Following this I came to a campfire soon after dark at which E.Doty and mess were camped.

As I was better acquainted I camped with them.

They said the water there was brackish and I soon found out the same thing for myself.

It was a poor camp; no grass, poor water and scattering, bitter sage brush for food for the cattle.

It would not do to wait long here, and so they hurried on.
I inquired of them about Martin's Pass, as they were now quite near it, and they said it was no pass at all, only the mountain was a little lower than the one holding the snow.