Up at sunrise. Bud washed clothes. Tested rock. Fine looking
mineral country here. Dressed Monte's withers with liniment
greatly reducing swelling from saddle-gall. He likes to have it
dressed & came of his own accord. Day quite comfortable.

May 15.

Up 4. Left 6:30 over desert plain & up dry wash. Daddy suffered
from heat & ran into cactus while looking for shade. Got it in
his mouth, tongue, feet & all over body. Fixed him up poor
creature groaned all evening & would not eat his supper. Poor
feed & wood here. Water found by digging 2 ft. in sand in
sandstone basins in bed of dry wash. Monte lay down en route.
Very hot & all suffered from heat.

May 16.

Bud has sick headache. Very hot so laid around camp all day.
Put two blankets up on tent pols for sun break. Daddy under
weather from cactus experience. Papago Indian boy about 18 on
fine bay mare driving 4 ponies watered at our well. Moon almost
full, lots of mocking birds. Pretty songs.

May 17.

Up 7:30 Bud some better. Day promises hot, but slight breeze.
White gauzy clouds in sky. Daddy better. Monte & Pete gone all
day. Hunted twice but impossible to track them in this stony soil
Bud followed trail, found them 2 mi. east of here in flat sound