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explained that the

explained that the present condition of the stream was unheard of before, and that native cattle had instinct enough to avoid it. He accounted for its condition as due to the dry season, there being no general rains sufficient to flood the alkaline plain and thoroughly flush the creek. In reply to an inquiry as to the ownership of the unfortunate herds, he informed me that there were three, one belonging to bob houston, another to major corouthers, and the third to a man named murphy, the total loss amounting to about two thousand cattle. From this same rangeman we also learned our location. Camp supply lay up the north fork some sixty miles, while a plain trail followed up the