. Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870. we have Mr. Reynolds and Elwyn Bean, western slope packers, and twoAfrican boys as cooks. Each man has a saddle horse fullyrigged with California saddle, cantinas, holsters, etc., andhas furnished a pack horse for transportation of provisions,ammunition and blankets. There are but few of our partywho are adepts in the art of packing, for verily it is an artacquired by long practice, and we look with admiration uponour packers as they ^^throw the rope with such precision,and with great skill and rapidity
. Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870. we have Mr. Reynolds and Elwyn Bean, western slope packers, and twoAfrican boys as cooks. Each man has a saddle horse fullyrigged with California saddle, cantinas, holsters, etc., andhas furnished a pack horse for transportation of provisions,ammunition and blankets. There are but few of our partywho are adepts in the art of packing, for verily it is an artacquired by long practice, and we look with admiration uponour packers as they ^^throw the rope with such precision,and with great skill and rapidity tighten the cinch and girdthe load securely upon the back of the broncho. Our ponieshave not all been tried of late with the pack saddle, but most 2 Washbukn Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. of them quietly submit to the loading. But now comes onethat does not yield itself to the manipulations of the stands quiet till the pack saddle is adjusted, but the mo-ment he feels the tightening of the cinch he asserts his inde-pendence of all restraint and commences bucking. This ani-. PACKING A KECALClTilANT MULE. mal in question belongs to Gillette, who says that if he doesnot stand the pack he will use him for a saddle horse. Ifso, God save Gillette! Thursday, August 18.—T rode on ahead of the party fromMr. Hartzells ranch, stopping at Radersburg for dinner andriding through a snow storm to Gallatin City, where I re-mained over night with Major Gampbell. General Wash-burn thought that it would be well for some members of the Washburn Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. 3 company to have a conference, as early as possible, with thecommanding officer at Fort Ellis, concerning an escort of sol-diers. I also desired to confer with some of the members ofthe Bozeman Masonic Lodge concerning the lodge troubles;and it was for these reasons that I rode on to Bozeman inadvance of the party.
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