?
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